Posttest 1: Using Correct and Appropriate Multimedia Resources in Writing Recounts

For numbers 1-5, read the text below to answer the following items. Look closely at the words printed in italics.

One balmy July evening as I sat writing, insects whirled and hummed around me. Suddenly, a butterfly glided to a landing on a paper before me. I continued writing, but my pen detoured around the tiny creature so as not to disturb its fascinated contemplation of the brilliantly lit paper.

When I came to the end of the page, I hesitated. Brush the butterfly away? No, I decided to look more closely at this living jewel with a magnifying glass.

How, I wondered, can a creature be so tiny and yet so complicated? How did the chrysalis gather the basic materials necessary for its own evolution and then transform them into eyes, legs, feelers, and wings? Those wings, especially, made me think. Their pastel colors, arranged with such geometric perfection – where do they come from? On this tiny body, scarcely as big as a grain of rice, are colors that equal or surpass those of the works of our greatest painters. (Fr. Marcel-Marie Dumarais, OP, God or Chance)

Which creature did the writer encounter in this excerpt of the recount?

What type of recount is illustrated in the excerpt?

If transformed into a social media post, what type of recount would this passage be?

Which multimedia resource would fail to aid in conveying the message of the recount?

Which verb should consistently be used in recounts?

For items 6-10, read the passage below to answer the following items.

It is odd, but in our family, love always began with a fall of some form or another. This thought occurred to me when my own first love began. I spent one night foolishly thinking about this, but the cocks crowed and Mother woke up to prepare Father’s breakfast, and still, I had no answer.

When Grandfather was still alive, he used to tell us, between coughs, what happened to him, one day when he was fifteen. He was sleeping on the bank of the river after swimming when suddenly a strong wind came. It shook the coconut tree nearby, and fruit, like a wooden rolling pin, fell straight on his left shoulder. Grandfather screamed with pain, and his cry was so loud and terrible that several girls bathing around the bend of the river draped their sarongs about them and rushed to where he was. One of the girls helplessly held her sarong in her hands and in her excitement and fright, did not know what to do with it. When Grandfather saw her, he forgot his pain quickly, and a year later, she became Grandmother. (Celso Carunungan, Like a Big Brave Man)

What type of recount could this passage come from?

Which event in the writer and the other character’s life in this passage takes the spotlight?

Which literary technique is evident in the second paragraph of the recount?

Which recount could have Grandfather used to document his dramatic rescue back then?

How could this excerpt and the rest of the passage be incorporated in multimedia should the writer use this excerpt as his entertainment speech in a reunion or family gathering?

For numbers 11-15, read the article below to answer the following items.

On November 15, 1935, the Filipino people took the penultimate step to independence with the inauguration of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. Only two months prior, on September 16, a million Filipinos had trooped to the polls to elect their two highest officials—the President and Vice President. This was the first time in the history of the nation that a Filipino would finally sit as Chief Executive and hold office in Malacañang Palace.

Senate President Manuel L. Quezon and his running mate Senate President pro tempore Sergio Osmeña were elected as President and Vice President, while voters elected representatives for the new unicameral National Assembly and for local positions. (The Commonwealth of the Philippines)

Which type of recount is presented in this passage?

On November 15, 1935, the Filipino people took the penultimate step to independence with the inauguration of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.

Which multimedia resource could supplement the emboldened sentence as documentation?

Which multimedia resource could supplement the italicized sentence as documentation?

Only two months prior, on September 16, a million Filipinos had trooped to the polls to elect their two highest officials—the President and Vice President.

How relevant is this recount to Filipino history?

Who was elected as the Chief Executive of the Commonwealth of the Philippines?