DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Division of Quezon 2009 Division Schools Press Conference

NEWSWRITING (ELEMENTARY)

You are watching the news report on television and the newscaster reported a group of six Filipino deaf athletes who went to Taipei to participate in the 21st Summer Deaflympics. This is the first ever Olympics of deaf persons to be held in Asia. They had a very small budget and nobody sent them off at the airport. But, according to the report, the six Filipino deaf athletes marched proudly during the opening ceremonies at the Taipei Stadium. Most other nations have hundreds of athletes according to Maria Lovella Catalan, the teams captain. Although they did not get support back home, the small Philippine delegation carried the Philippine flag proudly. The Deaflympics is held every four years. The games were first held in Paris, France with 145 countries participating. The games are authorized by the International Olympic Committee. For this Deaflympics, aside from Catalan, the RP team is composed of Arscel Lobo, Jorelle Faytaren, Cecilia Villacin, Paul Pacis, and Christopher Uy. Two years ago, Catalan won a gold medal in the Asia-Pacific Deaf Bowling Championship in Jeju City, Korea. It was in that event that Catalan was invited to participate in the Deaflympics. The TV broadcaster said that athletes from First World countries stayed in five-star hotels and dined in buffet restaurants. The RP team ate at nearby fast-food chains and inexpensive restaurants and stayed in a cheap hotel. Catalan and her team joined the Deaflympics to raise public awareness about deaf athletes in the country. Now, write a human interest news story.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Division of Quezon 2009 Division Schools Press Conference

PAGSULAT NG BALITA (ELEMENTARYA) Iniulat sa balitang TV ang isang grupo ng anim na manlalarong Pilipino na lumipad patungong Taipei upang lumahok sa 21st Summer Deaflympics. Ito ay kaunaunahang Olympics ng mga di-nakadirinig na manlalaro sa Asya. Maliit lamang ang kanilang badyet at wala man lamang naghatid sa kanila sa airport. Subalit ayon sa ulat, mahusay na nagmartsa ang anim na manlalarong Pilipino sa pagbubukas ng palaro sa Taipei Stadium. Daan-daang manlalaro mula sa ibat ibang bansa ang lumahok ayon kay Maria Lovella Catalan, kapitan ng koponan. Bagamat hindi sila tumanggap ng suporta sa pamahalaan, iwinagayway ng maliit na delegasyon mula sa Pilipinas nang may pagmamalaki ang bandilang Pilipino. Ang Deaflympics ay ginagawa tuwing ikaapat na taon. Unang ginanap ang palaro sa Paris, France kung saan lumahok ang 145 bansa. Ang mga laro ay isinasagawa sa pamamahala ng International Olympic Committee hanggang sa kasalukuyan. Bukod kay Catalan, ang koponan ng Pilipinas ay kinabibilangan nina Arscel Lobo, Jorelle Faytaren, Cecilia Villacin, Paul Pacis, at Christopher Uy. Dalawang taon na ang nakalilipas,nagwagi si Catalan ng medalya sa bowling sa Asia-Pacific Deaf Bowling Championship sa Jeju City, Korea. Dito nakatanggap ang Pilipinas ng paanyaya upang lumahok sa Deaflympics. Ayon sa nag-uulat, ang mga manlalaro mula sa mauunlad na bansa ay tumitira sa mga mamahaling otel at kumakain sa mga mamahaling restaurant. Nagkasya na lamang ang koponan ng RP sa pagkain sa mga fast-food chains at mumurahing kainan at sa pagtira sa mumurahing otel. Sumali sina Catalan at ang kanyang koponan sa Deaflympics upang mapataas ang kaalaman ng publiko sa mga hindi nakadirinig na manlalaro sa bansa. Ngayon, sumulat ng isang balitang human interest.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Division of Quezon

2009 Division Schools Press Conference

NEWSWRITING (SECONDARY)

You're on the graveyard shift at the Wild Wild West Gazette. You phone the cops to see if anything's going on. Lt. Jane Campos of the Balagasan Police Department tells you the following: There was a shooting tonight at the Fandango Bar & Grill on Bonifacio Street in the crime-ridden section of the city. Two men in the bar got into an argument. When the two men started shoving each other, the bartender threw them out. For several minutes, people in the bar said they could hear the men still arguing on the street outside. Then there was the sound of a shot being fired. A few patrons rushed outside to see what had happened, and one of the men who had been arguing lay on the ground in a pool of blood. He'd been shot in the forehead. The victim appeared to be in his mid 30s, and was dressed in an expensive-looking suit and tie. The shooter was nowhere to be seen. The shooting occurred around 9:45 p.m. Lt. Campos tells you the man was rushed to Wellness Medical Center but was dead on arrival (DOA). She says homicide detectives are on the scene interviewing bar patrons about what happened but so far, no one seems to know much. "That's not surprising," she adds. "The Fandango is a known hangout for drug dealers and users, and people aren't likely to talk." Lt. Campos says detectives don't yet have a motive for the shooting, but she speculates that the two might have been arguing over a drug deal. Just as you're about to hang up, Lt. Campos tells you she just got the cause of death from the hospital - a .38-caliber bullet wound to the head. "And oh yeah," Lt. Campos adds, "we got an ID on the victim. He's Peter Buendia, press secretary for the mayor, age 35." Balagasans mayor is named Herman Acero.

It's 10:30 p.m. You've got one hour to bang out the story for a midnight deadline.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Division of Quezon

2009 Division Schools Press Conference

PAGSULAT NG BALITA (SEKONDARYA) Nakatoka ka sa panggabing edisyon ng Wild Wild West Gazette. Tinawagan mo ang himpilan ng pulisya kung ano ang pinakahuling balita. Ito ang sinabi ni Lt. Jane Campos ng Balagasan Police Department: Nagkaroon ng barilan ngayong gabi sa Fandango Bar & Grill sa kalye Bonifacio, isang makrimeng lugar sa lungsod. Dalawang lalaki sa bar ang nagkasagutan at nag-away. Nang magtulakan ang dalawang lalaki, pinalabas sila ng bartender. Ayon sa mga tao sa loob ng bar, narinig nilang nagsasagutan ang dalawang lalaki sa labas ng bar sa loob ng ilang minuto. Makalipas pa ang ilang sandali, isang putok ang umalingawngaw. May ilang lumabas sa bar upang tingnan kung ano ang nangyari sa labas ng bar. Nakita nila na isa sa mga lalaking nakikipagtalo ay duguang nakahandusay sa kalye. May tama siya sa noo. Ang biktima ay may 30 taong gulang at mamahalin ang pananamit. Wala na sa paligid ang namaril. Ang barilan ay naganap mga ika-9:45 n.g. Ayon kay Lt. Campos, isinugod ang biktima sa Wellness Medical Center subalit idineklarang dead on arrival (DOA) ng mga doktor. Nag-iimbestiga na ang mga pulis subalit wala pang makapagbigay-linaw tungkol sa pangyayari. Hindi ito katakataka, dagdag pa ni Lt. Campos. "Ang Fandango ay istambayan ng mga nagbibili at gumagamit ng ilegal na droga, kayat ayaw magsalita ng mga tao. Wala pang makuhang motibo sa pamamaril subalit hindi malayong away sa bentahan ng ilegal na droga ang dahilan ng patayan, ayon pa kay Lt. Campos. Ibababa mo na sana ang telepono nang ihabol si Lt. Campos ang kadarating pa lamang na resulta ng imbestigasyon mula sa ospital ikinamatay ng biktima ang tama ng kalibre .38 baril sa kanyang ulo. "Siyanga pala," pahabol muli ni Lt. Campos, "kilala na namin ang biktima si Peter Buendia, press secretary ng punong lungsod, edad 35." Ang mayor ng Balagasan ay si Herman Acero.

Alas-10:30 na ng gabi at may isang oras ka upang isulat ang balita para sa deadline ngayong hatinggabi.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Division of Cavite Province

Division Schools Press Conference September 21 25, 2009

COPYREADING AND HEADLINE WRITING (SECONDARY) Using copyreading symbols, mark the report below so that it becomes a crisp news report. Write a two-line headline of not more than 24-unit counts; indicate the headline and body schedule, too. Mark all names to indicate that they are correctly spelled.

Heavy monsoon rains following storm maring has leave 11 person dead and displace over 360,000 in 5 provinces in Luzon in the fast 3 days, the governments disaster-prone agency say yesterday. As many towns in Central Visayas declared a state calamity even as the whether bureau warn that a newstorm is head towards northern Luzon. The deaths in the fast few day were mainly due to flooding and land slides. Land slides killed 2 children in Laguna and three security guards of amining co. in Zambales. 6 others drown in ranging flood waters one in Iloilo, four in Pampanga, one in BulaCan and one in Zambales The National Coordinating Council for Disasters (NDCC) said 3 people were still missed two who were swept away by floodwaters and 4 fishermen who hasnt come home since Thursday. More than four thousand people Flee to the Government-manage evacuation centres and about 70,000 others seek sheter with relathieves and friends in central luzon. Zambales and Pampanga among the hardest heat province Senior Superintendent Rolando Felix, Zambal police cheap, said the body of Celso Metran, 40; Patricio Diaz, 45 and Amor Metran, 45 were recovered on friday afternoon after rescue workers used a backhoe to dug through mud and racks in the compound of Blanco Mining corp. in Sitio Bucao Meanwhile, Pagasa said tropical depression nando maintain its strenh yesterday afternoon and was approaching Northern Luzon in Mindanao. According to its 5 post meridian update yesterday NandO was spot at 110 kilometers east north east of Aurora, Baler packing maximum winds of 55 kilometre per hour at the centre. Pagasa rise public storm signal number 1 over the five provinces of Apayao, Cagayan, Abra, Kalinga, Mt. Province, Ifugao and Isabela.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Division of Cavite Province

Division Schools Press Conference September 21 25, 2009

PAGWAWASTO AT PAG-UULO NG BALITA (SEKONDARYA)

Iwasto ang sumusunod na kopya gamit ang mga simbolo ng pagwawasto. Lagyan ng dalawang linyang ulo na hindi hihigit sa 24 na yunit. Ilagay din ang indikasyon ng ulo at ng katawan ng balita. Markahan na wasto ang baybay ng lahat ng pangalan.

Nag-iwan ng labign-isang patay at 360,000 na nagkabahay sa 5 lalawigan sa Luzon sa nagdaang 3 araw, ayon sa National Coordinating Council for Disasters (NDCC) kahapon. Maraming lalawigan sa Gitnang Bisaya ang nagdeklara ng state of calamity habang nagbabalanaman ang Pagasa na may bagong bagyong namumuo sa Hilagang Luzon. Ang mga namatay nang manga nakaraang araw ay dahil sa kadahilanang bumaha at nagkaroon ng paguho ng lupa. 2 bata sa Laguna ang nasawi sa pagguho ng lupa samantalang 3 security guard ng isang minahan sa Zambales. 6 pang iba ang nalunod sa baha isa sa Iloilo, apat sa Pampanga, 1 sa BulaCan at 1 sa Zambales Ayon sa NDCC 3 iba pang tao ang nawawala 2 ang naanod nang baha at apat na mangingisda ang hndi pa umuuwi mula noong Huebes. Mahigit na apat na libong katao Ang lumikas sa mga evacuation centres at may 70,000 iba pa ang nakitira sa mga kamag-anak at mga kaaway sa gitnang luzon. Tinamaan ng husto ng bagyo ang mga lalawigan ng Zambales at Pampanga Ayon kay Senior Superintendent Rolando Felix, hepe ng pulisya ng Zambal, nakuha ang mga labi nina Celso Metran, 40; Patricio Diaz, 45 at Amor Metran, 45 noong biernes nang hapon matapos hukayin ng backhow ng mga rescue workers ang malagkit na putik at malalaking buhangin sa compound ng Blanco Mining corp. sa Sitio Bucao Samantala, may isa na namang bagong bagyong pumasok sa Pilipinas sa Hilagang Luzon sa Mindanao. Ayon sa bulletin ng Pag-asa kahapong ika-lima nang hapon, si NandO ay natanawang namumuo 110 kilometro sa silangan hilagang silangang ng Aurora, Baler na may taglay na hanging 55 kilometre bawat oras sa gitna. Itinaas ng Pagasa ang signal bilang 1 sa limang lalawigan ng Apayao, Cagayan, Abra, Kalinga, Mt. Province, Ifugao and Isabela. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Division of Cavite Province Division Schools Press Conference September 21 25, 2009 COPYREADING AND HEADLINE WRITING (ELEMENTARY) Using copyreading symbols, mark the report below so that it becomes a crisp news report. Write a two-line headline of not more than 24-unit counts; indicate the headline and body schedule, too. Mark all names to indicate that they are correctly spelled.

aCtor and grandmother Caridad Sanchez cry when she read a story b4 40 childs about a grandmothers love and coPing with the lose of a love one at the Inquirer Read-Along. Inspiteof the rain, forty childrens from malaBon visited the office of the Philipine daily Inquire to join the reading session. Sanchez reading ParopRO NG Langit (Heavens Butterfly), the tru-to-life story of 4-year-old Migi, Cathy Guballas son and Sanchezs grandson who died several year ago, broke her composure as she started to cried. befour the session start, I promise my self not to cry but its really an emotion subject for me. Love for ones grandkids know no bondaries. Its a different intensity from love four once kids, Sanchez state. The session was host by Junior Inquirer writer Ruth Navarra. The children received drinks courtesy of Jollibee. Vibal Publish given away activity books as prices.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Division of Cavite Province Division Schools Press Conference

September 21 25, 2009 PAGWAWASTO AT PAG-UULO NG BALITA (ELEMENTARYA) Iwasto ang sumusunod na kopya gamit ang mga simbolo ng pagwawasto. Lagyan ng dalawang linyang ulo na hindi hihigit sa 24 na yunit. Ilagay din ang indikasyon ng ulo at ng katawan ng balita. Markahan na wasto ang baybay ng lahat ng pangalan.

Ang artistA at Lola na si Caridad Sanchez ay umiyak ng basahin niya sa harapan ng apatnapung kabataan ang kweNto ng pagmamahal ng isang lola sa kanyang apo at kung papaano niyang natutuhang tanggapin ang pagkamatay nito. Sa kabilang nang malalakas na ulan, dumalaw ang 40 kabataan mula sa malaBon sa tanggapan ng Philipine daily Inquire upang sumali sa pagbasa ng mga aklat o Read-Along. Habang binabasa ni Sanchez ang kwentong ParopRO NG Langit, ang tunay na kuwento ng 4 na taong gulang na si Migi, anak ni Cathy Guballa at apo ni Sanchezs na namatay may ilang taon na, napaiyak siya nang maalala ang minamahal na apo. Sinasabi ko sa sarili ko na hindi na ako iiyak pa, wika ni Sanchez, subalit talagang masakit ang mawalan nang apo. Hindi mo inisip na mamatay siya sa ganoon kabataang gulang. Walang hanggan an ang pagmamahal sa isang apo, dagdag pa niya. Kakaiba ang pagmamahal sa apo kaysa sa tunay na anak, pagtatapos ni Sanchez. Si Junior Inquirer writer Ruth Navarra ay ang nangasiwa sa Read-Along. Ang mga dumalong bata ay nakatanggap ng pampalamig mula sa Jollibee. Ang Vibal Publish naman ay nagkaloob ng mga aklat bilang ganting pala.