Course Building and Enhancing New Literacies Across the
Description Curriculum
Instructor James V. Gatpolintan
Final Examination
Essay Writing with Special Points
Authors Elen Joy P. Alata, MA Ed. and Eigen John T. Ignacio,
MA Ed
I. Read the questions and instructions carefully. Write your answers in the space provided.
1. What is your personal definition of creativity?
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2. Recall some of the creative classroom activities you had in school. What made them creative?
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3. Is creativity the same with innovativeness? Read various definitions on these two concepts and
organize your notes using a Venn Diagram
4. Refer to the characteristics of artistically literate students. Examine yourself and tell whether
you possess any of the characteristics mentioned.
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5. Explain this quote from Picasso: All children are born artists. The problem is to remain as an
artist as we grow up.
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6. What is your personal definition of Critical Literacy? Explain.
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7. Explain 1 Key Aspects of Critical Literacy.
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8. What can you say about me? (worth special point)
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“The price of success is hard work, dedication that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best”
James V. Gatpolintan