The document provides technical specifications for Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) modules. It outlines the required elements and formatting for the front matter, body, and back matter of ADM modules. Specifications include page limits, font types and sizes, section labels, and the standard number of assessment items for different grade levels. Examples are provided of module elements like the front cover, copyright page, and icons used to label different sections.

1. Alternative Delivery Mode
Module
Technical Specifications
JEZIL M. BADILLA
Resource Speaker

4. 1. What is the maximum number of pages of an ADM
module?
a. 16
b. 25
c. 32
d. 42

5. 1. What is the maximum number of pages of an ADM
module?
a. 16
b. 25
c. 32
d. 42
Answer: C. 32 (DepEd Order 001 s. 2021)

6. 2. What is the standard number of items in post
assessment for grades 7 to 10?
a. 5 items
b. 10 items
c. 15 items
d. 20 items

7. 2. What is the standard number of items in post
assessment for grades 7 to 10?
a. 5 items
b. 10 items
c. 15 items
d. 20 items
Answer: c. 15 items

8. 3. In this part of the module, the previous lesson is
connected to the current lesson by going over points
that were taught or learned previously.
a. What Is It
b. What’s In
c. What I Know
d. What I Have Learned

9. 3. In this part of the module the previous lesson is
connected to the current lesson by going over points
that were taught or learned previously.
a. What Is It
b. What’s In
c. What I Know
d. What I Have Learned
Answer: b. What’s In

10. 4. What is the art-to-text ratio for grade 5?
a. 50% : 50%
b. 60% : 40%
c. 40% : 60%
d. 30% : 70%

11. 4. What is the art-to-text ratio for grade 5?
a. 50% : 50%
b. 60% : 40%
c. 40% : 60%
d. 30% : 70%
Answer: d. 30% : 70%

12. 5. The following statements are specifications for the
body text EXCEPT:
a. Pages shall not end with a hyphenated word.
b. There shall be no just one word or half a word on
paragraph endings.
c. Spaces between subtitles and paragraphs shall be
two (2) points
d. Leading space shall be at one (1) point.

13. 5. The following statements are specifications for the
body text EXCEPT:
a. Pages shall not end with a hyphenated word.
b. There shall be no just one word or half a word on
paragraph endings.
c. Spaces between subtitles and paragraphs shall be
two (2) points
d. Leading space shall be at one (1) point.
Answer: d. (It should be 1.15 points)

14. Page Design and Lay out
Page Set up
Minimum-16
Maximum-32
(as a whole)

15. I. FRONT MATTER
1. Front Outside Cover Page
2. Copyright Page
3. Title Page
4. Introductory Message
II. BODY (Inside Page)
5. What I need to Know (Learning Objectives)
6. What I Know (Pre assessment)
7. What’s In (Review/ Motivation)
8. What’s New (Initial Activity/ Discovery)
9. What is It (Discussion of the topic/ Discussion of
Activity 1)
ELEMENTS 10. What’s More (Enrichment Activities)
11. What I Have Learned (Generalization)
12. What I Can do ( Application)
13. Assessment (Post Assessment)
14. Additional Activity
III. BACK MATTER
15. Answer Key
16. Reference
17. Back Outside Cover
ELEMENTS

16. The Elements of the Body for ADM Module for KINDERGARTEN
Maximum-5
items

17. Notes for Kindergarten

18. The Elements of the Body for ADM Module for Grades 1 to 3
Maximum-5
items

19. The Elements of the Body for ADM Module for Grades 4 to 12
Min-5 items
Max-10 items

20. 1. Front Outsider Cover Page
It contains:
-Resource Title (Learning area,
Quarter Number, Lesson Title)
-Violator
-Grade Level identifier
-Cover Art
-LRMDS logo
2. Copyright Page
Located at the front inside cover
It contains:
-Title
-Copyright notice
-Publisher
-Development Team
3. Title Page
It contains:
-Resource Title (Learning area,
Quarter Number, Lesson Title)
-DepEd identifier
4. Introductory Message
It contains instructions for the learner and
for the facilitator on how to use the
module.
I. FRONT MATTER

21. 1. Front Outside Cover
ENTRY FONT TYPE FONT SIZE OTHER DETAILS
Learning Area Bookman Old style 36 pt Position: aligned at the
center top part of the cover
below the Grade level
identifier
Quarter Arial, regular 28 pt Position: Center top of the
cover below the Learning
area
Title Arial. bold 26 pt Position: Center top of the
cover below the Quarter
Grade Level identifier for K
to 10: -
Hindu Arabic Number for 1
to 10
Senior High School (word)
Arial, bold face 67 pt
16 pt (SHS)
Position: top left-hand corner
Box size: 1:5” x 1.5” with
rounded corners
Box border: 2 pt
Background color: Varies
depending on the learning are.
(Refer to Color codes for Grade
level identifier)
SHS-Black
Font Color: Black or White
depending on the background
color used in the box.
SHS- white

22. ENTRY FONT TYPE FONT SIZE OTHER DETAILS
Violator:
-Government Property
(English version)
-Pag-aari ng Pamahalaan
(Filipino Version)
Arial, all caps, bold face 11 pt Position: rotated -30
degrees at the BOTTOM
RIGHT-HAND corner
Box size: 5” x 0.75”
Box Border: 2 pt top and
bottom
Violator:
-NOT FOR SALE
(English Version)
-HINDI IPINAGBIBILI
(Filipino Version)
Arial, all caps, bold face 18 pt Position: rotated -30
degrees at the BOTTOM
RIGHT-HAND corner
Box size: 5” x 0.75”
Box Border: 2 pt top and
bottom

23. ENTRY FONT TYPE FONT SIZE OTHER DETAILS
Cover art/ photo NA NA Position: Center of the
cover page
LRMDS Bulacan logo NA NA Position: bottom left-
hand corner
DepEd Identifier NA NA Position: top right-hand
corner

24. Background Color Codes of ADM Module
Grade Level Identifier
• The background color of
the Grade Level Identifier
shall vary according to the
learning area.

26. Grade level
identifier
DepEd Logo
Resource Title
Arial, bold 26pt
Cover Art
Violator
LRMDS logo
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(Arial , bold
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(Box size: 1:5” x 1.5”
with rounded corners
Box border: 2 pt)
(Bookman Old Style, bold 36 pt)
Arial 28pt
NOT FOR SALE
( Arial, bold 18pt)
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
( Arial, 11pt)
(Note: The background color of
the Grade Level Identifier shall
vary according to learning area.)

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Determining the
Meaning of Words and Expressions that
Reflect the Local Culture by Noting
Context Clues

28. 2. Copyright Page
ENTRY FONT TYPE FONT SIZE OTHER DETAILS
Resource Title
Arial
11 pt bold Flush left
Copyright Year
11 pt
Flush left
Copyright Notice Justified
Name of Copyright Holders Flush left
Development Team Border: rectangle, solid black
with 1.5 pt weight
Names of the development
team shall follow the format:
First Name + Middle Initial +
Last Name with no designation
or title (i.e. Juan M. dela Cruz).
Printer’s Company
Name, Address, and Contact
Details
Flush left

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Resource Title, Copyright
Year (Arial , bold 11-12pt)
Copyright Notice
(Arial, 9-11pt)
Name of the Copyright
Holder (Arial, 9-11pt)
Development Team
(Arial, 9-11pt)
Printer’s Company
Name, Address, and
Contact Details
(Arial, 9-11pt)
Border: rectangle, solid
black with 1.5 pt weight)
PREVIOUS FORMAT

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32. NEW FORMAT
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33. 3. Title Page
Entry Font Type Font Size Other Details
Grade Level identifier
(Hindu Arabic Number)
font types and sizes are the
same with the styles used in the
book cover
Upper right corner
Resource Title
(Learning Area,
Quarter and Module No.,
Lesson Title)
Vertical alignment:
Center
DepEd identifier:
DepEd Logo
NA NA
Position: Bottom center
Color: Black

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Grade Level Identifier
Resource Title (Learning
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Quarter and Module No.,
Lesson Title,)
DepEd Logo
Font types and sizes are
the same with the styles
used in the front cover

35. 4. Introductory Message
It contains instructions for the learner and for the
facilitator on how to use the module

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Introductory
Message- Bookman
Old Style 14pt
Arial, 11pt

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Gr. 1 - 6

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Gr. 7 - 12
Additional Activities
What I Need to Know
What’s In
What I Can Do
What’s New
What is It
What I Know
What’s More
Assessment
Answer Key
What I Have Learned

40. II. BODY

41. ADM TEMPLATE GRADES 7-10
Learning objectives
Page 1
Page number- Arial,
9pt
*Avoid verbs such as “understand,
know, learn, appreciate, believe,
comprehend, be familiar with

42. Typography

43. Alignment

44. REMINDER: Illustrations should complement the text

45. Element
Label in the
Module
(English)
Label in the
Module
(Filipino)
Other Details Icon
Introduction/
Learning
Objectives
What I Need to
Know
(Set Target) or
(Set Targets)
Alamin
• Contains the learning objectives to be
developed in a material
• Uses the learner’s language and must
be conversational

46. What I Need to Know

47. Element
Label in the
Module
(English)
Label in the
Module
(Filipino)
Other Details Icon
Pretest
What I Know
(Gauge Prior
Knowledge)
Subukin
• Assesses what the learner knows
about the lesson to take
• Test item-range shall be as follows:
 Key Stage 1 ( K – Gr. 3) 5 items
 Key Stage 2 ( Gr. 4- 6 ) 10 items
 Key Stage 3 (Gr. 7 – 10) 15 items
 Key Stage 4 (Gr. 11 – 12 ) 15 items

48. Standard number of items (pretest/ What I Know)
 ( K – Gr. 3) 5 items
 ( Gr. 4- 6 ) 10 items
 (Gr. 7 – 10) 15 items
 (Gr. 11 – 12 ) 15 items
What I Know

49. Element
Label in the
Module
(English)
Label in the
Module
(Filipino)
Other Details Icon
Lesson Proper
Review/
Motivation
What’s In
(Connect
Previous
Learning)
Balikan
• Connects the current lesson with
the previous lesson by going over
points that were taught or learned
previously

50. • Connects the current lesson
with the previous lesson by
going over points that were
taught or learned previously
(REVIEW)
What’s In
Grade 8
Module 1: Noting Context Clues
Module 2 : Writing Bibliography

51. Grade 8
Module 2:
Writing Bibliography
Module 3:
Use of Modal Verbs

52. Element
Label in the
Module
(English)
Label in the
Module
(Filipino)
Other Details Icon
Lesson Proper
Activity 1
What’s New
(Discover
Something New)
Tuklasin
• Introduces the new lesson through
a story, an activity, a poem, song,
or situation

54. DO 30 s. 2019

55. Element
Label in the
Module
(English)
Label in the
Module
(Filipino)
Other Details Icon
Discussion of
Activity 1
What is It
(Analyze
Concept) or
(Analyze
Concepts)
Suriin
• Questions that will help the learner
discover and understand the
concept
• Questions shall be asked in a logical
manner that lead to formative
assessment
• Brief discussion of the lesson

56. • Questions that will help the learner
discover and understand the concept
• Questions shall be asked in a logical
manner that lead to formative
assessment

57. • The LR shall adhere to localization
and contextualization.

58. https://literaryterms.net/paraphrase/
PARAPHRASE!

59. Element
Label in the
Module
(English)
Label in the
Module
(Filipino)
Other Details Icon
Enrichment
Activities
What’s More
(Enrich
Learning)
Pagyamanin
• Guided/Controlled Practice
• Guided/Controlled Assessment
• Independent Practice
• Independent Assessment

60. *Choices should be arranged in alphabetical order. (One-two words/
short terms)
*Do not capitalize if it is common noun
*Activities shall be arranged from simple to complex.
REMINDERS (ACTIVITIES AND ASSESSMENT)

61. *Check the alignment

62. Enrichment Activities (Gr. 4 to 12)
Direction or Directions?

68. Another example for Independent Activity

69. Another example for Independent Assessment

70. Element
Label in the
Module
(English)
Label in the
Module
(Filipino)
Other Details Icon
Generalization
What I Have
Learned
(Keep in Mind)
Isaisip
• A question, fill in the blank
sentence/paragraph to process
what the learner learned from the
lesson

71. • A question, fill in the
blank sentence/
paragraph to process
what the learner
learned from the
lesson
(GENERALIZATION)
What I Have Learned

72. Another example for What I Have Learned

73. Element
Label in the
Module
(English)
Label in the
Module
(Filipino)
Other Details Icon
Application
What I Can Do
(Take into
Action)
Isagawa
• An activity that shall transfer the
skills/knowledge gained or learned
into real-life concerns/situations

74. • An activity that shall transfer the
skills/knowledge gained or learned into real-life
concerns/situations (APPLICATION)
What I Can Do

75. Element
Label in the
Module
(English)
Label in the
Module
(Filipino)
Other Details Icon
Post Assessment
Assessment
(Evaluate
Knowledge)
Tayahin
• This evaluates the learner’s level
of mastery in achieving the
learning objectives
• With the same number of items
in pretest

76. • This evaluates the learner’s level of mastery in
achieving the learning objectives
• With the same number of items in pretest

77. Assessment

79. Element
Label in the
Module
(English)
Label in the
Module
(Filipino)
Other Details Icon
Additional
Activities
Additional
Activities
(Boost
Learning)
Linangin
• An activity in any form that can
increase the strength of the
response and tends to induce
repetitions of actions/learning

80. Provide a RUBRIC
• An activity in any
form that can
increase the strength
of the response and
tends to induce
repetitions of
actions/learning

81. Element
Label in the
Module
(English)
Label in the
Module
(Filipino)
Other Details Icon
Answer Key
Answer Key
(Key to
Corrections)
Susi sa
Pagwawasto
• The answers must be included at
the end of the module.

82. Other Specifications of the Body Text
Spaces between subtitles and paragraphs shall be two (2)
points.
Leading space shall be at 1.15 points.
Pages shall be complete and properly sequenced.
There shall be no overprinting / double printing.
Page number shall be centered at the bottom of the page.

83. There shall be no just one word or half a word on paragraph
endings.
 Inside pages shall be in Arabic numerals.
Pages shall not end with hyphenated word or awkward page
turn.
Pages shall be of the same length.
The last page of the manuscript shall occupy at least half of
the text area.

84. Paragraph endings:
There should be no one word or half a word at the last line of a
paragraph.

85. Pages should not
end with a
hyphenated
word.
A maximum
of three
consecutive
hyphenated
words are
allowed in a
paragraph.

86. Pages should not have bad breaks which
affect readability.
widow
Orphan

87. Element Title
with Icon
Body Text
Selection
Title
Page Number
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88. Answer Key
-It contains answers to all the activities in the material.
-It shall be written upside down.
References
-It includes all third party materials or sources in developing the material.
-It follows Chicago Manual of Style.
Back Outside Cover
-Feedback box:
Address
Contact number
Office of the management team
III. BACK MATTER

89. Answer Key
Contains answers
to all the activities
It shall be in Arial,
9pt.
It shall be written
upside down.

90. Reference
• Placed on the back Inside
cover
• Includes all third-party
materials or sources in
developing the material
• Font size vary per grade
level (see typography)
• Follows the Chicago
Manual of Style 17th
edition

91. AUTHOR-DATE IN-TEXT CITATION

92. BOOKS
Format:
Last name, First name. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book, edition.
Edited/Translated by First name, Last name. Place of Publication:
Publisher. Year of Publication.
Example:
Strayed, Cheryl. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest
Trail. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 2012.
Grazer, Brian, and Charles Fishman. A Curious Mind: The Secret
to a Bigger Life. New York: Simon & Schuster. 2015.

93. E-BOOKS
Bibliographic Entry (Examples)
Kurland, Phillip B., and Ralph Lerner. The Founder’ Constitution.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. http://press-
pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.
Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. New York: Harper &
Brothers, 1851. http://mel.Hofstra.edu/moby-dick-the-
whale-proofs.html.

94. Websites, Blogs and Social Media
(No Named Author)
Format:
Owner or Sponsor of Website. “Title of Web Page” or Description of Web Page
(website). Title or Description of the Site as a Whole. Updated/Last
modified/Accessed Date. URL.
Example:
Microsoft Corporation. “Apps for Office Sample Pack.” Office Dev
Center. Updated October 20, 2015. https://code.msdn.
microsoft.com/office/Apps-for-Office-code-d)4762b7.

95. Websites, Blogs and Social Media
(Named Author)
Format:
Last name, First name. “Title of Web Page” or Description of Web Page
(website). Title or Description of the Site as a Whole, Owner or
Sponsor of the Site. Updated/last modified/ accessed Date. URL.
Example:
Heck, Jr., Richard G. “About the Philosophical Gourmet Report.”
Last modified August 5, 2016. http://rgheck.frege.org
/philosophy/aboutpgr.php

96. Link to Chicago Manual of
Style 17th Edition
https://www.wsc.edu/download/downloads/id/1843/chicago_citati
on_style_examples_-_17th_edition.pdf

97. Back Outside Cover
Entry Font Type Font Size Other Details
Feedback Note Arial 12-pt
Position: at the bottom center part of
the back cover
Box size: 5.67” x 2.12” with rounded
corners
Box Border: 1.5 pt
Background Color: White
Font Color: Black
Logo & Name of Donor (In
case funds for printing are
donated by an NGO or LGU)
Position: Bottom left part of the back
cover below the feedback note

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Feedback Note
 Arial 12pt
Box size: 5.67” x 2.12”
with rounded corners
Box Border: 1.5 pt

99. To style learning resources written in English, the
following references shall be used:
1. For basic style concerns: the latest edition of the Chicago
Manual of Style (CMOS) by the University of Chicago Press;
2. For grammar and style concerns: the latest edition of
Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White;
3. For spelling and word division: latest edition of Merriam-
Webster International Dictionary of the English Language
(unabridged); and
4. For in-text citations and reference lists: 17th edition of
Chicago Manual of Style.

100.  To style learning resources written in Filipino, the grammar
rules and standards set by the Komisyon sa Wikang
Filipino, as directed by Kautusang Pangkagawaran No.
34, series 2013 (Ortograpiyang Pambansa) and Komisyon
sa Wikang Filipino Manwal sa Masinop na Pagsulat 2014
and the orthography for mother tongue shall be used.