ENGLISH I SYLLABUS

English Communication Arts and Skills

Through Filipino Literature
By Josephine B. Serrano and
Milagrs G. Lapid
The RBEC Curriculum
COURSE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The series English Communication Arts and Skills seeks to present an integrated approach to the study of English by using literature to
portray it as a living language. The approach. For this year level, the focus is on Philippine Literature. The approach is likewise situational in
that it introduces real life situations within the experiential background of the youth through the featured literary pieces. The approach is
considered sequential in that it organizes literature into chronological patterns suitable for high school students while the language lessons
follow the development pattern, that is, from the simple to complex. It aims to be interdisciplinary by bringing into the exercises materials
on the natural sciences, arts, and the ideals and goals of a reformist society, and by discussing such issues as environmental awareness,
peace education, and the like. This approach is also communication oriented through its inclusion of listening and writing exercises geared
toward developing in the students facility of self-expression in the language.
GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE ENGLISH I PROGRAM
1.
2.
3.
4.

Develop a balance in the student physical, mental, and emotional health

Acquire effective communication skills
Find and use information from books and periodical intelligently
Learn to create beauty in ones surroundings, interpret current events as reflected in newspapers
and magazines and serve the community, the nation, and the world.
5. Develop a satisfactory philosophy in life
6. Develop correct emotional values
7. Develop intellectual vales or thinking skills
8. Develop reading, writing, and listening skills
9. Develop values inherent in literature
10. Develop the ability to appreciate literary pieces
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SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
UNITS

OBJECTIVES
a. Correct use of a dictionary
b. Recognize and enunciate the proper sounds of words
c. Identify and use sentences correctly in their various kinds and patterns

d. Identify and use nouns in their various kinds and patterns correctly
e. Identify and use pronouns in their various kinds and patterns correctly
f. Distinguish synonyms from antonyms
a. Identify and use verbs correctly in their different forms and tenses
b. Identify and give the verbs in their different forms and tenses

c. identify and give the verb that agrees with a given subject in a sentence
d. Know the different styles and functions of letter writing
a. Identify and use adjectives in their various forms correctly
b. Identify and use adverbs in their various forms correctly
c. Identify and use verb-adverb combinations correctly
d. Identify and write a good paragraph
e. Develop a topic sentence based on a set of guidelines

f. Analyze a paragraph according to the method of development used

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

English I- Communication Arts and Skills

School Year 2008-2009

1
LESSON
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

FIRST QUARTER
Unit 1
Correct use of a Dictionary
COMMUNICATION
ARTS
Kinds of Sentences
Sentence Pattern
Nouns
Singular and Plural Nouns
Count and Mass Nouns
Possessive and Noun Gender
Pronouns:
Personal, reflexive, intensive,
Indefinite, interrogative

LITERATURE
A Manobo Folktale
The Legend of Lake Ticob
Voyage to a New Land
Lapulapu, the Victor of Mactan
Princess Urduja
Who Was the Rajahs Son
The Thomasites to a New Land

SECOND QUARTER
Unit 2
LESSON
1
2
3
4-5

LITERATURE
Quit Revolution of a Typical Purok
Life in the City
The Sulus
Courage

A Letter to His Parents

COMMUNICATION ARTS
Verbs:
Transitive and intransitive, regular and irregular verbs,
Active and passive Voice
Subject-verb Agreement
Present Tense:
Simple Present, Present Progressive, Present Perfect, Present Perfect
Progressive tense.
Past Tense:
Simple Past, Past Progressive, Past Perfect, Past Perfect
Progressive tense.
Future Tense:
Letter Writing
THIRD QUARTER
Unit 3

LESSONS
1

LITERATURE
The Beautiful Horse

The Tree Of My Father

3
4

My Brothers Peculiar Chicken

The Witch

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Adjectives:
Limiting Adjectives, Order of Adjectives, Comparison of Adjectives
Adverbs:
Functions and Position of Adverbs, Kinds of Adverbs,
Comparison of Adverbs
The Paragraph
The Topic Sentence
FOURTH QUARTER
Unit 3-4

LESSON
1
2

LITERATURE
The Short Story :Scent of Apples

WRITING

Poetry: Elements of Poetry, Figures of Speech,

INSTRUCTIONAL
OBJECTIVES

COURSE
CONTENT

Poetry writing

STRATEGIES/ACTIVITIES

VALUEING
PROCESS

EVALUATION

REMARKS/D
ATES

FIRST QUARTER

UNIT
I 1. Ask the students the
Remembering
importance of a dictionary
the past
in studying.
1. Use thesaurus correctly
Lesson 1
2. Show a thumb-indexed
2. Use a thumb-indexed Language:
dictionary to the class and
dictionary correctly
Correct use of a demonstrate
how
the
3.
Use
the
kinds
of dictionary
thumb index and guide
information found in a
words are used.
dictionary.
3. ask the different kinds of
information given in a
dictionary and which parts
of the dictionary give such
information
Lesson 2
1. Express the importance of Literature:
folktales as part of our Folktale
cultural heritage.
The Manobo
2. Different sentence from Folktale
nonsentnce
3. Identify the subject and Language:Kinds
predicate in a sentence
of Sentences
4. Identify the headwords of
the subject and predicate.
5. Identify the four kind of
sentences
6. Convert a declarative
sentence into a question, a
question into a declarative
sentence, and a declarative
sentence
into
an
exclamatory sentence.

We have to be careful Seatwork:

in the words that we
Exercises 9
use when we talk to and 10
others.
Quizzes:
Exercises 11
and 12

1. Show to the class Value the importance

picture/s of the Manobos of folktales as part of
without identifying them. our heritage.
Let them describe the
appearance of the people
in the picture. Lead them to
identify
the
group
as
Manobos.
2. Have the students look
up the difficult
words
written on the board before
proceeding to the reading
of the selection The
Manobo Folktale.
Language
3. Present the concept of
the headword. Explain it to
the
class
and
give
examples
4.

Give

thorough

Oral Rec.:
Comprehension
Response
Seatwork:
Exercise 13B
Quiz:
Reinforcement
Activity

discussion on the lesson

and give exercises for
mastery
Lesson 3
1. Express appreciation for Literature:Lege
Philippine legends
nd
2. Different legend from The Legend of
other make-believe stories
Lake Ticob
3 Identify the different parts
of a sentence and its Language:
functions.
Sentence
4. Identify the different Pattern
sentence pattern: S-IV, S-TVDO,S-TV-IO-DO, S-LV-SC, STV-DO-OC,S-TV-OP

1. Tell the class that there Express appreciation

are four types of make- for
the
peaceful
believe stories: folktales, means of conquest
myths, fairy tales, and
legends. Let the class
differentiate the four types
by
giving
their
characteristics.
2. Let the class read the
selection Legend of Lake
Ticob then discuss it by
answering
the
comprehension
response
and values that follows
after the selection.
Com.Arts:
3. Ask the students what
sentence pattern they have
learned so far. Then ask a
student
to
write
and
identify its parts as well as
its function. Then discuss
the sentence they have
written or make some
necessary corrections or
additional information.
4.
Discuss
the
other
sentence pattern that was
not given by the students
and give more exercises

Seatwork:
Vocabulary
building
exercises
Com. Skills-p.36
Quizzes
Reinforcement
A and B-pp. 3638
Ass.:Research
about
the
Visayas and its
historical epic,
The
Maragtas.

Lesson 4
Literature
1. Tell the significance of Lit.: Voyage to 1. Motivate the lesson by
particular historical events
a New Land
asking the students the
2. Discuss the important role
possible
reasons
why
that
Filipino
overseas Language:
Filipinos prefer to work
workers play in the national Nouns
abroad as well as their
economy.
sacrifices when they are in
3. Identify and use proper
the foreign land.
and common nouns
2. Read and discuss the
4. Form derivational nouns
selection . Then have the
by adding a suffix to a word
class
work
on
5. Identify and use noun
Comprehension Response.
determiners
Language:
3. Let the class define Noun
and its importance in
language.
4.
Proceed
with
the
discussion on nouns. Let
the
class
give
the
difference of proper and
common nouns.
5. Have the class form
another word from a given
noun by adding suffixes.
6. Ask the class the
importance of a noun
determiner and let them
give
examples.
Then
discuss it to the class by
giving sample sentences.
1. Express appreciation for Lesson 5
Literature:
our ancestors love for Literature:Lapul 1. Ask the class what they
freedom as part of our apu the Victor know about Lapulapu. Lead
heritage.
of Mactan
the class to mention that

Seatwork:
Answer
Values after
reading
the
selection

Do not fail to express

our
love
and
appreciation to our
love ones who works
away
from
our
country.
Reinforcement
C and D:p.71
Quiz:
Reinforcement
Act.: E p.71

Writing Activity

Seatwork:
We should love our Reinforcement
country in any little Activity A
way we can.
Quiz:

2. Note details in selection

read
3.
Distinguish
between
singular and plural forms of
nouns
4. Form the plural of nouns
5. Use plural nouns in the
sentence

Skills:
Details

Note Lapulapu is one of the

Philippine heroes.
2. Before reading the
Langauge:
selection let the class bear
Singular
and in mind this question: Is it
plural nouns
possible to win a battle
against a far superior
weapon?
3. Tell the class to take
down notes while reading
the selection.
4. Let the class read the
selection, then discuss it
after by answering the
question given to them
ahead of time. Let them
cite details that will support
their answers from the
selection based on the
notes they have taken..
Language
5. Have the students refer
to the selection for the
plural nouns used. Call on
students a plural noun on
each given noun written on
the chalkboard.
6. Using the nouns, proceed
to the discussion on the
rules on forming the plurals
of
nouns.
Have
the
students provide their own
examples to each rule.
8. Give a generalization of

Reinforcement
Activity B
Ass:
1. Read the
selection
Princess
Urduja
2. Look up the
meaning of the
following
words:
a. weakling
b. scornfully
c. daring
d. amazon
e. memoires
f. infidel
3.
Read
on
count and mass
nouns

the lesson
1. express recognition of the
position of Filipino women
during pre-Hispanic times.
2. Distinguish synonyms
from antonyms
3. Differentiate count noun
from mass nouns
4. use noun determiners of
number before count nouns
5.
Use
expressions
of
quantity with mass nouns
6. Convert a sentence into a
question

1. Express awareness of the

characteristics
and
potentials of adolescents as
implied in the selection read
2. Get the meaning of words
through context clues
3. Read the s ending in
possessive and plural nouns
correctly

Lesson 6
Literature:
Princess Urduja
Skills:
Note
relations
between causes
and effects

Literatue:1. Give a short

check-up vocabulary quiz
to check of they did their
assignment. Proceed to the
reading of the selection and
discuss it by giving an oral
quiz since they were asked
to read the selection in
Language:
advance.
Count and Mass 2. Ask the class the events
Nouns
in the selection where the
effect is destructive and
vice versa

Lesson 7
Literature:
Who was the
Rajahs Son
Skills: Getting
the meaning of
difficult words
through context
clues.

We have to realize
that bravery is never
measured
by
the
number of enemies
as person has

Language
3. Review the students on
count nouns and mass
nouns which were learned
in lower grades. Ask for
other mass nouns.
4. Give examples and
exercises for the mastery of
the lesson.
Literature:
1.Motivate the lesson by Value your friends for
saying: The selection to be they are treasures in
read will remind us of the life.
rash of kidnappings that
occurred in the country in
the early 1990s.
2. Read the selection and
discuss it with the class.

Seatwork
Reinforcement
Activity A
Quiz:
Reinforcement
Activity B
Project: Make
a Comic Strip
by
creating
their
own
heroine.
Ass.:
Bring clippings
of
kidnap
victims
or
kidnappings.

Group Work:
(Participation/
Recitation)
Group the class
into four and let
them make a
collage of the
clippings they
have
brought

4. Identify the use of the s Language:

ending
to
show
the Possessive
possessive form
Noun and Noun
Gender
5. Discuss the uses of the
apostrophe to show the
possessive from
6. Use the apostrophe
correctly
7. Identify gender in nouns

1. Express recognition of the

importance of the coming of
the Thomasites
2.Note
details
in
the
selection
3. identify and use the
different kinds of pronouns
4. Write a short theme of
ones respected teacher

Give information about the

writer of the selection
during the discussion.

3. Relate the story to the

recent kidnappings here in
the Philippines.
Language:
4. Use the exercise in
speech Improvement as an
introduction
to
Communication Skills topic
on forming possessives.
Then
proceed
to
the
discussion
of
Communication Skills. Ask
the students to give their
own examples for every
rule
or
generalization
presented.
Lesson 8
Literature
Literature:The 1. Say: the selection in this
Thomasites to a lesson is about a program
New Land
that aimed to spread the
Language:
American culture in the
Pronouns:
Philippines.
Personal,
2. Call on individual student
Reflexive,
to read the selection.
Intensive,
3.
Then
discuss
the
Indefinite,
selection as the students
interrogative
answer the questions in
Comprehension Response.
In the discussion of the
questions in Values, have
the students infer that

with
them.
Then, a leader
will
discuss/explain
their collage
Seatwork:
Reinforcement
Activity A-b
Quiz:
1.Comprehensi
on response A
2.Reinforcemen
t Activity C-D

Be open to new ideas

or learning for selfimprovement without
losing ones identity.

Seatwork:
Vocabulary
Building A and
B
Quizzes:
Reinforcement
Actvity A and B

sacrificing ones personal

desires for service to God
and country is noble.
Language
4. Ask two volunteers to
read the paragraph on
page 107, one after the
other. . Ask: Why is the first
paragraph cumbersome?(It
does
not
use
any
pronouns.)
5. Then take the different
uses of pronouns as object,
complement, object of the
verb, and object of the
preposition.
6. Present the chart of
personal
pronouns,
reflexive,
intensive,
indefinite,
interrogative
pronouns.
7.
Give
a
thorough
discussion on the rules of
using
these
pronouns
before giving the students
exercises for practice.
SECOND QUARTER
1. Discuss the importanece
of cleanliness.
2. Express concern for the
environment
3. Identify and use verbs
correctly
4.
Identify
and
use

UNIT2:LIVING
THE MOMENT
Lesson 1:
Literature:
Quiet
Revolution of a
Typical Purok
Language:

Literature:
1. Ask the students who
have
parents
who
do
volunteer community work.
encourage the class to tell
something about it. Then
proceed to the reading and
discussion of the selection

Helping one another Seatwork:

is the best way to Vocabulary
achieve a common Building
goal.
Exercise B

intransitive and transitive Verbs: Uses of 2. Discuss the question in

verbs correctly
Verbs:
the Values component.
5. Identify and use linking
verbs correctly

Language:
3. Let the class define
verbs. Have the students
discuss the examples of
verbs
on
p.
125-126,
textbook. Spend some time
on two-word verb. Proceed
to the
discussion
of
auxiliary
verbs in tag questions.
4. Proceed to the discussion
of transitive, intransitive
and linking verb. Have the
class
turn
on
p.q33,
textbook.,
to
communication skills for
the discussion.
1. Describe life in the city
Lesson 2 :
Literature:
2.
Use
correctly
the Literature: Life 1. Call on the students to
prepositions in and on in in the City
describe the city life as
expressions
Language:
related to the selection.
3. Distinguish the active Active Passive 2. Proceed to reading and
from the passive voice
Voice
discussion of the selection.
Let them describe the
positive
and
negative
effects of living in the city.

Retain
the
Values
inculcated in you by
your
parents
no
matter how advance
the city you lived in.

Oral Test:
Reinforcemnt
Activities
A-B
(Change
sentence from
active
to
passive
and
vice versa)
Quiz:

Language
3. In Vocabulary Building,
ask
the
students
to
differentiate between the
use of the prepositions in
and on. Provide other
sample sentences.
4. Have the students recall
the distinction between
active and passive voice.
Discuss the lesson by
giving sample sentences.

1. Express recognition of
other cultural communities
that make up the Philippines
2. Deduce the meaning of a
word from context clues
3. Construct sentences that
observe
subject-verbagreement

Lesson 3
Literature:
The Sulus
Language:
Subject-verbagreement

Literature:
1. Show the map of the
Philippines and have the
student locate the Sulu
archipelago and point this
out to the class.
2. Tell the class that they
will be reading a selection
about the life of the people
in Sulu.
3. Discuss the selection by
letting the students answer
Comprehension Response
and Values.
Language:
4. The rules in subject verb
agreement
have
been

Reinforcement
Activity H
Ass:
1. Read the
selection The
Sulus

2. Look up the
meaning of the
ff. words.
a. gleefully b.
heir
c. various c.
heirloom
Appreciate
the Seatwork:
importance
of Reinforcement
knowing about other Activity B-C
cultures for greater
understanding
and Quizzes:
world peace.
Reinforcement
Activity: D-F
Writing Activity
1-2
Ass:
1. Have the
students supply
verbs to the
sentences
given.

1. Define courage based on

their personal beliefs
2. Note details in the
selection read
3.
Identify and use the
different
forms
of
the
present tense correctly
4. Identify and use the
different forms of the past
tense correctly
5. Use the past passive and
past emphatic form of the
verbs in sentences
6. Use the past passive and
past emphatic form of the
verbs in sentences
7 Use negative statements
and habitual action in the
past tense
8. Ask questions in the past
tense

Lesson 4-5
Literature:
Courage
Language:
Present Tense
Past Tense
Future Tense

learned since grade three.

2.
Research
Encourage the students to
about
the
state the rules in their own
Filipino author
words.
Mr. Beinvenido
5. Have the students do the
Santos
exercises in Reinforcement
Activities orally. It will do
well to check the intonation
patterns
used
by
the
students.
Have
the
exercises done briskly.
Literature:
We have to face lifes Seatwork:
1. Have the students give challenges
with Reinforcement
their
own
concept
of courage.
Activities
A-B
courage. Then say: The
p.143-144
selection
we
will
be
(Present)
studying talks of a different
Reinforcement
from of courage.
Activities
C-D
2. Ask about the author
(past)
based on the extra reading
they did as homework. then
Quizzes
proceed to the reading and
Reinforcement
discussion of the selection.
Activity C and D
Language:
(present)
3. Have the class copy the
chart of the different forms
Reinforcement
of the present and the past
Activities: D-E
tenses (simple, progressive
(past)
and perfect tenses.)
4. Explain thoroughly the
lesson by giving examples.
Then let the class give their
own sentences.

1. Enumerate ways by which

one can show patriotism
2. Identify the different parts
of a letter
3. Identify the different
kinds of letter writing
4. Express the importance of
communication

Lesson 6
A Letter to His
Parents
Skills: Letter
Writing

1. Ask the class to tell what Do not fail to express

they know about Jose Rizal. your love, especially
2. Give the class five to your parents
minutes to silently read A
Letter to his Parents.
3. Proceed to the discussion
of the selection by using
the 4W-question and let
them
answer
the
Comprehension Response.
in Values, focus on the
second item by having the
students give their concept
of patriotism.

Language:
4. Ask the students if they
have tried to mail a letter
in the post office.
5. Tell the class that they
will learn how to write a
letter
following
the
guidelines in letter writing.
THIRD QUARTER
Unit
3 Literature:
Do not be greedy for
1. Express ones opinion on Looking
to 1. Show to the class a it is against the
reincarnation.
the
picture of a horse and ask if teachings of the Lord.
2.
Identify
and
use Future
they think that a horse is
adjectives in sentences
Lesson 1
beautiful, let them explain
3. Identify the inflection of Literature:The their answer.
adjectives
Beautiful Horse 2. Let the class read the
4. Write sentences
Language:
selection orally by group
Adjectives:Lim and discuss it with the class
iting
after reading.
adjectives,Orde
r
and Language:

Seatwork:
Vocabulary
Building
Quiz:
Reinforcement
Activity A
Writing Activity:
In
a
short
essay, let the
class write their
own concept of
patriotism.
Assignment:
Reinforcement
Activity B

Seatwork:
Writing Activity:
Let the class
draw a horse
through
the
description
given in the
selection read.
Let
them
describe it in a
short paragraph
using

comparison
Adjectives

1. Explain the topic of land

grabbing in the country
2. Tell personal views on the
justice
system
in
the
country
3. Identify the adverbs
correctly
4. Arrange adverbs in the
correct positions
5. Identify the different
inflections of adverbs to
show comparison

1. Express a personal view

on what Filipino humor
means
2. Identify a good paragraph
3. Use the guidelines in
writing a paragrah

of 3. Ask some students to

define adjective.
4. Let them identify the
different kinds of adjectives
and give example for each.
5.
Give
a
follow-up
discussion on the lesson..
Lesson 2
Literature
Literature
1. Motivate the selection by
The Tree of My talking about land grabbing
Father
incidents in the country.
Language
2. Talk briefly about the
Adverbs: Kinds author before proceeding
of
Adverbs, to
the
reading
and
Functions and discussion of the selection.
position,
and Language
Comparison of Language:
Adverbs
3. Ask the class how do
adverbs
differ
from
adjectives. Then continue
with the discussion on
kinds of adverbs, function
and
position,
and
comparison of adverbs.
4.
Give
exercises
for
mastery of the lesson.
Lesson 3
Literature:
Always look at life in
My
Brothers 1. Let the class differentiate a
brighter
Peculiar
a hen from a rooster. Let perspective.
Chicken
them write the description
Communication on the board.
Skills:
2. Tell the class that the
The Paragraph
selection they will be
reading is about a chicken.
3. Proceed to the reading

adjectives

Seatwork:
Reinforcement
Activities A and
B
Quizzes:
Reinforcement
C-D

Oral:
Comprehension
Response
Seatwork:
Exercise
1-2
pp.231-232
Exercise 4

1. Express ones opinion on

gossip mongering
2. Identify synonym in a
given word
3.
identify
the
Topic
sentence in a paragraph
4. Write a paragraph given a
topic sentence

and discussion of the

selection. Then let them
answer vocabulary building
as seatwork.
Language:
4. In writing Skills discuss
the
definition
of
a
paragraph,
the
arrangement
of
the
beginning, middle,, and
ending
sentences
to
convey the writers ideas in
the most effective way.
5. Ask: What is meant by a
paragraph being a bundle
of sentences? Discuss it to
the
class
by
giving
exercises.
Lesson 4
Literature:
Do
not
be
too
The Witch
1. Motivate the lesson by judgmental to others.
asking: Who believe in
Communication witches? Who has seen
Skills:
one? These questions will
The
Topic start a round of storytelling
Sentence
in class.
2. Before turning to the
story, talk about the author
then discuss the selection
by
answering
the
Comprehension Response.
Communication Skills:
3. Proceed to Writing Skills.
Have the students read two
paragraphs one after the
other. Stress that the main

Quizzes:
Exercise
p.232
Exercise 5

Seatwork:
Values
Vocabulary A
Exercise 7
Quizzes:
Vocabulary B
Exercise 6
Exercise 8

idea of a paragraph is
expressed in the topic
sentence.
4. Then proceed with the
discussion and exercises in
Writing Skills.
5. Have the class work on
Reinforcement Activity A for
the
Writing
Skills
component
after
the
students will have analyzed
the examples of each of the
four methods of paragraph
development.
FOURTH QUARTER
1.
Discuss
ones
expectations of the life of a
Filipino in the United States
before WWII and today
2. Express ones opinions
regarding
Filipinos
who
leave family and country to
work overseas
3. Deduce the meaning of a
word from context
4. Note details in a selection
5. Identify the elements of a
short story
6. Analyze a short story
7. Write a short story
following given pointers

Unit
3
Looking
to
the Future
Lesson 5
Literature
The
Short
Story
Scent
of
Apples

1. Call on students to read Value our importance

the advance organizer of of family in our lives.
the story. Then ask the
students if they have nay
family who works and live
abroad. Encourage them to
talk about their relatives
life abroad.
2. Share to the class the
events of the authors
experience abroad during
WWII.
3. Present to the class the
basic
questions
every
reader of a short story
should ask about every
story read.
4. Then read and discuss
the story, focus on its

Seatwork:
Vocabulary
Building
Reinforcement
Activity
Quiz:
Elements
Short Story

of

Enrichment
Activity:
Organize
a
debate on this
matter:
The
quest
for
material
prosperity
justifies leaving

mood.
Show
how
the
characters, setting, and
situation portrayed in the
story contribute to its
mood.
5. Guide the students as
they
work
on
the
Reinforcement Activity.
1. Share ones feelings for
ones parents
2. Note details in a selection
read
3. Identify and explain the
elements of poetry
4. Identify the tone color or
mood of a poem
5. Identify the different
figures of speech in poetry
6. Write a simple poem
using the guidelines
7. Express agreement or
disagreement with a poem
read

Lesson 6
Poetry:
Ballad
of
A
Mothers Heart
Elements,
Figures
of
Speech

1. Express appreciation for Lesson 7

1. Ask the class what is

ballad. Tell them that the
songs Tennessee Waltz,
and
Clementine
are
ballads.
2. Let the class read the
elements of poetry written
on the board. Explain each
by citing examples.
2. Introduce the poem
Ballad of A Mothers
Heart
by
giving
the
background of the poet.
3.
Analyze
the
poem
through
the
guidelines
given.

ones
family
and country.
Ass: Read the
poem Ballad of
a
Mothers
Heart
and
answer
Comprehension
Response
Listen to our mother, Seatwork:
for they know what is Values
best for us.
Quiz:
1. Elements of
Poetry
2.
Reinforcement
Act.
3. Figures of
Speech

4.
Discuss
Literary
Appreciation Skills B, Tone
Color or Mood in a Poem
5. Proceed to the discussion
of the different figures of
speech by giving examples
on board.
1. Ask the class what is the Treasure your home Oral Recitation:

nature
2. Enumerate by which
youth can help in preserving
the planet
3.
Identify
the
characteristics of an essay
as a literary form
4. Analyze an essay based
on a set of guidelines
5. Identify the main thought
of an essay
6. express oneself through
creative writing

Essay:
My
Home(selection
)
Kinds of Essay
Writing

difference between a house for you are lucky that Comprehension

and a home. Encourage you have one.
Response
students
to
express
themselves.
Seatwork:
2.
Before
asking
the
Values
students to read the essay
Vocabulary
My Home, discuss first
Building
the different characteristics
of a good essay.
Quiz:
3. Let the class read the
1.
essay by group to test their
Characteristics
oral reading skills.
of a good essay.
4. Use the circle writing by
2.
Essay
means of analyzing the
writing:
essay. Tell them that this
Narrative,
just another fun way to
Descriptive,
write a paragraph.
Argumentative
5. Use the paragraph in
exercise D to make the
concept of the natural way
of writing clearer to the
students.
6. Present to the class the
different ways of writing an
essay by showing them
examples
(descriptive,
narrative, argumentative).
Then let them write their
own by groups of three.