To: All Secondary Schools Cluster Heads

SHS Core Subject Writers

Below are changes of some assigned MELC for SILM

preparation due to the issuance of the Latest MELC by the
Bureau of Curriculum Division (BCD).

Please be guided and keep safe always.

Thank you!

Truly yours,

M.Bocatera

1. Grade Level: 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and

the World
10 MELC no changes

2. Grade Level: Senior High School (Core) Subject:

Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions

(Note: Due to the publication of the latest MELC by the Bureau of

Curriculum Division the first issued MELC were modified and
subsequently change the assigned MELC to some municipalities indicated
by red font).
Originally there are 12 MELC with additional of 4 MELC, 2
revised/modified making 16 MELC in the latest version

1. Alamada
(Week 2/Semester) Week 3-5/1 Semester
Researches on various contemporary art forms, techniques and performance
practices; modified to the following:
Researches on various contemporary art forms (New MELC)

2. Aleosan
(Week 3/Semester) Week 1/1 Semester
Describes various contemporary art forms and their practices from the various
regions;

3. Antipas (& Arakan: Removed and assigned 1 new MELC)

(Week 4/Semester) Week 3-5/1 Semester

Explains Filipino artists’ roles and identify their contribution to contemporary arts;

Arakan
Week 2/1 Semester
Discusses various art forms in the Philippines (New MELC)

4. Banisilan (& Carmen: Removed and assigned 1 new MELC)

(Week 5/Semester) Week 3-5/1 Semester
(Analyzes) Evaluates contemporary art forms based on the elements and
principles;( Note: Analyzes replaced by evaluates)

Carmen
Week 3-5/1 Semester
Compares forms of arts from the different regions

5. Kabacan
(Week 6/Semester) Week 3-5/1 Semester
Relates the significance of arts forms from the regions;

6. Libungan
(Week 7/Semester) Week 3-5/1 Semester
Critiques available local materials and appropriate techniques; used in creating
art(removed this word);

7. Magpet (& Makilala : Removed and assigned 1 new MELC)

(Week 8/Semester) Week 3-5/1 Semester
Explicates the use of available materials and the application of techniques;

Makilala
Week 3-5/1 Semester
Researches on techniques and performance practices applied to contemporary
arts( New MELC)

8. Matalam (& Midsayap: Removed and assigned 1 new MELC)

(Week 9-10/Semester) Week 6-8/1 Semester
Conceptualizes contemporary art based on techniques and performance practices in
their locality;

Midsayap
Week 3-5/1 Semester
Discusses local materials used in creating art

9. Mlang & Pigkawayan

Week 11-14/Semester
Applies artistic skills and techniques in the process of creation;

10. Pikit
(Week 11-14/Semester) Week 6-8/1 Semester
Creates the intended final product using appropriate materials for the best possible
output;

11. Pres. Roxas

(Week 15-16/Semester) Week 6-8/1 Semester
Incorporates contemporary characteristics to one’s creation with attention to detail;

12. Tulunan
(Week 16/Semester) Week 3-5/1 Semester
Promotes arts from the regions;

3. Grade Level: Senior High School (Core) Subject: Disaster

Readiness and Risk Reduction
( Note : 1 MELC was removed, 1 MELC was modified and 1 new MELC
added in the latest MELC(BCD) red font indicate removal or change as
indicated in the municipalities of Aleosan, Arakan and kabacan only)
2. Aleosan
Q1 / Week 1
Describe the effects of disasters on one’s life;

Q1 / Week 2
Identify areas/locations exposed to hazards that may lead to disasters ;
(Removed)

Q1 / Week 6
Explain various volcano-related hazards; (Given to Aleosan from
Kabacan)

4. Arakan
Q1 / Week 3
Determine the elements that are exposed to a particular hazard; (replaced)
Explain why certain sectors of society are more vulnerable to disaster
than other(p.415 on latest MELC).

Q1 / Week 3
Recognize vulnerabilities of different elements exposed to specific hazards;

7. Kabacan

Q1 / Week 5
Analyse the effects of the different earthquake hazards;

Q1 / Week 6
Interpret different earthquake hazard maps;

Q1 / Week 6
Explain various volcano-related hazards; (Given to Aleosan)

4. Grade Level: Senior High School (Core) Subject: Earth and

Life Science
Note: There were 3 MELC added with 1 revision These were added to the
municipalities of Midsayap, Mlang and Matalam while revision in MELC
assigned to Antipas. Total MELC 30.

3. Antipas
Q1 / Week 2
Describe where the Earth’s internal heat comes from.

Q1 / Week 2
Describe the changes in mineral components and texture of rocks due to changes in
pressure and temperature (metamorphism). (revised please see below)
Q1 / Week 4
Describe the physical and chemical changes in rocks due to changes in
pressure and temperature (metamorphism).

11. Matalam
Q2/ Week 4
Describe the process of genetic engineering

Week 2/Q1 ( additional new MELC)

Explain how the product of weathering are carried away by
erosion and deposited elsewhere
12. Midsayap

Q2/Week 4 Evaluate the benefits and risks of using GMOs

Week 3/Q1( additional new MELC)

Describe how magma is formed (magmatism)

13. Mlang
Q2/ Week 5
Describe the general and unique characteristics of the different organ systems in
representative animals

Week 4/Q1( additional new MELC)

Compare and contrast the formation of the different types of igneous
rocks

5. Grade Level: Senior High School (Core) Subject: Earth

Science
Week of the Quarter/Grading Period
Most Essential Learning Competencies
(There are 3 new MELC added based on the latest MELC by BCD
with a total 26 MELC)
1. Alamada
Q1 / Week 1
Describe the characteristics of Earth that are necessary to support life

2. Aleosan

Q1 / Week 1
Explain that the Earth consists of four subsystems, across whose boundaries matter
and energy flow

3. Antipas
Q1 / Week 1
Identify common rock-forming minerals using their physical and chemical properties

4. Arakan
Q1 / Week 2
Classify rocks into igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic

5. Banisilan
Q1 / Week 2
Identify the minerals important to society

6. Carmen
Q1 / Week 2
Describe how ore minerals are found, mined, and processed for human use

7. Kabacan
Q1 / Week 3
Describe how fossil fuels are formed

8. Libungan
Q1 / Week 3
Explain how heat from inside the Earth (geothermal) and from flowing water
(hydroelectric) is tapped as a source of energy for human use

9. Magpet
Q1 / Week 3
Identify the various water resources on Earth

Q1/Week 6( additional new MELC)

Give ways of conserving and protecting the soil for future generation

10. Makilala
Q1 / Week 4
Explain how different activities affect the quality and availability of water for human
Use
Q1/Week 6( additional new MELC)
Explain how seafloor spreads

11. Matalam

Q1 / Week 4
Identify human activities, such as farming, construction of structures, and waste
disposal, that affect the quality and quantity of soil

Q1 / Week 5
Describe how people generate different types of waste (solid, liquid, and gaseous) as
they make use of various materials and resources in everyday life

12. Midsayap

Q1 / Week 5
Explain how different types of waste affect people’s health and the environment
Q2 / Week 1
Describe how rocks undergo weathering

13. Mlang

Q2 / Week 1
Explain why the Earth’s interior is hot

Q2 / Week 1
Describe what happens after magma is formed

14. Pigcawayan

Q2 / Week 2
Describe how rocks behave under different types of stress such as compression,
pulling apart, and shearing

Q2 / Week 2
Describe the structure and evolution of ocean basins

15. Pikit
Q2 / Week 3
Describe how layers of rocks (stratified rocks) are formed

Q2 / Week 3
Describe the different methods (relative and absolute dating) of determining the age of
stratified rocks

16. Pres. Roxas

Q2 / Week 4
Explain how relative and absolute dating were used to determine the subdivisions of
geologic time

Q2 / Week 4
Describe how index fossils (also known as guide fossils) are used to define and identify
subdivisions of the geologic time scale

17. Tulunan
Q2 / Week 5
Describe the history of the Earth through geologic time

Q2/Week 4( additional new MELC)

Explain how the movement of plates leads to the formation of folds,
faults, trenches, volcanoes, rift valleys, and mountain ranges
6. Grade Level: Senior High School (Core) Subject: General
Mathematics- No Changes
7. Grade Level: Senior High School (Core) Subject: Introduction
to Philosophy of Human Person-No changes

8. Grade Level: Senior High School (Core) Subject:

Komunikasyon at Pananaliksik sa Wika at Kulturang Pilipino

Week of the Quarter/Grading Period

Most Essential Learning Competencies
Note: 3 MELC were removed as indicated below in red font

1. Alamada
Week 1/1st Quarter
Naiuugnay ang mga konseptong pangwika sa mga napakinggang sitwasyong
pangkomunikasyon sa radyo, talumpati, at mga panayam( removed)

Week 2/1st Quarter

Naiuugnay ang mga konseptong pangwika sa sariling kaalaman, pananaw, at mga

karanasan

2. Aleosan
Week 1/1st Quarter
Natutukoy ang mga kahulugan at kabuluhan ng mga konseptong pangwika

3. Antipas
Week 2/1st Quarter
Naiuugnay ang mga konseptong pangwika sa mga napanood na sitwasyong pang
komunikasyon sa telebisyon (Halimbawa: Tonight with Arnold Clavio, State of the
Nation, Mareng Winnie,Word of the Lourd

Week 2/1st Quarter

Naiuugnay ang mga konseptong pangwika sa sariling kaalaman, pananaw, at mga
karanasan (Reassigned to Alamada)

4. Arakan
Week 3/1st Quarter
Nagagamit ang kaalaman sa modernong teknolohiya (facebook, google, at iba pa) sa
pag-unawa sa mga konseptong pangwika Week 3/1st Quarter

Nabibigyang kahulugan ang mga komunikatibong gamit ng wika sa lipunan (Ayon kay
M. A. K. Halliday)
5. Banisilan
Week 4/1st Quarter
Natutukoy ang iba’t ibang gamit ng wika sa lipunan sa pamamagitan ng napanood na
palabas sa telebisyon at pelikula (Halimbawa: Be Careful with My Heart, Got to
Believe, Ekstra, On The Job, Word of the Lourd(http://lourddeveyra.blogspot.com))
Week 4/1st Quarter
Naipaliliwanag nang pasalita ang gamit ng wika sa lipunan sa pamamagitan ng mga
pagbibigay halimbawa

6. Carmen
Week 5/1st Quarter
Nagagamit ang mga cohesive device sa pagpapaliwanag at pagbibigay halimbawa sa
mga gamit ng wika sa lipunan (removed)
Week 5/1st Quarter
Nakapagsasaliksik ng mga halimbawang sitwasyon na nagpapakita ng gamit ng wika
sa lipunan

7. Kabacan
Week 6/1st Quarter
Nakapagbibigay ng opinyon o pananaw kaugnay sa mga napakinggang pagtalakay sa
wikang pambansa
Week 6/1st Quarter
Nasusuri ang mga pananaw ng iba’t ibang awtor sa isinulat na kasaysayan ng wika
Week 7/1st Quarter

8. Libungan
Natutukoy ang mga pinagdaanang pangyayari / kaganapan tungo sa pagkabuo at
pag-unlad ng Wikang Pambansa
Week 7/1st Quarter
Nakasusulat ng sanaysay na tumatalunton sa isang partikular na yugto ng
kasaysayan ng Wikang Pambansa

9. Magpet
Week 8/1st Quarter
Natitiyak ang mga sanhi at bunga ng mga pangyayaring may kaugnayan sa pag-unlad
ng Wikang Pambansa

Week 9-10/1st Quarter

Nakagagawa ng isang sanaysay batay sa isang panayam tungkol sa aspektong
kultural o lingguwistiko ng napiling komunidad (removed)

10. Makilala
Week 1/2nd Quarter
Natutukoy ang iba’t ibang paggamit ng wika sa mga napakinggang pahayag mula sa
mga panayam at balita sa radyo at telebisyon
Week 1/2nd Quarter
Natutukoy ang iba’t ibang paggamit ng wika sa nabasang pahayag mula sa mga blog,
social media posts at iba pa

11. Matalam
Week 2 /2nd Quarter
Nasusuri at naisasaalang-alang ang mga lingguwistiko at kultural na pagkakaiba-iba
sa lipunang Pilipino sa mga pelikula at dulang napanood
Week 2/2nd Quarter
Naipapaliwanag nang pasalita ang iba’t ibang dahilan, anyo, at pamaraan ng
paggamit ng wika sa iba’t ibang sitwasyon

12. Midasayap

Week 3/2nd Quarter

Nakasusulat ng mga tekstong nagpapakita ng mga kalagayang pangwika sa kulturang
Pilipino
Week 3/2nd Quarter
Natutukoy ang iba’t ibang register at barayti ng wika na ginagamit sa iba’t ibang
sitwasyon (Halimbawa: Medisina, Abogasya, Media, Social Media, Enhinyerya,
Negosyo, at iba pa) sa pamamagitan ng pagtatala ng mga terminong ginamit sa mga
larangang ito

13. Mlang
Week 4/2nd Quarter
Nakagagawa ng pag-aaral gamit ang social media sa pagsusuri at pagsulat ng mga
tekstong nagpapakita ng iba’t ibang sitwasyon ng paggamit sa wika
Week 4/2nd Quarter
Natutukoy ang mga angkop na salita, pangungusap ayon sa konteksto ng paksang
napakinggan sa mga balita sa radyo at telebisyon

14. Pigcawayan
Week 5/2nd Quarter
Nabibigyang kahulugan ang mga salitang ginamit sa talakayan
Week 5/2nd Quarter
Napipili ang angkop na mga salita at paraan ng paggamit nito sa mga usapan o
talakayan batay sa kausap, pinag-uusapan, lugar, panahon, layunin, at grupong
kinabibilangan

15. Pikit
Week 6/2nd Quarter
Nahihinuha ang layunin ng isang kausap batay sa paggamit ng mga salita at paraan
ng pagsasalita

Week 6/2nd Quarter

Nakabubuo ng mga kritikal na sanaysay ukol sa iba’t ibang paraan ng paggamit ng
wika ng iba’t ibang grupong sosyal at kultural sa Pilipinas

16. Pres. Roxas

Week 7/2nd Quarter
Nasusuri ang ilang pananaliksik na pumapaksa sa wika at kulturang Pilipino

Week 7/2nd Naiisa-isa ang mga hakbang sa pagbuo ng isang makabuluhang

pananaliksik

17. Tulunan
Week 8/2nd Quarter
Nagagamit ang angkop na mga salita at pangungusap upang mapag-ugnay-ugnay ang
mga ideya sa isang sulatin

Week 9-10/2nd Quarter

Nakasusulat ng isang panimulang pananaliksik sa mga penomenang kultural at
panlipunan sa bansa

9. Grade Level: Senior High School (Core) Subject: Media and

Information Literacy- No changes

10. Grade Level: Senior High School (Core) Subject: Oral

Communication in Context- No Changes

11. Grade Level: Senior High School (Core) Subject: Pagbasa at

Pagsusuri ng Ibat’ibang Teksto Tungo sa Pananaliksik-No
Changes

12. Grade Level: Senior High School (Core) Subject: Personal

Development
Week of the Quarter/Grading Period
Most Essential Learning Competencies
(Note: There were no changes except 1 MELC specifically “2.1
discuss the relationship among physiological, cognitive,
psychological, spiritual, and social development” was
removed).
1. Alamada
Week 1/First Quarter
1.1 explain that knowing oneself can make a person accept his/her strengths and
limitations and dealing with others better

2. Aleosan
1.2 share his/her unique characteristics, habits, and experiences
3. Antipas
Week 2 / First Quarter
2.1 discuss the relationship among physiological, cognitive, psychological,
spiritual, and social development (Removed in the latest MELC version)
2.2 evaluate his/her own thoughts, feelings, and behaviours

13. Grade Level: Senior High School (Core) Subject: Physical

Education and Health (Grade 11)- No Changes

14. Grade Level: Senior High School (Core) Subject: Physical

Education and Health (Grade 12)- No Changes

15. Grade Level: Senior High School (Core) Subject:

Physical Science
Week of the Quarter/ Grading Period
Most Essential Learning Competencies

Note: Only 2 MELC were added and assigned to Pikit and Pres. Roxas.

15. Pikit
Q2 / Week 5
Explain the consequences of the postulates of General Relativity (e.g., correct
predictions of shifts in the orbit of Mercury, gravitational bending of light, and black
holes)

Q2/Week 2( Additional new MELC)

Explain how Galileo inferred that objects in vacuum fall with uniform
acceleration, and that force is not necessary to sustain horizontal motion.

16. Pres. Roxas

Q2 / Week 6
Explain how the speeds and distances of far-off objects are estimated (e.g., doppler
effect and cosmic distance ladder)

Q2/Week 2( Additional new MELC)

Compare and contrast the Aristotelean and Galilean conception of
vertical motion, horizontal motion and projectile motion.

16. Grade Level: Senior High School (Core) Subject:

Reading and Writing Skillls- No changes

17. Grade Level: Senior High School (Core) Subject:

Statistics and Probabilities - No changes

18. Grade Level: Senior High School (Core) Subject:

Understanding Culture and Society - No changes