ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

1ST QUARTER 2020

Content Number Topics Activities/ Worksheets
of Days
Reading 1 Structure of1. 1. Read ‘From Hand to Mouth’, pages 3-9
Strategies Academic 2. 2. Write the advantages and disadvantages of Speech and Gestures in
Text Communication in a tabular form
3 Difference of A. 1. Read ‘Brief History of English’, pages 10-18
Language in1. Show map where English started and who speaks it at present
Different 2. Introduce loanwords in English with roots from other languages
Disciplines B. 1. Read ‘Legal Indictment’. Pg. 35
2. Mention words used in the report and compare with other objectives
and audiences of other articles
C. 1. Read “The Sob Sister’s Story; pg. 37
2. Notice the language used in the article
3. Reflect on crime in our country
1 Specific Ideas1. 1. Read “Understanding Calories’. page 19
2. 2. Look at labels of food products at home and explain its meanings/
importance in health.
2 Gleaning A.1.Read ‘Wrigley’s Chewing Gum’, pg. 20
Information1. Elaborate on the topic about its nutritional value, rich owners,
from Text corporations, advertisements and the culture and laws related to it
Structure B. 1. Read ‘Porphyria’s Lover’, pages 38-39
2. Find ‘Trees’ poem by Joyce Kilmer online
C. 1. Read ‘Quiapo, the Procession’. Pages 40-41
2. Discuss each stanza, its narrative, other elements and reflect on its
influence on the present
1 Thesis 1. 1. Read ‘The Golden Age of Comics’, pg. 21
Statement 2. 2. Identify the Thesis sentence and Outline its main points
1 Various 1. 1. Read ‘On Various Kinds of Thinking”. Pages 23-33
Techniques in2. 2. Find the central idea.
Summarizing3. 3. What are the phrases that mark various ideas expressed?
2 Paraphrasing1. 1. Read ‘Competition and Cooperation’
2. 2. Watch a group game show such as Family Feud
3. 3. Retell it in your own words
4. 4. Label which is which and its consequences in society
5. 5. Repeat but use a different article from the newspaper
1 Outlining 1. 1. Read ‘From the Autopsy Surgeon’s Report’. Pg. 35
2. 2. Outline the reasons, manner and evidences to support report
2 SummarizingA. A. 1. Read ‘Local Girl Found slain…”, pg. 36
2.Summarize the news report
B. 1. Read other newspaper news
2. Summarize its main points
1 Precise/ 1. 1. Read’ Black Nazarene…, pg. 42
Abstract 2. 2. Explain what précis/ abstracts are
3. 3. Choose an online research, your own high school thesis and explain
 its main précis/ abstract
Writing a Opinions 1. Read “The Digital Divide…’, pages 62-63
Reaction 1 based on 1. 2. How the Internet affects us all, both positively and negatively?
Paper, Facts
Review or
Critique
1 Citing Specific 1. Read ‘Four Values’, Pages 48-61
Sources to 1. 2. What are the main values noticed by the writer?
Support 2. 3. Cite specific sources to support claims such as what they notice,
Claims books, surveys, etc.

2 Presenting A. A. 1. Read ‘Ang Bayan Muna…’, pages 64-71

ideas 2.Why do you believe or not believe the article? Convince the teacher
Convincingly and your classmates.
B. 1. Read ‘Why JFK’s…’. pages 68-71. Read the speech part loudly.
2. Why did it succeed in its delivery and how did it affect the USA and
the world in general?
3. Convince the audience using facts and recent history.
1 Appropriate1. 1.Read ‘Dead Water’. pg. 72
language for 2.a 2. Do a research on events leading to the Chinese Communist
Specific Revolution in 1949.
Discipline 3. 3. Compare dead water as in dirty politics, pollution and moral decay
then and now
3 Raising 1. 1. Teacher groups students into 7 groups with 8 members each, then
legitimate, divide into pros and cons. Rules given
Contrary 2. 2. Teacher gives topics online such as the WPS issue, Sabah problem,
Views in an same sex marriage, divorce, Covid response, ABS-CBN and EJK
Appropriate3. 3. Do research on topic
manner 4. 4. Debate online about your topics.
5. 5. Summarize your point of view at end of debate.
1 Critical 1. 1. Read an article given by the teacher online
Approaches2. 2. Teacher mentions words used to neutralize genders, etc
such as 3. 3. Rewrite article using neutral terms
Formalism,
Feminism, etc.
3 Principles of1. 1. Read all the articles about Heneral Luna. Pages 73-82
writing 2. 2. Watch the movie online
Effective 3. 3. Dissect its parts, both technical, writing, acting and message
Reviews and4. 4. Choose your own movie to review or critique
Critiques
2 Writing 1. 1. Read ‘Art’, pages 45- 47
Objective/ 2. 2. Look at its parts and elements
Balanced 3. 3. Describe art terms used
* MID Review/ 4. 4. Reflect on its political effects
TERMS Critique of Art,
5. 5. Choose a piece of art, government program or a private event and do
program or a balanced review
Event 6. 6. Is it good or bad? Beneficial?
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2 Quarter
Writing 1 Definition of Teacher explains with Power Point Presentation and Examples
Concept Concept
Paper Paper
2 Elucidation,1. 1. Read ‘Boondocks’. Pages 85-86, ‘Months of the Year’, pgs. 87-90
Explication and ‘Days of the Week’, pgs.91-92
and 2. 2. Words from the original Filipino accepted into the English language
Clarification of and from Science, History, prefixes and suffixes
Concepts 3. 3. Its use today and words from the New Oxford English Dictionary
4. 4. Loan words from other languages into Filipino and English
5. 5. Write a 3-paragraph essay underlining the loan words, its meaning
and where they came from
1 Concept 1. 1. Write a problem in society, how you plan to fix it and the hows or
paper s to details
improve 2. 2. Report it in class
society 3. 3. Ask your classmates for any comments, possible problems to be
encountered, possible improvements and how society will react on your
solution
1 Comprehensio Teacher gives a general outline
n of Various
Concept
papers
1. Read ‘Paleolithic Art’. Pgs. 99-100
1 Fields: Art 1. 2.Research on all art movements and show a specific example of one.
2. 3. Explain its features in the piece
3.

2 Business 1. 1. Research about Big Business and their Billionaire Owners

2. 2. Explain the field of business and how it answers the needs of the
particular place and time
3. 3. Relate the biographies of famous billionaires and how they made
their fortunes
1 Law Explain a new Philippine law and how it is based or contrary to the
Constitution
1 Philosophy Explain at least 3 major philosophical movements and your personal
reflection on each
1 Politics 1. 1. Read ‘I have a dream ‘speech by MLK. Pages 182- 185
2. 2. Research about the biography of ML King
3. 3. How did it influence people not just in the USA but around the world
then and now?
1 Religion 1. 1. Produce a concept paper on how religion affects Philippine society
(good/bad}
2. 2. How does the Christian and the Moslem faith affects the modern
 world?
2 Science A.1. Read ‘Fusion vs. Fission’, pages 117-119
2.Compare and Contrast fusion and fission in an article, Use a Venn
Diagram.
3. Show why one is better than the other in the use of nuclear
energy.
B. 1. Things, pages 120-122
2. Reflect on the 2nd article about plastics, climate change, pollution
and its ill effects on planet Earth.
1 Sports 1. 1. Read “Our very own Arnis’, pp, 109-110
1.1 2. Tell the class the rules and aims of your favorite sports
1.2 3. Write why sports need to be supported by the government, its
laws, players and the people
1 Tech Voc 1. If you choose TechVoc as a strand, how will it affect your life and
career?
2 Home 1. 1. Read ‘Ketchup’, pgs. 93- 94
Economics 1.1 2. How condiments enrich Asian cooking
1.2 3. How Filipino food is evolving and how to make it popular around the
world?
1 Agriculture 1. 1. How agriculture can make our country rich?
2. 2. How to achieve self-sufficiency in rice?
3. 3. Why we turn rice fields and mountainsides into subdivisions or
factories?
1 Fishery 1. 1. Turning fishponds into a big business
2. 2. Make well-regulated and sustainable fishing the rule and the law.
1 Industrial Arts Factory-made tools are better, cheaper, sturdier and more efficient than
hand- made ones.
1 Information The Internet has made the world a better place to live and work
and together.
Communicatio
ns Technology
2 Presentation Report and show your chosen concept paper to class with
with Visual accompanying visual aids
Aids
Writing 1 Position Paper1. Read ‘The Case for Short Words’, pgs.125- 126
Position 2. Meaning and Goals
Paper
2 Situations it is1. 1. Read ‘The Great Global Warming Swindle’; pgs. 151-154
used to 2. 2. How we can protect the environment
effectively 3. 3.How to limit pollution
change 4. 4. How educating ourselves can make our world a better place to live in
society together?
 1 Manifestoes Rizal’s objectives in writing his novels and how the people interpreted
and Analysis them
of Arguments
used by its
Writers
2 Defending Read your position on important social issues such as unisex
your stand on restrooms, LGBT rights and so forth
an issue
1 Writes various Submit your position papers on a chosen topic with supporting
kinds of documents
Position
papers
Survey/ 1 Well- written Definition and Examples
Field Report on
Reports, Various
Laboratory Disciplines
Reports,
Scientific/T
echnical
Reports
1 Objectives Medical reports, maps, Government reports, Private surveys, etc.
and Structures
of Various
Kinds of
Reports
2 Survey 1. 1. Show the class your survey questions from your theses
Questionnaire2. 2. How to improve upon it
s
2 Gathering 1. 1. Read ‘Philippines 2013 International,’ pgs. 197-200
Information1.1 2. Explain it from your own observations
from 1.2 3. Make an informal survey about the status of our freedom of religion,
Observations, one’s religious beliefs and values
Surveys and1.3 4. Report on a scientific experiment from your Science classes
Experiments
1 Dissemination1. 1. How to be really observant in what is happening around your
of Written barangay or the country
Forms of 2. 2. How to conduct representative surveys about the issues of the day
Information3. 3. How to conduct scientifically- accurate experiments
from
Observation,
Surveys and
Experiments
2 Summarizing1. 1. Read ’Guidelines for Physics…’, pages 201- 205
Findings and2. 2. Show medical report
executes 3. 3. Look for normal data and any deviation
report through4. 4. Choose the best visual aid to project your point
 Narratives and
5. 5. Interpret data to another student pretending to be a patient
Visual/
Graphic
Forms
1 Reads a map/1. 1. Show a map and globe
Writes various
2. 2. Explain how to find places from Legend and Index
Reports 3. 3. Tell where your family, relatives or friends are around the world
4. 4. Report a short paragraph you wrote about that place.
70 Submission of Papers
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