UNPACKING DIAGRAM
GRADE 8, QUARTER 4
Students on their own and in the
long run will be able to compose
variety of journalistic texts to
inform, educate, and persuade the
people in making informed choice
and stance about social,
philosophical, and religious beliefs
and issues.
TRANSFER GOAL
- Identify features of journalistic writing
- Distinguish among types of
journalistic writing (news report, opinion
article, feature article, and sports news
article)
- Differentiate journalistic from literary
texts
- Identify positions of a topic sentence
and its supporting details
- Identify notable literary genres
contributed by South and West Asian
writers
ACQUISITION
TRANSFER
Composing Journalistic
PERFORMANCE Texts
STANDARD
The learner transfers learning by composing a
variety of journalistic texts, the contents of which
may be used in composing and delivering a
memorized oral speech featuring use of properly PERFORMANCE
acknowledged information sources, grammatical TASK
signals for opinion-making, persuasion, and
emphasis, and appropriate prosodic features,
stance, and behavior.
EQ: How are text types formed?
UNIT TOPIC
EU: Students will understand that
The learner demonstrates understanding of:
various text types are formed based
South and West Asian literature as an
expression of philosophical and religious on a writer’s philosophical and
beliefs; information flow in various text types; religious beliefs, the appropriate use
reality, fantasy, and opinion in listening and of communication strategies, and
viewing materials; word decoding strategies; the use of information sources for a
and use of information sources, active/passive specific purpose and style.
constructions, direct/reported speech, perfect
tenses, and logical connectors in journalistic
writing. MAKING MEANING
CONTENT
STANDARD