Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
R E G I O N III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF BATAAN
SAYSAIN HIGH SCHOOL
SAYSAIN, BAGAC, BATAAN

Grade 7
1st Quarter – Week 7

I. Competencies:
a. EN7V- I-c : Use appropriate idiomatic expressions in a variety of communication situations
b. EN7V-I-h-22.3: Explain the predominance of colloquial and idiomatic expressions in oral
communication
Skills: Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking
II. Literary Text
The Good Prince Bantugan
(about a prince in the kingdom of Bumbaran. It is based on the oral tradition of the Maranao Ttibe)
III. Learning Activities:
1. Task 6: Post-reading questions p.76
2. Students reflect on the characters’ traits presented in the story and share which of those must be
emulated
3. Task 3: Actor’s Connection
4. Task 8 Real-life connections: Group students in 5 and put them in diff. situations where they
must use dialogues with idiomatic expressions

Grade 9
1st Quarter – Week 8

IV. Competencies:
a. EN9LT-Ig-14: Analyze literature as a means of discovering the self
b. EN9LT-Ig2.2.3: Determine tone, mood, technique, and purpose of the author
Skills: Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking
V. Literary Text
A Psalm of Life

VI. Learning Activities:

1. Task 7 My resolve: Students pair up and answer the ff. questions
 Who do you remember and what situation in life do you remember as you look at the drawing?
 What general observation in life is suggested in the drawing?
 How closely do you think the drawing matches your mental image of living a life with purpose?
Prove your point.
 What other visuals can you think of to illustrate living with a purpose? Prove your point
Students share their thought to the class
2. Students list down words, phrases or lines the convey sound, feeling and meaning
3. Task 9 Small Group Differentiated work
a. Group 1 The Opposites Look for words in the poem which are opposite in meaning to each of the
following.
b. Group 2
Discuss your answers to the following questions.
 What according to the poem is our “destined end” or purpose?
 Is the poem morally uplifting and sentimental? Prove your point.
 How can one be a man according to Longfellow?
 What conditions are suggested by the persona/ speaker in order for anyone to become
a man? Recite lines that illustrate each condition
c. Group 3
Think about
 What the speaker says life is not
 the command “Act, act in the living present”
  the last four lines of the poem
 The quotation you choose as closest to your philosophy in life.
 why the poem is an inspirational one
 how the poem celebrates the gift of life
4. Task 11 Comparing and Contrasting
Poem 1 Poem 2
Title
Subject
Mood/Tone
Theme/General
truth observed in
life