COURSE OUTLINE

ENGLISH 7

UNIT I: WHY IS UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF IMPORTANT?

Lesson 1: Embracing Origins to Celebrate Yourself
 The Creation of the Earth and the First Peopleby Damiana Eugenio 5
 Slang and Colloquial Language 9
 Importance of Themes in Literary Text 12
 Parts of Speech 16
 International Phonetic Alphabet (Vowel Sounds and Diphthongs) 21
 Speech vs. Writing 32
Lesson 2: Knowing Yourself by Coping with the Unexpected
 The Legend of Mount Mayon 39
 Idiomatic Expressions 41
 Understanding Imagery 45
 Subject-Verb Agreement (Rules 1-6) 47
 Signs and Symbols 53
 International Phonetic Alphabet (Consonant Sounds) 55
 Writing an Effective Paragraph 62
Lesson 3: Developing Potentials that Build Yourself
 The Epic of LabawDonggon 69
 Synonyms and Antonyms 72
 Tone and Mood 74
 Subject-Verb Agreement (Rules 7-12) 76
 Volume and Pitch 79
 Sentence Stress and Intonation 81
 Writing a Multi-Paragraph Composition 88

UNIT II: HOW CAN YOU ESTABLISH AND IMPROVE YOUR IDENTITY?
Lesson 1: Understanding and Accepting Yourself
 How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife? By Manuel Arguilla 95
 Literal vs. Figurative Language 101
 Characters Analysis 103
 Types of Phrases 105
 Library Catalogs 111
 Writing a Précis 117
Lesson 2: Moving Toward Your Dream
 A Night in the Hills by Paz Marquez-Benitez 125
 Figurative Language: Simile and Metaphor 134
 Identifying the Conflict and its Types 136
 Independent and Dependent Clauses 138
 Observing Volume and Pitch when Speaking 141
 Parts of a Book 143
 Outlining: Main Idea and its Supporting Details 147
Lesson 3: Building and Recognizing Your Identity
 What is an Educated Filipino? By Francisco F. Benitez 154
 Figurative Language: Oxymoron, Irony and Paradox 157
 Identifying POV and Author’s Purpose 158
 Types of Sentences 160
 Turn-taking Strategies 163
 Types of Newspaper Article 167
 Paraphrasing 172

UNIT III: WHEN DO YOU BECOME ONE WITH THE COMMUNITY?

Lesson 1: Respecting Diversity among Community Members
 DahongDalayby Arturo B. Rotor 179
 Collocation 189
 Types of Characters 192
 Sequential Connectors 195
 Making Predictions 199
 Interviewing 205
 Narrative Writing 213
Lesson 2: Leading the Way in Contributing to Community Development
 Be Beautiful, Noble, like the Antique Ant by Jose Garcia Villa 220
 Hyponomous Relations 222
 Identifying the Poem’s Persona 227
 Active and Passive Voice 230
 Fantasy vs. Reality 237
 Quoted Speech and Reported Speech 241
 Writing a Travelogue 252
Lesson 3: Helping Build a Strong Community
 We Filipinos Are Mild Drinkers by Alejandro R. Roces 257
 Partitives 263
 The influence of History and Culture in Literary Text 264
 Past and Present Tense 265
 Fact vs. Opinion 269
 Debate 270
 Composing a Friendly Letter 276
 UNIT IV: DOES YOUR CONTRIBUTION MATTER TO THE WORLD?
Lesson 1: Understanding Global Community
 Blonde and Blue Eyes by Patricia Evangelista 282
 Context Clues 284
 Author’s Word of Choice 286
 Imperative Sentences 289
 Prepositions 291
 Classifying Text Types 295
 Writing a Feature Article and Organizing Information 299
Lesson 2: Being a Global Citizen
 Biography of LinoBrocka 307
 Polysemous and Homonymous Words 311
 Author’s Style 314
 Using Verbs in Giving Information and Making Explanations 317
 Sequencing Ideas or Information 319
 Writing a Capsule Biography 325
Lesson 3: Contributing in the Global Community
 The Bread Salt by N.V.M Gonzales 330
 Word Cline 337
 Philippine National Artists for Literature 339
 W.H Questions 342
 Short Replies 344
 Outlining Information from a Reading Material 346
 Writing a Biographical Sketch 354