Course Syllabus

THE TEACHING OF LITERATURE

VISION

We at the USST Colleges envision a PREMIER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION committed towards providing EQUAL ACCESS AND OPPURTUNITY
in helping individuals achieve personal, academic and social transformation to become brilliant, dedicated and productive leaders in Trade, Business, Arts,
Humanities and Science and Technology.

MISSION

Our mission is to CREATE and SUSTAIN a WORLD CLASS LEARNING ENVIRONMENT that will nurture creative, innovative and reflective critical
THINKERS and LEADERS committed in creating a QUALITY WAY OF LIFE for themselves and for the others through EXCELLENCE, FAITH and
INTEGRITY.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

To provide professional, scientific, technological, technical and vocational instruction and training in trade, business, arts, sciences and technology and other
areas of education in order to meet the manpower needs of business and industries in the region in the Philippines.

1. Strive for academic excellence in instruction and research, social and community involvement through accreditation.
2. Provide appropriate and continuing faculty and staff development programs.
3. Provide and maintain appropriate technologies, instructional facilities, materials and equipment.
4. Produce quality graduates who are globally competitive to meet the needs of business and industry and,
5. Attain university status through Unity, Solidarity, Sublimity and Teamwork(USST)
Course Name The Teaching of Literature
Course Credit 3 units
Course Schedule Tuesday/Wednesday
Course Description This course in teaching of literature aims to align future teachers to have important and complex business where it will relatively for different cultural,
experimental and pedagogic concerns. This course also attempts to give its learners a wide array of teaching literature situations and hands-on approach
in terms of giving actual remediation as means of authentic learning through practice and activities in teaching literature.

Contact Hours/week 3 hours

Prerequisite None
Course Objectives At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
1. To discuss the role of literature in education;
2. To undergo extensive consideration within the language in literature teaching;
3. Discuss principles of teaching literature; and
4. Evaluate the lesson in teaching literature of integration, collaboration, and contextualization.

COURSE OUTLINE
Week Topic/Lesson Intended Learning Outcomes Teaching and Learning Assessment Tasks
Activities

1  Introduction and overview of  To have background  Discussion  Practice some warm

the course. knowledge about the  Recitation up activities to break
 Discussion of students’ needs subject/lesson that they will the ice.
and expectations. have for the whole semester,
 Self-introduction. set expectations and build  Introduce and talk a
rapport. little about them.

2  Literature in the Classroom  Define Literature  Lecture  Quiz

 To be able to give connotative  Comprehension check  Graded Recitation
and denotative definition of  Group/Individual
literature. presentations
3  Why Literature  To appraise the need to teach  Lecture  Quiz
Literature  Graded Recitation
 Group/Individual
presentations
4  Approaches to Text  To identify different  Lecture  Quiz
approaches in reading various  Reporting  Graded Recitation
types of texts.  PowerPoint presentations  Group/Individual
 To be able to use the presentations
approaches in reading texts.
5 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
6  Assessing Language  To be able to critique  Lecture  Quiz
Learning language learning.  Reporting  Graded Recitation
 To be able to utilize different  PowerPoint presentations
approaches in assessing  Word of the day
language learning.
7  Language- based Approaches  To demonstrate language-  Lecture  Quiz
based approaches in literature  Reporting  Graded Recitation
teaching.  PowerPoint presentations  Group/Individual
presentations
8  Hearts and Hands  To express the literal and  Lecture  Quiz
figurative meaning of the  Reporting  Graded Recitation
literary texts.  PowerPoint presentations  Group/Individual
 Demonstrate awareness on the presentations
meaning intended by the
author.
9  Activities for Advanced Class  Construct and design  Lecture  Quiz
activities for advanced class.  Silent or oral reading  Graded Recitation
 PowerPoint presentations  Group/Individual
presentations
10 MIDTERM EXAMINATION

11  General Issues  To examine the general issues  Lecture  Quiz

in literature teaching.  Silent Reading  Graded Recitation
  Reporting  Group/Individual
 PowerPoint presentations presentations
12  The literature Curriculum  Discuss and understand the  Lecture  Quiz
literature curriculum.  The PowerPoint  Graded Recitation
presentations  Group/Individual
presentations
13  Theories of Reading  Discuss and understand  Lecture  Quiz
different reading theories.  Reporting  Graded Recitation
 PowerPoint presentations  Group/Individual
presentations

14  Theories of Reading  Discuss and understand  Lecture
different reading theories.  Discourse analysis
 PowerPoint presentations
15  Language in Literature  To be able to infer the role of  Lecture  Quiz
language in literature.  Discourse Analysis  Demo Teaching
 Group/Individual
16  Literature Teaching  To demonstrate competency  Lecture  Quiz
in teaching literature.  Reporting  Demo Teaching
 PowerPoint presentations  Group/Individual
presentations
17  Literature Teaching  To demonstrate competency  Lecture  Quiz
in teaching literature.  Reporting  Demo Teaching
 PowerPoint presentations  Group/Individual
presentations
18 FINAL EXAMINATION
Course Requirements 1. Regular class attendance
2. Major examinations
Prelim Examination
Mid-term Examination
Pre-Final Examination
Final Examination
3. Activities, seat works and short quizzes
4. Portfolio/ Projects(s)Reflection paper(s)

Grading System Attendance -10%

Decorum -15%
Quizzes -20%
Participation (Recitation, Assignments,
Projects, Portfolios,etc.) -25%

Major Examination -30%

TOTAL -100%

Classroom Policies
1. Attendance is checked regularly. Late comers will not be admitted after 15 minutes.
2. Students wearing incomplete/improper school uniform will not be admitted. Likewise, proper dress code should be observed during school activities.
3. Electronic devices (cell phones, iPods, etc.) need to be turned off or muted during class.
4. Requirements for the subject should be submitted on time. Late submission of projects is not acceptable.
5. Students who are cheating or plagiarizing materials in the course will not receive credit for the assignments, projects or tests which will likely to lead
failure in the course.

Prepared by: Approved by:

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CARMELITA L. DASALLA, LPT MERCEDES L. MALLARI, MaEd
Instructor Department Head