Grade 7 English competencies
Reference of expected learner competencies for planning and assessment.
English
Term 1
22 competenciesThe learners demonstrate their multiliteracies and communicative competence in evaluating Philippine literature (poetry and prose) for clarity of meaning, purpose, and target audience as a foundation for publishing original literary texts that reflect local and national identity.
The learners analyze the style, form, and features of Philippine poetry (lyric, narrative, dramatic) and prose (short story and novel); evaluate poetry and prose for clarity of meaning, purpose, and target audience; and compose and publish an original multimodal literary text (poem and short story) that represents their meaning, purpose, and target audience, and reflects their local and national identity.
Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within structural context: conflict: character vs. character
Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within structural context: conflict: character vs. society
Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within structural context: conflict: character vs. nature/environment
Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within structural context: character
Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within structural context: characterization
Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within structural context: plot: linear and flashback
Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within structural context: rhyme and meter
Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within structural context: diction
Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within structural context: tone and mood
Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within structural context: style
Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within structural context: patterns and motifs
Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within structural context: figures of speech and sound devices
Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within structural context: point of view and narrative techniques
Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within structural context: organic unity
Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within biographical context
Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within historical context
Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within sociocultural context
Analyze the maxims, universal truths, and philosophies presented in the literary text as a means of valuing other people and their various circumstances in life.
Identify one's meaning and purpose in selecting the type of literary text for composition.
Compose literary texts using appropriate structure.
Revise the literary texts for coherence and cohesion.
Publish an original literary text that reflects culture: poem/prose.
Term 2
33 competenciesThe learners demonstrate their multiliteracies and communicative competence in evaluating informational texts (expository texts and journalistic texts: news and press releases and features) for clarity of meaning, purpose, and target audience as a foundation for publishing original informational texts.
The learners analyze the style, form, and features of informational texts (expository texts, news and press releases, and features); evaluate informational texts for clarity of meaning, purpose, and target audience; and compose and publish original multimodal informational texts (expository texts, news and press releases, and features) using appropriate forms and structures that represent their meaning, purpose, and target audience.
Examine text structures for clarity of meaning and purpose: non-journalistic texts: expository text: sequence/process
Examine text structures for clarity of meaning and purpose: non-journalistic texts: expository text: comparison-contrast
Examine text structures for clarity of meaning and purpose: non-journalistic texts: expository text: cause and effect
Examine text structures for clarity of meaning and purpose: non-journalistic texts: expository text: problem and solution
Examine text structures for clarity of meaning and purpose: journalistic texts: news and press releases
Examine text structures for clarity of meaning and purpose: journalistic texts: features
Examine linguistic features as tools to achieve organizational efficiency in informational texts: diction and style, transition devices, sentence structure and function
Examine how visual elements are used as tools to achieve the intended meaning of informational texts: vectors, viewpoint, technical editing, animations
Extract significant information.
Analyze the real-world issues/occurrences presented in informational texts.
Distinguish facts from claims/opinions: statements of facts
Distinguish facts from claims/opinions: statements of opinions
Distinguish facts from claims/opinions: statements of fact-based opinions
Analyze propaganda techniques used in informational texts for political correctness: testimonials vs. plain folks
Analyze propaganda techniques used in informational texts for political correctness: stereotyping vs. fear appeals
Draw inferences and conclusions to formulate sound judgment: author's purpose and meaning; target audience
Analyze how non-linear texts represent and/or summarize the contents of informational texts: graphs
Analyze how non-linear texts represent and/or summarize the contents of informational texts: charts
Analyze how non-linear texts represent and/or summarize the contents of informational texts: infographics
Analyze how non-linear texts represent and/or summarize the contents of informational texts: graphical organizers
Determine the veracity of the information presented: credibility of the author, accuracy of information, relevance, timeliness, objectivity, coverage
Analyze textual evidence to support an argument/general statement: quoting, paraphrasing, summarizing
Assess the quality of journalistic articles based on standard development principles: simplicity and brevity, precision, objectivity and factuality, fairness and balance, ethics
Synthesize significant information.
Identify the text type appropriate for one's topic, purpose, and target audience.
Organize significant information using various technique.
Determine one's thesis as the central idea of the paper.
Compose the informational text based on the chosen text type.
Apply multimodal elements appropriate to the chosen text delivery/ies.
Revise the text for coherence.
Revise the text for cohesion: diction, syntax, and style.
Edit the text for textual consistency.
Publish a multimodal informational text for one's purpose and target audience: expository text, news and press releases, and features.
Term 3
27 competenciesThe learners demonstrate their multiliteracies and communicative competence in evaluating informational texts (academic text: expository essays) and transactional texts (letter of request) for clarity of meaning, purpose, and target audience as a foundation for publishing original informational and transactional texts.
The learners analyze the style, form, and features of informational texts (expository essays) and transactional texts (letter of request); evaluate informational and transactional texts for clarity of meaning, purpose, and target audience; and compose and publish original multimodal informational texts (expository essays) and transactional texts (letter of request) using appropriate forms and structures that represent their meaning, purpose, and target audience.
Examine text structures for clarity of meaning and purpose: academic texts: expository essay
Examine linguistic features as tools to achieve organizational efficiency in informational texts: diction and style, transition devices, sentence structure and function
Analyze the use of discipline-specific words, voice, technical terms in research, and conceptual, operational, and expanded definition of words.
Extract significant information.
Analyze supporting evidence to validate assertions and counterclaims: factual knowledge
Evaluate claims explicitly or implicitly made in a text: claim of fact, claim of value, claim of policy
Draw inferences and conclusions to formulate sound judgment: author's purpose and meaning; target audience
Analyze textual evidence to support an argument/general statement: quoting, paraphrasing, summarizing
Synthesize significant information.
Identify the text type appropriate for one's topic, purpose, and target audience.
Organize significant information using various technique.
Determine one's thesis as the central idea of the paper.
Compose the informational text based on the chosen text type.
Apply multimodal elements appropriate to the chosen text delivery/ies.
Revise the text for coherence.
Revise the text for cohesion: diction, syntax, and style.
Edit the text for textual consistency.
Publish a multimodal informational text for one's purpose and target audience: expository essay.
Analyze distinguishing features of informal and formal correspondences to infer sender's meaning and purpose across modalities: letter of request
Analyze milieus influencing the structure and rhetoric of informal and formal correspondences across modalities: parts and formats, organizational patterns, politeness strategies
Examine the sender's voice for clarity of purpose and meaning: diction, style, tone and register, point of view, sentence structure
Examine how ethics is established in transmitting informal and formal correspondences across modalities.
Identify one's purpose and meaning in writing letters.
Compose a letter of request.
Revise for coherence and cohesion.
Edit for consistency of diction, style, tone and register, point of view, and grammar.
Send correspondences to communicate with and respond to senders within the bounds of ethics.