English Grade 8 - DepEd Naga City

Department of EducationDivision of Naga CityBUDGET OF WORKENGLISH 8QUARTER I. Beginning the Knowledge QuestContent Standard: The learner demonstrates concrete understanding of the prosodic features ofspeech, study and research skills, making sense of unfamiliar words, using non-linear texts to showrelationships between ideas through oral literatures of selected Afro-Asian countries and informative textto familiarize oneself with the traditions and values that will guide him/her in knowing his/her identity as aAsian.Performance Standard: The learner presents an informative and creative exhibit to show thedifferent traditions and values of selected Afro-Asian countries.Lesson I. Searching for KnowledgeLearning Competencies Domains No. of Days1. Use appropriate registers to suit the intended audience, andvariation in intonation and stress for emphasis and contrast2. Identify prosodic features: stress, intonation and pausesserving as carriers of meaning that may aid or interfere in thedelivery of the message in stories and informative texts3. Develop strategies for coping with unknown words andambiguous sentences structure and discourseLearning Competencies 1Listening comprehension 2Vocabulary Development 14. Adjust reading speed based on one’s purpose for reading and Reading Comprehension 2the type of materials read5. Organize information extracted from a program viewed Viewing Comprehension 16. Discover literature as a means of understanding the humanbeing and the forces he/she has to contend withLiterature 17. Use varied adjective complementation8. Use of simple, compound, complex and compound-complexsentences8. Accomplish forms and prepare notices9. Use non-linear texts and outlines to show relationshipsbetween ideas10.Write informative articles (e.g. posters, slogans,advertisements, brochures) that relate to culture and values11. Ask sensible questions based one’s initiative12. Express opinion without being difficultGrammar Awareness andStructureWriting and compositionAttitude 13313. Gather data using library and electronic resourcesconsisting of general references, periodical index, periodicalsand internet sources/other websites to locate informationStudy Strategies 1Total = 16 days

Lesson 2: Building Up the Knowledge BankLearning Competencies Domains No. of Days1.Express feelings and attitudes by utilizing contrastive stress Listening Comprehension 1and variations of tone and tempo2. Identify changes in meaning signalled by stress, intonation Oral Language and Fluency 1and pauses3.Guess meanings of words or expressions by noting keywords Vocabulary1in expressions, context clues, collocations, clusters, etc.Development4. Scan rapidly for sequence signals or connectors as basis for Reading and Comprehension 3determining the rhetorical organization of texts5. Narrate events logically6. Demonstrate a heightened sensitivity to the needs of others Literary Appreciation 2for a better understanding of man7.Write informative articles for (e.g. posters, slogans, Writing and Composition 3advertisements, brochures) that relate to culture and values8.Prepare a travel brochure on the traditions and values ofChina, Japan, and Philippines9.Formulate correct conditional statements Grammar Structure and 2Awareness10. Organize information extracted from a program viewed Viewing Comprehension 111.Gather data using the general references: encyclopaedia, Study skills 1dictionary12. Express a different opinion without being difficult Attitude 1Total = 16 daysLesson 3: Sharing the knowledge LearnedLearning Competencies Domains No. of Days1. Listen to points the speaker emphasizes as signalled by Listening Comprehension 1contrastive sentence stress2. Use stress, intonation, and juncture to signal changes in Speaking-Oral Language and 1meaningFluency3. Guess the meaning of expressions by noting keywords in Vocabulary Development 1expressions, context clues, collocations, clusters, etc.4. Skim to determine the author’s key ideas and purpose by Reading comprehension 2answering questions raised after surveying the text5. Read closely to select appropriate details from a selection forspecific purposes6. Narrate events logicallyViewing comprehension 27. Validate mental images of the information conveyed by aprogram viewed8. Respond to questions raised in a program reviewed9. Discover through literature the links between one’s life and Literature 2the lives of people throughout the world10. Transcode ideas from text to concept mapsWriting and Composition 311. Make a write-up ideas presented in concept maps12. Put up an informative and creative exhibit13. Use of coordinators and subordinatorsGrammar Awareness and 214. Use of correct complex and compound-complex sentences Structure15.Get and assess current information from newspaper and Study Strategies 1other print and non-print media16. Set new goals for learning on the basis for self-assessmentmadeattitude 1Total = 16 Days

QUARTER II. Embracing Our HeritageContent Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of how Afro-Asian literature and other texttypes equip him/her with communication skills that lead to embracing diverse cultural heritage.Performance Standard:characters.The learner performs an interactive human exhibit of Afro-AsianLesson I. Tracing our RootsLearning Competencies Domains No. of Days1. Listen to note important information and details of a listeningtext2. Determine if the speaker is neutral, for or against an issue3. Formulate responses to questionsListening comprehension 1Speaking-OralFluencyLanguage4. Identify the meaning of words through visual contextVocabulary Development 15. Use appropriate idioms6. Infer character traits from a reading text Reading Comprehension 27. Evaluate content, elements, features, and properties of a Viewing Comprehension 2reading or viewing selection8. Point out the elements of a short storyLiterature 39. Show understanding and appreciation for the different Asianliterary texts10. Point out how the title contributes to the theme11. use correct coordinators Grammar Awareness and 2Structure12. Use graphic organizer to sum up ideas313.Employ concept mapping as aids in taking down notes and Writing and compositionorganizing ideas14. Use writing conventions to indicate acknowledgment ofresources15. Observe the correct format in bibliographical entries Study strategies 1Total=16 daysLesson 2: Revisiting our Rich PastLearning Competencies Domains No. of Days1.Employ appropriate listening skills when listening to descriptive Listening Comprehension 1and long narrative texts2. Ask for and give information, express needs, opinions, feelings,and attitudes explicitly and implicitly in an informative talkSpeaking-Oral Language andFluency13. Use collocations of difficult words as aids in unlockingvocabulary4. Decode the meaning of unfamiliar words using structuralanalysis5. Evaluate content, elements, features, and properties of areading or viewing selection using a set of criteria developed inconsultationVocabularyDevelopmentReading Comprehension 312

6. Discern negative and positive messages conveyed by a programviewed7. React appropriately and provide suggestions based onestablished fact8. Follow task-based directions shown after viewing9. Interpret the big ideas/key concepts implied by the facialexpressions of interlocutors10. Show understanding and appreciation for the different genreswith emphasis on types contributed by Asian countries11. Communicate thoughts and feelings in write-ups summaryresults, notes, etc. using appropriate styles (formal and informal)12. Use varied adjective complementation and formulates correctcomplex, compound-complex sentences and appropriateparenthetical expression13. Uses writing conventions to indicate acknowledgment ofresourcesViewing comprehension 3Literature 2Writing and Composition 2Grammar Structure andAwarenessStudy skills 1Total=18 days3Lesson 3: Sharing the knowledge LearnedLearning Competencies Domains No. of Days1. Ask for and give information, express needs, opinions, feelings,and attitudes explicitly and implicitly in an informative talk2. Determine if the speaker is neutral, for or against an issue thatrelates to the community3. Communicate thoughts and feeling in write-ups in summary of Speaking-Oral Language andresults, notes, etc. using appropriate stylesFluency4. Identify the derivation of words5. Define words from context and through word analysis6. Decode the meaning of unfamiliar words using structuralanalysis7. Organize information illustrated in tables, graphs, and maps8. Interpret the big ideas/key concepts implied by the facialexpressions of the participant9. Point out how the choices of title, space, allotment, imagery,choice of words, figurative language, etc. contribute to thetheme.10. Construct meaningful expanded sentences and conditionalstatements11. Use conditional sentences in useful contexts Grammar Awareness andStructureListening Comprehension 1Vocabulary Development 2Viewing comprehension 2Literature 3Writing and Composition 212Total=13 days

QUARTER III. Overcoming ChallengesContent Standard:Performance Standard:Lesson I. Resilience in Embracing ChallengesKorean LiteratureLearning Competencies Domains No. of Days1. Determine the persons being addressed in an informative talk,the objectives of the speaker and his attitudes towards issue2. Use attentive listening strategies with informative texts3. Use appropriate turn-taking strategies (topic nomination, topicdevelopment, topic shift, turn-getting, etc.) in extendedconversations4. Interview to get opinions about certain issues5. Respond orally to ideas and needs expressed in face-to-faceinterviews in accordance with the intended meaning of thespeaker6. Develop strategies for coping with unknown words andambiguous sentence structures and discourse7. Identify the derivation of words8. Define words from context and through word analysis (prefix,roots, suffixes)9. Use collocations of difficult words as aids in unlockingvocabulary10. Arrive at the meaning of structurally complex and ambiguoussentences by separating kernel sentences from modificationstructures and expansions11. Utilize varied reading strategies to process information in a text12. Note the function of statements made as the text unfolds anduse it as basis for predicting what is to follow13. Express emotional reactions to what was asserted or expressedin a text14. Employ approaches best suited to a text15. Analyse the elements that make up reality and fantasy from aprogram viewed16. Discover Philippine and Afro-Asian literature as a means ofexpanding experiences and outlook and enhancing worthwhileuniversal human values17. Express appreciation for worthwhile Asian traditions and thevalues they representListening comprehension 1Speaking- Oral LanguageFluencyVocabulary Development 1Reading Comprehension 2Viewing Comprehension 1Literature 118. Use subordinating and correlative conjunctions Grammar Awareness and 1Structure19. Use specific cohesive and literary devices to construct2integrative literary and expository reviews, critiques, research Writing and compositionreports, and scripts for broadcast communication texts, includingscreenplays20. Expand ideas in well-constructed paragraphs observingcohesion, coherence and appropriate modes of paragraphdevelopment21. Derive information from various text types and sources usingthe card catalog, vertical file, index, microfiche (microfilm), CDStudy strategies 12

ROM, Internet, etc.22. Use locational skills to gather and synthesize information fromgeneral and first-hand sources of information23. Ask sensible questions on his or her own initiative Attitude 1Total=13 daysLesson 2: Burmese/Myanmar Literature –Faith in Times of ChallengesCompetency/Objectives Domains No. of Days1.Determine the persons being addressed in an informative talk, Listening Comprehension 1the objectives of the speaker and his/her attitudes towards issues2. Note clues and links to show the speakers stand and assumption3. Listen for clues and links to reveal the speaker’s train ofthoughts4. Determine the stand of the speaker on a given issue5. Use appropriate turn-taking strategies (topic nomination, topic Speaking – Oral language 1development, topic shift, turn-getting, etc.) in extended and Fluencyconversations6. Use communication strategies (paraphrase, translations, andcircumlocution) to repair breakdown in communication7. Use collocations of difficult words as aids in unlockingvocabulary8. Develop strategies for coping unknown words and ambiguoussentence structures and discourse9. Identify propaganda strategies used in advertisements(bandwagon, testimonial, transfer, repetition, emotional words)and consider these in formulating hypothesis10. Utilize varied reading strategies to process information in a text11. Analyse the elements that make up reality and fantasy from aprogram viewed12. Discover Philippine and Afro-Asian literature as a means ofexpanding experiences and outlook and enhancing worthwhileuniversal human values13. Assess the Asian and African identity as reflected in theirliterature and oneself in the light of what makes one an Asian orAfrican (through the different genres)14. Use specific cohesive and literary devices to constructintegrative literary and expository reviews, critiques, researchreports, and scripts for broadcast communication texts, includingscreenplays15. Expand ideas in well-constructed paragraphs observingcohesion, coherence and appropriate modes of paragraphdevelopment (expository, descriptive, narrative, persuasive,creative)16. Use varied adjective complementation17. Use appropriate idioms, collocations, and fixed expressions18. Derive information from various text types and sources usingthe card catalog, vertical file, index, microfiche (microfilm), CDROM, Internet, etc.VocabularyDevelopmentReading Comprehension 2Viewing comprehension 1Literature 1Writing and Composition 2Grammar Structure andAwarenessStudy strategies 119. Express a different opinion without being offensive Attitude 1Total=13 days12

Lesson 3: The Literature of Arabia and IsraelStrength in Facing Challenges of ModernityCompetency/Objectives Domains No. of Days1. Determine the persons being addressed in an informative talk,the objectives of the speaker and his attitude towards issues2. Listen to get different sides of social, moral and economicissues affecting a community3. Use appropriate turn-taking strategies (topic nomination, topicdevelopment, topic shift, turn-getting, etc.) in extendedconversations4. Use communication strategies (paraphrase, translations, andcircumlocution) to repair breakdown in communication5. Develop strategies for coping unknown words and ambiguoussentence structures and discourse6. Use collocations of difficult words as aids in unlockingvocabulary7. Utilize varied reading strategies to process information in a text8. Distinguish facts and opinions9. Employ approaches best suited to a text10. Compare and contrast one’s own television-viewing behaviourwith other viewer’s viewing behaviour11. Discover Philippine and Afro-Asian literature as a means ofexpanding experiences and outlook and enhancing worthwhileuniversal human values12. Identity oneself with the people of Arabia and Israel throughliterature taking note of the cultural differences so as to get theheart of problems arising from them13. Give and respond to feedback on one’s paper in the revisionprocess14. Use grammatical structure and vocabulary needed toeffectively emphasize particular points15. Produce and e-journal of poetry and prose entries withemphasis on content and writing style16. Show respect for intellectual property rights by acknowledgingcitations made in reports and researches17. Formulate correct complex and compound-complex sentencesand correct conditional statementsListening Comprehension 1Speaking-Oral Language andFluencyVocabulary Development 1ReadingcomprehensionandViewing comprehension 1Literature 1Writing and Composition 2Grammar Awareness andStructure18. Derive information from various text types and sources using Study Strategies 1the card catalog, vertical file, index, microfiche (microfilm), CDROM, Internet, etc.19. Extract accurately the required information from sources readand viewed to reject irrelevant details20. Express a different opinion without being difficult Attitude 1Total=11 days111

Lesson 4: African LiteratureCourage in Rising above ChallengesCompetency/Objectives Domains No. of Days1. Use syntactic, lexical, or context clues to supply items not Listening Comprehension 1listened to2. Infer the functions of utterances and respond accordingly taking Speaking-Oral Language and 1into account the context of the situation and the tone used Fluency3. Identify derivation of words Vocabulary Development 14. Express emotional reactions to what was asserted or expressed Readingand 1in a text5. Determine the validity and adequacy of proof statements tosupport assertionscomprehension6. Organize an independent and systematic approach in critiquing Viewing comprehension 1various reading or viewing selections7. Express appreciation for worthwhile Asian and African traditions Literature 1and the values they represent8. Assess the Asian and African identity as reflected in the light ofwhat makes an Asian or African13. Give and respond to feedback on one’s paper in the revision Writing and Composition 2process14. Use grammatical structure and vocabulary needed toeffectively emphasize particular points17. Formulate meaningful expand sentences following balance, Grammar Awareness and 1parallelism, and modification18. Formulate appropriate parenthetical expressionsStructure19. Get vital information from various texts and sources Study Strategies 1using websites in the internet20. Give credence to well thought-out ideas Attitude 1Total=11 days

QUARTER IV. Changing PerspectivesContent Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of how communicative competence is bestexplored through the different domains of literacy enabling him/her to analyze, do critical evaluation, andmake critical choices to suit different purposes without sacrificing socio-cultural values and attitude.Performance Standard: The learner shows sophistication on the power and effect of communicativecompetence through creative, critical, and confident and responsive interaction employing varied types ofstrategies to suit to different audiences in formal and non-formal situations.Lesson I. Literature as Communication:Literary FolioLearning Competencies Domains No. of Days1. Deliver a choral interpretation of a literary text focusing on thetheme “ Changing Perspectives”Speaking-OralFluencyLanguage2. Point out the role of literature in enabling one to grow in Literature 2personhood3. Determine what makes a text literary4. Achieve sentence fluency in written outputs Grammar Awareness and 2Structure5. Produce an e-literary folio which focuses on the theme“Changing Perspectives”Writing and composition 2Total=8 daysLesson 2: Business CommunicationLetter of ApplicationLearning Competencies Domains No. of Days1.Listen for details Listening Comprehension 12. Deliver a speech using correct stress for emphasis Speaking and Language 2fluency3. Define words from context and through word analysis (prefix, Vocabulary1suffixes, and roots)Development4. Abstract information from the different text types by noting Reading Comprehension 2explicit and implicit signals used by the writer.5. Acquire critical thinking skills essential for evaluation, formingjudgment, and making decisionsViewing comprehension 26. Develop the value of respecting other’s point of view Literature 27. Used fixed expressions for business writing8. Write a letter of application and the accompanying documentse.g. resume9. Use the transactional and interactional functions of languagein letters of appeal, inquiry, etc.Writing and Composition 2Grammar Structure andAwareness22Total=14 daysLesson 3: Academic Communication:Writing AnnotationLearning Competencies Domains No. of Days1. Listen to note important details and infer character traits Listening Comprehension 12. Determine meaning of words through contextual clues Vocabulary Development 13. Read different text types including informational texts Reading and comprehension 24. Analyse, and choose information from varied sources Viewing comprehension 2

5. Achieve brevity in writing6. Show respect for intellectual property rights by acknowledgingcitations made in reports and researches7. Arrive at the meaning of structurally complex and ambiguoussentences by separating kernel sentences from modificationsstructures and expansions8. Compile an annotated bibliography of sources for aninformative speechWriting and Composition 3Grammar Awareness andStructureBehaviour 1Total=13 daysLesson 4: Global Communication:Informative SpeechLearning Competencies Domains No. of Days1. Listen critically to speeches Listening Comprehension 22. Use appropriate devices for emphasis Reading and comprehension 33. Write an informative speech based on the theme, “Changing Writing and Composition 3Perspectives”4. Write meaningful expanded sentences Grammar Awareness and 3StructureTotal=11 days3

BUDGET OF WORK SUMMARYENGLISH 8TitleNo. of DaysQUARTER I SEARCHING FOR KNOWLEDGE 48Lesson 1 Beginning the Knowledge Quest 16Lesson 2 Building Up the knowledge Bank 16Lesson 3 Sharing the knowledge Learned 16QUARTER II EMBRACING OUR HERITAGE 47Lesson 1 Tracing our Roots 16Lesson 2 Revisiting our Rich Past 18Lesson 3 Appreciating our Origin 13QUARTER III OVERCOMING CHALLENGES 48Lesson 1 Korean Literature:Resilience in Embracing ChallengesLesson 2 Burmese/Myanmar Literature:Faith in Times of ChallengesLesson 3 Arabian and Israel Literature:Strength in Facing Challenges of ModernityLesson 4 African Literature:Courage in Rising Above Challenges13131111QUARTER IV CHANGING PERSPECTIVES 46Lesson 1 Literature as Communication: Literary Folio 8Lesson 2 Business Communication: Letter of Application 14Lesson 3 Academic Communication: Writing Annotation 13Lesson 4 Global Communication: Informative Speech 11