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Grade 5 English.

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10textbooks

250lessons

63DepEd competencies

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The whole year, lesson by lesson.

Textbook 1Stories, Sequence, and Narrative Meaning

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Story Grammar and Important Elements

Chapter 2

Sequencing Seven Events

Chapter 3

Sequential Plot and Story Flow

Chapter 4

Main Idea, Summary, and Conclusion

Textbook 2Characters, Predictions, and Life Connections

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Character Feelings and Traits

Chapter 2

Predicting Character Decisions and Actions

Chapter 3

Real-Life Possibility and Story Events

Chapter 4

Retelling, Reflecting, and Learning from Stories

Textbook 3Sound, Figurative Language, and Word Meaning

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Sound Devices in Poems and Stories

Chapter 2

Simile, Metaphor, and Personification

Chapter 3

Analogy as a Context Clue

Chapter 4

Verb-Forming Suffixes and Dictionary Skills

Textbook 4Grammar, Narrative Writing, and Visual Mood

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Nouns, Pronouns, and Subject-Verb Agreement

Chapter 2

Verbs, Complements, Tenses, and Adverbs

Chapter 3

Formal Tone, Compound-Complex Sentences, and Adjective Series

Chapter 4

Visual Mood, Non-Verbal Cues, and Culture-Sensitive Narrative Presentation

Textbook 5Reading Informational Texts and News Reports

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Outlining Topic, Main Idea, and Supporting Details

Chapter 2

Explanation Texts and News Reports

Chapter 3

Author’s Purpose, Conclusions, and Generalizations

Chapter 4

Summary, Fact, Opinion, and Fact-Based Opinion

Textbook 6Vocabulary, References, and Forms for Everyday Information

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Appositives and Glossary Skills

Chapter 2

Adverb-Forming Suffixes and Clear Word Use

Chapter 3

Filling Out Forms Accurately

Chapter 4

Friendly Letters for Culture-Appropriate Communication

Textbook 7Study Course 7: Writing Explanations and News Reports

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Structure: Introduction, Body, and Conclusion

Chapter 2

Relevant Information for a Given Topic

Chapter 3

Drafting Explanations and News Reports

Chapter 4

Visual Purpose and Meaning in Informational Texts

Textbook 8Visual Design and Cultural Meaning

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Layout, Directionality, and Visual Flow

Chapter 2

Tone, Mood, and Purpose in Visual Texts

Chapter 3

Stereotypes and Cultural Appropriateness

Chapter 4

Creating Culture-Appropriate Visual Texts

Textbook 9Multimedia Messages and Meaning

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Audio and Video as Multimedia Elements

Chapter 2

Author’s Purpose in Multimedia Texts

Chapter 3

How Multimedia Elements Create Meaning

Chapter 4

Creating a Simple Multimedia Text

Textbook 10Culture-Appropriate Communication Portfolio

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Planning the Communication Portfolio

Chapter 2

Drafting Written Outputs

Chapter 3

Adding Visual, Multimedia, and Non-Verbal Support

Chapter 4

Revising, Presenting, and Reflecting

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Every DepEd competency, covered.

The 63 competencies set for Grade 5 English, and every one has lessons behind it.

Narrative Reading: Story Elements and Plot

5 competencies

Comprehend literary texts by noting important elements or story grammar.
Sequence events: at least 7 events.
Summarize story events.
Identify type of plot: sequential.
Apply important story elements to one’s schema: evaluating possibility of an event happening in real life.

Main Idea, Summary, and Outlining

3 competencies

Identify the main idea.
Note important information through outlining: topic, main idea, supporting details.
Make a summary.

Inferences, Predictions, and Generalizations

4 competencies

Draw conclusions.
Infer character’s feelings and traits.
Make predictions: character’s possible decision/action.
Make generalizations.

Figurative Language and Sound Devices

2 competencies

Analyze sound devices: onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, consonance.
Analyze figures of speech to get and clarify meaning: simile, metaphor, personification.

Word Meaning and Word Parts

6 competencies

Use context clues: analogy.
Use structural analysis: verb-forming suffixes.
Use general references: dictionary.
Use context clues: appositive.
Use general references: glossary.
Use structural analysis: adverb-forming suffixes.

Nouns, Pronouns, and Agreement

2 competencies

Use subject-verb agreement with collective, concrete, and abstract nouns.
Use subject pronouns: demonstrative and relative.

Verbs, Tenses, Complements, and Adverbs

4 competencies

Use kinds of verbs: helping, linking and sense, transitive.
Use complement: noun.
Use progressive tenses: present and past.
Use adverbs: manner and time.

Adjectives, Sentence Structure, and Clear Grammar

3 competencies

Compose compound-complex sentences.
Use adjectives: series with determiner, quantity, quality, size, shape, color.
Use grammar and sentence skills for clarity and coherence.

Tone, Mood, Audience, and Respectful Language

3 competencies

Use formal tone and mood appropriately.
Use age-appropriate, gender-responsive, and culture-sensitive language.
Express ideas appropriately for purpose, context, and target audience.

Reading Informational Texts and News Reports

4 competencies

Use deductive organization: inverted pyramid.
Identify text types: explanation and news report.
Identify author’s purpose: entertain; inform, explain, describe.
Distinguish fact from opinion: statements of facts, opinions, and fact-based statements of opinion.

Writing Different Text Types

6 competencies

Express ideas using text type: narrative.
Produce text with introduction, body, and conclusion.
Give relevant information on a given topic.
Express ideas appropriately using text types: explanation and news report.
Use narrative, explanation, and news report text types.
Use introduction, body, and conclusion.

Forms and Friendly Letters

6 competencies

Fill out personal data forms.
Fill out school forms.
Fill out bank forms.
Fill out composite/government forms.
Use friendly letters, such as excuse, invitation, gratitude, and similar letters.
Use friendly letters.

Visual Texts and Visual Elements

5 competencies

Interpret tone and mood through colors, space, layout, and directionality.
Identify the purpose of the visual text.
Create a visual text drawn from visual elements learned.
Analyze how visual elements contribute to meaning.
Identify visual elements: layout and directionality.

Stereotypes and Cultural Appropriateness in Visual Texts

4 competencies

Interpret stereotypes on age and gender and socio-economic status.
Evaluate cultural appropriateness of visual elements.
Interpret stereotypes on age and gender.
Interpret stereotypes on socio-economic status.

Multimedia Texts

4 competencies

Identify multimedia elements: audio and video.
Identify the author’s purpose in multimedia texts.
Analyze how multimedia elements contribute to the meaning of a text.
Create a multimedia text drawn from multimedia elements learned.

Nonverbal Communication

2 competencies

Use non-verbal cues: facial expressions, gestures, eye contact, haptics, posture, proxemics and blocking.
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning.

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The whole year, lesson by lesson.

Textbook 1Stories, Sequence, and Narrative Meaning

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Story Grammar and Important Elements

Chapter 2

Sequencing Seven Events

Chapter 3

Sequential Plot and Story Flow

Chapter 4

Main Idea, Summary, and Conclusion

Textbook 2Characters, Predictions, and Life Connections

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Character Feelings and Traits

Chapter 2

Predicting Character Decisions and Actions

Chapter 3

Real-Life Possibility and Story Events

Chapter 4

Retelling, Reflecting, and Learning from Stories

Textbook 3Sound, Figurative Language, and Word Meaning

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Sound Devices in Poems and Stories

Chapter 2

Simile, Metaphor, and Personification

Chapter 3

Analogy as a Context Clue

Chapter 4

Verb-Forming Suffixes and Dictionary Skills

Textbook 4Grammar, Narrative Writing, and Visual Mood

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Nouns, Pronouns, and Subject-Verb Agreement

Chapter 2

Verbs, Complements, Tenses, and Adverbs

Chapter 3

Formal Tone, Compound-Complex Sentences, and Adjective Series

Chapter 4

Visual Mood, Non-Verbal Cues, and Culture-Sensitive Narrative Presentation

Textbook 5Reading Informational Texts and News Reports

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Outlining Topic, Main Idea, and Supporting Details

Chapter 2

Explanation Texts and News Reports

Chapter 3

Author’s Purpose, Conclusions, and Generalizations

Chapter 4

Summary, Fact, Opinion, and Fact-Based Opinion

Textbook 6Vocabulary, References, and Forms for Everyday Information

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Appositives and Glossary Skills

Chapter 2

Adverb-Forming Suffixes and Clear Word Use

Chapter 3

Filling Out Forms Accurately

Chapter 4

Friendly Letters for Culture-Appropriate Communication

Textbook 7Study Course 7: Writing Explanations and News Reports

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Structure: Introduction, Body, and Conclusion

Chapter 2

Relevant Information for a Given Topic

Chapter 3

Drafting Explanations and News Reports

Chapter 4

Visual Purpose and Meaning in Informational Texts

Textbook 8Visual Design and Cultural Meaning

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Layout, Directionality, and Visual Flow

Chapter 2

Tone, Mood, and Purpose in Visual Texts

Chapter 3

Stereotypes and Cultural Appropriateness

Chapter 4

Creating Culture-Appropriate Visual Texts

Textbook 9Multimedia Messages and Meaning

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Audio and Video as Multimedia Elements

Chapter 2

Author’s Purpose in Multimedia Texts

Chapter 3

How Multimedia Elements Create Meaning

Chapter 4

Creating a Simple Multimedia Text

Textbook 10Culture-Appropriate Communication Portfolio

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Planning the Communication Portfolio

Chapter 2

Drafting Written Outputs

Chapter 3

Adding Visual, Multimedia, and Non-Verbal Support

Chapter 4

Revising, Presenting, and Reflecting

Every DepEd competency, covered.

The 63 competencies set for Grade 5 English, and every one has lessons behind it.

Narrative Reading: Story Elements and Plot

5 competencies

Comprehend literary texts by noting important elements or story grammar.
Sequence events: at least 7 events.
Summarize story events.
Identify type of plot: sequential.
Apply important story elements to one’s schema: evaluating possibility of an event happening in real life.

Main Idea, Summary, and Outlining

3 competencies

Identify the main idea.
Note important information through outlining: topic, main idea, supporting details.
Make a summary.

Inferences, Predictions, and Generalizations

4 competencies

Draw conclusions.
Infer character’s feelings and traits.
Make predictions: character’s possible decision/action.
Make generalizations.

Figurative Language and Sound Devices

2 competencies

Analyze sound devices: onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, consonance.
Analyze figures of speech to get and clarify meaning: simile, metaphor, personification.

Word Meaning and Word Parts

6 competencies

Use context clues: analogy.
Use structural analysis: verb-forming suffixes.
Use general references: dictionary.
Use context clues: appositive.
Use general references: glossary.
Use structural analysis: adverb-forming suffixes.

Nouns, Pronouns, and Agreement

2 competencies

Use subject-verb agreement with collective, concrete, and abstract nouns.
Use subject pronouns: demonstrative and relative.

Verbs, Tenses, Complements, and Adverbs

4 competencies

Use kinds of verbs: helping, linking and sense, transitive.
Use complement: noun.
Use progressive tenses: present and past.
Use adverbs: manner and time.

Adjectives, Sentence Structure, and Clear Grammar

3 competencies

Compose compound-complex sentences.
Use adjectives: series with determiner, quantity, quality, size, shape, color.
Use grammar and sentence skills for clarity and coherence.

Tone, Mood, Audience, and Respectful Language

3 competencies

Use formal tone and mood appropriately.
Use age-appropriate, gender-responsive, and culture-sensitive language.
Express ideas appropriately for purpose, context, and target audience.

Reading Informational Texts and News Reports

4 competencies

Use deductive organization: inverted pyramid.
Identify text types: explanation and news report.
Identify author’s purpose: entertain; inform, explain, describe.
Distinguish fact from opinion: statements of facts, opinions, and fact-based statements of opinion.

Writing Different Text Types

6 competencies

Express ideas using text type: narrative.
Produce text with introduction, body, and conclusion.
Give relevant information on a given topic.
Express ideas appropriately using text types: explanation and news report.
Use narrative, explanation, and news report text types.
Use introduction, body, and conclusion.

Forms and Friendly Letters

6 competencies

Fill out personal data forms.
Fill out school forms.
Fill out bank forms.
Fill out composite/government forms.
Use friendly letters, such as excuse, invitation, gratitude, and similar letters.
Use friendly letters.

Visual Texts and Visual Elements

5 competencies

Interpret tone and mood through colors, space, layout, and directionality.
Identify the purpose of the visual text.
Create a visual text drawn from visual elements learned.
Analyze how visual elements contribute to meaning.
Identify visual elements: layout and directionality.

Stereotypes and Cultural Appropriateness in Visual Texts

4 competencies

Interpret stereotypes on age and gender and socio-economic status.
Evaluate cultural appropriateness of visual elements.
Interpret stereotypes on age and gender.
Interpret stereotypes on socio-economic status.

Multimedia Texts

4 competencies

Identify multimedia elements: audio and video.
Identify the author’s purpose in multimedia texts.
Analyze how multimedia elements contribute to the meaning of a text.
Create a multimedia text drawn from multimedia elements learned.

Nonverbal Communication

2 competencies

Use non-verbal cues: facial expressions, gestures, eye contact, haptics, posture, proxemics and blocking.
Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning.