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Grade 7 English.

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250lessons

59DepEd competencies

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Textbook 1Philippine Stories, Values, and Human Conflict

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Philippine Literature as a Mirror of Identity and Values

Chapter 2

Conflict in Philippine Poetry and Prose

Chapter 3

Character and Characterization in Philippine Texts

Chapter 4

Maxims, Universal Truths, and Life Lessons

Textbook 2Plot, Voice, and Literary Design

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Linear Plot, Flashback, and Story Movement

Chapter 2

Point of View and Narrative Voice

Chapter 3

Patterns, Motifs, and Repeated Meanings

Chapter 4

Style and Organic Unity

Textbook 3The Language and Context of Philippine Literature

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Sound, Rhythm, and Poetic Language

Chapter 2

Diction, Tone, Mood, and Style

Chapter 3

Figures of Speech and Literary Imagery

Chapter 4

Author, History, Society, and Meaning

Textbook 4Writing and Publishing Philippine Poetry and Short Stories

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Choosing Meaning, Purpose, and Literary Form

Chapter 2

Structuring Poems and Short Stories

Chapter 3

Revising for Coherence, Cohesion, and Literary Effect

Chapter 4

Publishing a Cultural Literary Text

Textbook 5Understanding Expository and Public Information Texts

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

How Expository Texts Explain Ideas

Chapter 2

News, Press Releases, and Public Updates

Chapter 3

Feature Articles and Human-Interest Information

Chapter 4

Language, Main Points, and Real-World Issues

Textbook 6Evidence, Facts, Visuals, and Credibility

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Facts, Opinions, and Fact-Based Opinions

Chapter 2

Visual and Non-Linear Information

Chapter 3

Credibility, Accuracy, and Veracity

Chapter 4

Evidence, Textual Support, and Journalistic Quality

Textbook 7Creating Expository and Public Information Texts

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Choosing the Right Informational Text Type

Chapter 2

Organizing Information and Building a Central Idea

Chapter 3

Drafting and Designing an Informational Text

Chapter 4

Revising, Editing, and Publishing Informational Texts

Textbook 8Reading Academic Expository Essays

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

What Expository Essays Are For

Chapter 2

Academic Language, Terms, and Definitions

Chapter 3

Extracting Information and Evaluating Support

Chapter 4

Veracity, Source Quality, and Academic Trust

Textbook 9Writing and Publishing Expository Essays

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Choosing a Topic, Purpose, and Audience

Chapter 2

Organizing Information and Developing a Thesis

Chapter 3

Drafting with Evidence and Multimodal Support

Chapter 4

Revising, Editing, and Publishing the Expository Essay

Textbook 10Formal Requests and Ethical Correspondence

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Understanding Formal Requests

Chapter 2

Structure, Format, and Politeness in Letters

Chapter 3

Voice, Tone, Register, and Ethics

Chapter 4

Writing, Revising, and Sending a Letter of Request

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Every DepEd competency, covered.

The 59 competencies set for Grade 7 English, and every one has lessons behind it.

Literature, Values, and Context

5 competencies

Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within structural 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.
Analyze biographical context.
Analyze historical context.
Analyze sociocultural context.

Characters and Conflicts

5 competencies

Analyze character vs. character.
Analyze character vs. society.
Analyze character vs. nature/environment.
Analyze character.
Analyze characterization.

Plot, Narration, and Motifs

4 competencies

Analyze plot: linear and flashback.
Analyze point of view and narrative techniques.
Analyze patterns and motifs.
Analyze organic unity.

Poetry and Literary Style

5 competencies

Analyze style.
Analyze rhyme and meter.
Analyze figures of speech and sound devices.
Analyze diction.
Analyze tone and mood.

Writing Literary Texts

4 competencies

Identify one’s meaning and purpose in selecting the type of literary text for composition.
Publish an original literary text that reflects culture: poem/prose.
Compose literary texts using appropriate structure.
Revise literary texts for coherence and cohesion.

Informational Text Structures

4 competencies

Examine text structures for clarity of meaning and purpose: expository text, sequence/process, comparison-contrast, cause and effect, problem and solution.
Examine text structures for clarity of meaning and purpose: news and press releases.
Examine text structures for clarity of meaning and purpose: features.
Examine text structures for clarity of meaning and purpose: academic texts, expository essay.

Purpose, Audience, and Key Information

3 competencies

Draw inferences and conclusions to formulate sound judgment: author’s purpose and meaning; target audience.
Extract significant information.
Analyze the real-world issues/occurrences presented in informational texts.

Facts, Claims, Evidence, and Credibility

4 competencies

Analyze supporting evidence to validate assertions and counterclaims: factual knowledge.
Distinguish facts from claims/opinions: statements of facts, statements of opinions, and statements of fact-based opinions.
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.

Language Features in Informational Texts

2 competencies

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.

Visual and Nonlinear Texts

2 competencies

Examine how visual elements are used as tools to achieve the intended meaning of informational texts.
Analyze how non-linear texts represent and/or summarize the contents of informational texts: graphs, charts, infographics, graphical organizers.

Journalistic Writing Standards

1 competency

Assess the quality of journalistic articles based on standard development principles: simplicity and brevity, precision, objectivity and factuality, fairness and balance, ethics.

Planning Informational Writing

4 competencies

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.
Synthesize significant information.

Writing and Publishing Informational Texts

7 competencies

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.
Publish a multimodal informational text for one’s purpose and target audience: expository essay.

Formal and Informal Correspondence

4 competencies

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.

Writing Letters of Request

5 competencies

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.

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The whole year, lesson by lesson.

Textbook 1Philippine Stories, Values, and Human Conflict

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Philippine Literature as a Mirror of Identity and Values

Chapter 2

Conflict in Philippine Poetry and Prose

Chapter 3

Character and Characterization in Philippine Texts

Chapter 4

Maxims, Universal Truths, and Life Lessons

Textbook 2Plot, Voice, and Literary Design

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Linear Plot, Flashback, and Story Movement

Chapter 2

Point of View and Narrative Voice

Chapter 3

Patterns, Motifs, and Repeated Meanings

Chapter 4

Style and Organic Unity

Textbook 3The Language and Context of Philippine Literature

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Sound, Rhythm, and Poetic Language

Chapter 2

Diction, Tone, Mood, and Style

Chapter 3

Figures of Speech and Literary Imagery

Chapter 4

Author, History, Society, and Meaning

Textbook 4Writing and Publishing Philippine Poetry and Short Stories

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Choosing Meaning, Purpose, and Literary Form

Chapter 2

Structuring Poems and Short Stories

Chapter 3

Revising for Coherence, Cohesion, and Literary Effect

Chapter 4

Publishing a Cultural Literary Text

Textbook 5Understanding Expository and Public Information Texts

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

How Expository Texts Explain Ideas

Chapter 2

News, Press Releases, and Public Updates

Chapter 3

Feature Articles and Human-Interest Information

Chapter 4

Language, Main Points, and Real-World Issues

Textbook 6Evidence, Facts, Visuals, and Credibility

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Facts, Opinions, and Fact-Based Opinions

Chapter 2

Visual and Non-Linear Information

Chapter 3

Credibility, Accuracy, and Veracity

Chapter 4

Evidence, Textual Support, and Journalistic Quality

Textbook 7Creating Expository and Public Information Texts

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Choosing the Right Informational Text Type

Chapter 2

Organizing Information and Building a Central Idea

Chapter 3

Drafting and Designing an Informational Text

Chapter 4

Revising, Editing, and Publishing Informational Texts

Textbook 8Reading Academic Expository Essays

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

What Expository Essays Are For

Chapter 2

Academic Language, Terms, and Definitions

Chapter 3

Extracting Information and Evaluating Support

Chapter 4

Veracity, Source Quality, and Academic Trust

Textbook 9Writing and Publishing Expository Essays

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Choosing a Topic, Purpose, and Audience

Chapter 2

Organizing Information and Developing a Thesis

Chapter 3

Drafting with Evidence and Multimodal Support

Chapter 4

Revising, Editing, and Publishing the Expository Essay

Textbook 10Formal Requests and Ethical Correspondence

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Understanding Formal Requests

Chapter 2

Structure, Format, and Politeness in Letters

Chapter 3

Voice, Tone, Register, and Ethics

Chapter 4

Writing, Revising, and Sending a Letter of Request

Every DepEd competency, covered.

The 59 competencies set for Grade 7 English, and every one has lessons behind it.

Literature, Values, and Context

5 competencies

Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values within structural 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.
Analyze biographical context.
Analyze historical context.
Analyze sociocultural context.

Characters and Conflicts

5 competencies

Analyze character vs. character.
Analyze character vs. society.
Analyze character vs. nature/environment.
Analyze character.
Analyze characterization.

Plot, Narration, and Motifs

4 competencies

Analyze plot: linear and flashback.
Analyze point of view and narrative techniques.
Analyze patterns and motifs.
Analyze organic unity.

Poetry and Literary Style

5 competencies

Analyze style.
Analyze rhyme and meter.
Analyze figures of speech and sound devices.
Analyze diction.
Analyze tone and mood.

Writing Literary Texts

4 competencies

Identify one’s meaning and purpose in selecting the type of literary text for composition.
Publish an original literary text that reflects culture: poem/prose.
Compose literary texts using appropriate structure.
Revise literary texts for coherence and cohesion.

Informational Text Structures

4 competencies

Examine text structures for clarity of meaning and purpose: expository text, sequence/process, comparison-contrast, cause and effect, problem and solution.
Examine text structures for clarity of meaning and purpose: news and press releases.
Examine text structures for clarity of meaning and purpose: features.
Examine text structures for clarity of meaning and purpose: academic texts, expository essay.

Purpose, Audience, and Key Information

3 competencies

Draw inferences and conclusions to formulate sound judgment: author’s purpose and meaning; target audience.
Extract significant information.
Analyze the real-world issues/occurrences presented in informational texts.

Facts, Claims, Evidence, and Credibility

4 competencies

Analyze supporting evidence to validate assertions and counterclaims: factual knowledge.
Distinguish facts from claims/opinions: statements of facts, statements of opinions, and statements of fact-based opinions.
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.

Language Features in Informational Texts

2 competencies

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.

Visual and Nonlinear Texts

2 competencies

Examine how visual elements are used as tools to achieve the intended meaning of informational texts.
Analyze how non-linear texts represent and/or summarize the contents of informational texts: graphs, charts, infographics, graphical organizers.

Journalistic Writing Standards

1 competency

Assess the quality of journalistic articles based on standard development principles: simplicity and brevity, precision, objectivity and factuality, fairness and balance, ethics.

Planning Informational Writing

4 competencies

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.
Synthesize significant information.

Writing and Publishing Informational Texts

7 competencies

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.
Publish a multimodal informational text for one’s purpose and target audience: expository essay.

Formal and Informal Correspondence

4 competencies

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.

Writing Letters of Request

5 competencies

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.