English 4

COURSE OUTLINE

English 4

FIRST QUARTER

Course Description: The learner listens critically to various text types and expresses ideas accurately in both oral and written forms; demonstrates confidence in the use of the language to meet every day needs; and reads independently to get  relevant information from various text types.

I. Objectives: At the end of the first quarter, the grade four pupils are expected to:

       A. be grateful  to God for His gifts of nature by expressing their care for mother nature through observing cleanliness,

           showing sympathy and empathy to the helpless and  the maltreated animals and by scholarly expressing his /her

           thoughts and ideas through correct simple paragraph writing, artistic comic strip and slogan or sayings that will   

           prevent others and oneself from danger.

      B. follow the conventions of writing a paragraph and be able to apply them correctly in expressing ideas through the  

          different text forms.

      C. construct clear and coherent sentences employing appropriate grammatical structures: Kinds of Nouns, functions   

          and cases as foundation in writing a paragraph.

      D. apply the personal pronouns correctly to show agreement with their noun antecedents (case, gender, number) for

           coherence and clarity.

      E. unlock the unfamiliar words and gain understanding about the meaning cited in the texts through vocabulary skills

          as context clues, vocabulary report, correct spelling of sight words, synonyms / antonyms.

      F. comprehend the text read through noting details, sequence events, main idea, fact and opinion, compare and

          contrast, analogy, interpreting graphs, cause and effect, and predicting outcome to easily share insights during

          class discussion and exchange ideas with others from whom they could learn from and emulate the good values.

II. Content

A. Reading and Writing

   1. Use resources such as                                             

       a dictionary thesaurus, on line sources                         

      a. Dictionary                                                            

• alphabetizing                                                     
• guide words                                                    

      b. thesaurus                                                                          

• synonyms                                                          
• antonyms                                                         

      c. online sources in finding meaning                                      

      d. identify meanings of unfamiliar words

        a. Prefix                      b. suffix  

2. Identify different meanings of content

specific words (denotation and connotation)

3. Get the meaning of words through word association (analogy)

and (groupings) classification

4. Recognize the parts of a simple paragraph

a. introduction               c. conclusion                b. middle part

5. Format of a paragraph in letter writing, and narrative

6. Writing paragraph text ( of one’s choice) 

7. Identify different meanings of content specific words

through structural analysis (denotation and connotation)

B. Grammar                                                                

   1. Use clear and coherent sentences employing                      

      appropriate grammatical structures:

       Kinds of Nouns, functions and cases

   2. Use personal pronouns in sentences-agreement

    of personal pronouns with the noun antecedent

    (case, gender, number)

C.  Valuing

Gratitude to God’s Gifts through: love and care for Nature

III. Criteria for Evaluation

       Performance Tasks………………………………… 50%

       Quizzes, Summative Test, Seatwork………..30%

       Quarterly Assessment……………………………20%

…………………………………………………………………..100%

Miss Joysse A. Hechanova                                                                      ___________________________________

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