Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education

Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)

BAYBAY CITY DIVISION
Baybay National High School
Baybay City, Leyte
LEARNING COMPETENCY DIRECTORY
ENGLISH VIII

FIRST QUARTER
OBJECTIVE
* Listen for
important points
signaled by volume,
projection, and
stress.
(EN8LC-Ia-5.1)

TOPIC

DATE

* SPEECH
June 13, 2016
FEATURES: VOLUME,
PROJECTION, and
STRESS

LEARNING
ACTIVITY
* Contrast Listening
Drill
* Listening for
stressed syllables in a
word
* Listen for
highlighted/stressed
points or words in I
am an African Child

REFERENCES
- Voyages in English for
Grade 8
-Essential English 8
-English Expressways II

June 14, 2016

* Use the correct
sounds in English.
(EN8OL-Ia-3.11)

* WORD STRESS

* Reading and
identifying stressed
syllables

-Voyages in English for

Grade 8
-Oral Fluency Workbook
-Essential English 8

June 15, 2016

*Listen for important
points signaled by
Volume and
Projection.
(EN8LC-Ia-5.1)

* SPEECH
FEATURES: VOLUME
and PROJECTION

June 16, 2016

* WORD STRESS
*Use correct sounds
in English.
(EN8OL-Ia-3.11)

June 17, 2016

*Identify the
distinguishing
features of a notable
African poem.
(EN8LT-Ia-8.1)

*FEATURES in a
POEM

* Pair Reading (words

as nouns and as
verbs)
* Speech Test
(observing correct
stress)
* Audio recorded
speech Listening Drill
* Dyad Listening for
highlighted words
with Volume and
Projection
* Listening
Assessment for key
essential words and
points in a speech
* Reading Drill
(observing correct
stress)
* Reading and
grouping words as to
its stressed syllables
* Oral Reading Check
(observing correct
sounds in English)
* Poetry Reading
* Interpreting

-English Expressways II

-Voyages in English for

Grade 8
-Oral Fluency Workbook
-Essential English 8
-English Expressways II

-Voyages in English for

Grade 8
-Oral Fluency Workbook
-Essential English 8
-English Expressways II

-Voyages in English for

Grade 8
-Oral Fluency Workbook
-Essential English 8
-English Expressways II

June 20, 2016

*Determine the
meaning of Idiomatic
expressions by
noting Context clues.
(EN8V-Ib-10.2)

* Idiomatic
expressions and
Contextual Clues

meaning, feelings,
persona, and
experience from the
poem read
* Identifying features
of the poem, I am an -Voyages in English 8
African child
-Essential English VIII

* Contextual Clues

* Guessing Word
meanings
* Finding clues to
define unfamiliar
words in sentences
* Interpreting
Idiomatic expressions
* Linking clues to the
meaning derived
from idiomatic
expressions

June 21, 2016

*Use context clues

from the material
viewed to determine
the meaning of
unfamiliar
words/expressions.
(EN8VC-Ib-8)

-Essential English VIII

-Voyages in English 8
-English Expressways II
-www.slideshare.com

June 22, 2016

* Giving meaning to
unfamiliar words
through Picture clues
* Linking clues to key
words
* Defining keywords
from a video through
a video shown

* CONTEXT Clues
* Use context clues
to give meaning to
unfamiliar words.
(EN8VC-Ib-8)
June 23, 2016

* Looking for clues to

-Voyages in English 8
-Essential English VIII
-English Expressways II

* Present ideas using

a variety of graphic
organizers.
(EN8WC-Ia-1.1.6.1)

unfamiliar words met

in a text
* Giving meaning to
unfamiliar words
through identified
clues
* Vocabulary Check

* GRAPHIC
Organizers in
presenting ideas

-Voyages in English 8
-Essential English VIII
-English Expressways II

June 24, 2016

* Skim to determine
key ideas.
(EN8RC-Ic-1.5.1)

* SKIMMING for KEY

IDEAS
June 27, 2016

* Listen for
important points
signaled by volume,
projection, and
stress

* Speech
Conventions:
VOLUME,
PROJECTION,
STRESS

June 28, 2016

* Getting the main

idea and support in
an expository text
blank graphic
organizers
* Putting important
information in
graphic organizers
(from a given
subject/expository
text)
* Getting the Topic
idea and subject from
a given text
* Skimming trough a
text to get key ideas
(Group and Individual
assessment)

-Voyages in English 8
-Essential English VIII
-English Expressways II
-English Communication
Arts Worktext

-Voyages in English 8
-Essential English VIII
-English Expressways II
-Reading and Thinking skills
Work text

* Define idiomatic
expressions through
collocations

* COLLOCATIONS in
defining Idiomatic
expressions
June 29, 2016

* Determine the
meaning of idiomatic
expressions by
noting contextual
clues

*Generate idea and

their relationships in
graphic organizers.
(EN8WC-Ic-1.1)

* Listening for
keywords and BIG
IDEA
* Listening for words
with emphasized
volume, projection,
and stress in a
speech listened to

*IDIOMATIC
EXPRESSIONS
June 30, 2016

* Identifying Idioms
from literal language
* Interpreting
idiomatic expressions
* Linking collocations
to the meaning of
idiomatic expressions

* Generating ideas
from Graphic
Organizers
July 1, 2016

* Contrasting Idioms
to literal language
* Noting contextual
clues of given idioms
* Interpreting/Giving
meaning to idiomatic
expressions

-Voyages in English 8
-Essential English VIII
-English Expressways II
-Reading and Thinking skills
Work text

-English Expressways II
Pages 56, 216
-Voyages in English 8
-Essential English VIII

-Voyages in English 8
-Study and Thinking skills
worktext
-Essential English VIII

* Skim to determine
key ideas.
(EN8RC-Id-1.5.1)

* Organize
information from a
material.
(EN8VC-Id-9)

* SKIMMING for KEY

IDEAS

July 4, 2016

* Organizing main
idea and its
supporting details

July 5, 2016

* Determine the
meaning of idiomatic
expressions by
noting contextual
clues and
collocations.
(EN8V-Id-10.2)

* Idiomatic
expressions
July 6, 2016

* Getting the main

idea and supporting
details in a text
* Organizing ideas in
a graphic organizers
* Getting ideas in
graphic organizers
* Interpreting
information from
graphic organizers

-Essential English VIII

-Voyages in English VIII
-Study and Thinking skills
Work text

-Voyages in English 8
-V2day (Values and Virtues
for Today)
Magazine Vol. 5 No.1
Vol.6 No. 1
Vol. 6 No. 2

* Skimming for
keywords in a text
* Skimming for Topic
idea and supporting
details/points
* Predicting the main
theme of a video to
watch based on title,
teaser pictures
* Organizing given
details as to the main
idea and its support
in correct order of
value
* Organizing
information in
graphic organizers

-Voyages in English 8
-Essential English VIII
-

-English Expressways II
Pages 12, 203

(from a video clip

shown)

* TONE, MOOD, and

Authors PURPOSE
* Determine the
tone, mood, and
purpose of the
author in a literary
genre.
(EN8LT-Id-2.2.3)

July 7, 2016

* PARALLELISM (in
sentences)
* Use parallel
structures in
constructing
sentences.
( EN8G-Id-7)

July 8, 2016

July 11, 2016

* Reading STYLES

* Identifying
Idiomatic expressions
* Giving meaning to
idiomatic expressions
* Getting clues and
collocations linking to
the meaning of
idiomatic expressions
* Reading to
determine the
feelings of the
writer/speaker and
the feelings of the
readers
* Contrasting TONE
and MOOD
In a literary text
* Determining the
authors Purpose and
the intended
audience of the
literary text
* Finding Error in
sentences

-Exploring Life through AfroAsian Literature

-Voyages in English VIII
-Essential English VIII

-Voyages in English 8
-Language in Literature II
-English Expressways II
Pages 208-209

-English Expressways II
Pages 78, 118, 165, 216
-Study and Thinking skills
Work text

and PURPOSE

* Use appropriate
reading style
(scanning,
skimming, intensive
reading) for ones
purpose.
(EN8RC-Ie-7)

* Organize
information from a
material viewed.
(EN8VC-Ie-9)

July 12, 2016

* ORGANIZING
ideas in GRAPHIC
ORGANIZERS

* Looking for similar

patterns of words
used in sentences
* Correcting
sentences (checking
the patterns of words
used)
* Sentence
Construction
(observing
parallelism)

-English Expressways II
Page 242
-Essential English VIII
http//graphicorganizers.WTK
4.com
- Essential English VIII
- English Expressways II
- Reading and Thinking
Skills Work text

* Intensive reading
(in-depth reading)

July 13, 2016

* Use intensive
reading style for
ones purpose of
getting the theme
and main points.
(EN8RC-Ie-7)
* ELEMENTS of a
SHORT STORY

-Essential English VIII

July 14, 2016

* Reading for details:

Skimming for Key
ideas, Scanning for
key words, intensive
reading for main
idea/theme

* Getting main
information from a
video material
* Organizing
information into

- Voyages in English 8
- www.slideshare.com.ph
- Exploring Life through
Afro-Asian Literature
-

graphic organizers

* Explain how the

elements (character,
setting, plot) specific
to a genre contribute
to the theme of a
particular literary
selection.
(EN8LT-Ie-2.2)

* Intensive reading
for theme, main/topic
sentence, supporting
details, purpose of
the writer and the
message conveyed
* TONE, MOOD, and
Writers PURPOSE

July 15, 2016

July 18, 2016

* Determine the
tone, mood, and
purpose of the writer
of a literary
selection.
(EN8LT-Ie-2.2.3)

* Use appropriate
reading style

* Reading Styles:
Scanning,
Skimming, Intensive
Reading

* Organizing
information in an
OUTLINE

July 19, 2016

* Vocabulary Building
Drill
* Reading a short
story
* Comprehension
Response Sharing
* Group Reading
Comprehension
Organizers
* Relating theme to
the storys
characters, setting,
and plot

- Voyages in English 8
- Essential English VIII
- www.slideshare.com.ph
-Exploring Life through AfroAsian Literature

- Voyages in English 8
- Essential English VIII
- English Expressways II
- Reading and Thinking
Skills Worktext
- Exploring Life through
Afro-Asian Literature
- Voyages in English 8
- Exploring Life through
Afro-Asian Literature pages
238-239
- Essential English VIII

(scanning,
skimming, intensive
reading) for ones
purpose.
(EN8RC-If-7)
July 20, 2016
* Organize notes/
information taken
from an expository
text in an Outline.
( EN8WC-If-6)

* Reading for feeling

from literary lines,
verses, and excerpts
* Filling-in Feelings
Chart based from a
given literary text
* Getting Writers
purpose and
message conveyed

* SENTENCE/TOPIC
OUTLINE

July 21, 2016

* Dyad Skimming and

Scanning for key
ideas/points
* Intensive Reading
(by groups and
individually)

- Voyages in English 8
- Exploring Life through
Afro-Asian Literature pages
238-239
- Essential English VIII

-www.slideshare.com
-Voyages in English 8
-Essential English VIII

* GRAPHIC
ORGANIZERS
* Organize
notes/information
from an expository
text in an Outline.
(EN8WC-If-6)
July 22, 2016
* Arrange notes
using a variety of

* COHESIVE
DEVICES

* Gathering/Listing
down information
from a selection read
* Arranging listed
information in correct
order and
arrangement (as from
the literary text)
* Completing a given
Outline

- Voyages in English 8
- English Expressways II
Pages 212, 271
- Essential English VIII
- Grammar Enhancers III

graphic organizers.
(EN8WC-If-6.1)

* Organizing
information in a
Topic Outline

July 25, 2016

* Use appropriate
cohesive devices in
composition.
(EN8G-If-8)

* Intensive Reading
for Authors Purpose

July 26, 2016

* Read intensively to
determine the
authors purpose.
(EN8RC-Ig-7.1)

* ELEMENTS of a
SHORT STORY

July 27, 2016

July 28, 2016

*SHORT STORY
* Describe the
notable literary
genre: Short story

* Describing an
Outline
* Comparing Topic
and Sentence Outline
* Completing
Sentence Outline
* Organizing
notes/information in
a Sentence Outline
* Checking
organization of
details from given
graphic organizers
* Linking information
in a graphic organizer
*
Arranging/organizing
notes/information in
graphic organizers
*Sentence
Completion
*Finding Sentence
Errors
*Grouping Cohesive
devices as to its
function in the

-Voyages in English 8
-Essential English VIII
Pages 58-60
-English Expressways II

- Essential English VIII

Pages 62-63
-Voyages in English 8
-English Expressways II

-Voyages in English 8
-Essential English VIII

contributed by Asian
writers.
(EN8LT-Ig-8)

July 29, 2016

Authors Purpose

* Describe the
notable literary
genre contributed by
Asian writers.
(EN8LT-Ig-8)

* EN8RC-Ih-7.1: Read
intensively to
determine the
authors purpose
EN8VC-Ih-15:
Compare and
contrast the
presentation of the
same topic in
different viewing
genres

EN8OL-Ih-3.12:
Highlight important

Analogy

Informative Speech

sentence
*Correcting Errors in
given sentences
*Sentence Fill-in
using appropriate
cohesive devices
* Getting meaning
and messaged from
given quotations,
statements, texts
*Intensive Reading
of a narrative
* Getting the authors
purpose
* Giving meaning and
value to authors
purpose
* Story Element Link
* Comprehension
Check
* Group Story Chart,
Map, Graphic
Organizers
* Describing the short
story as to its
Elements / BOOK
TALK
* Intensive Reading
of a Short story

points in an
informative talk
using appropriate
presentation aids

* Short story Analysis

Video Analysis
Identify Me

The Venn Diagram

Activity
Compare and
Contrast the pictures
shown

Critique the video

shown

DATE
August 1, 2016

August 2, 2016

OBJECTIVE
EN8WC-Ih-6:
Organize notes taken
from an expository
text
EN8WC-Ih-6.2:

TOPIC
Organizing notes
from Expository Text
Arranging Notes

LEARNING
ACTIVITY

REFERENCES

August 3, 2016

August 4, 2016

August 5, 2016

August 8, 2016

Arrange notes in onestep word, phrase,

and sentence outline
forms
EN8V-Ih-6: Determine Context Clues (Local
the meaning of
Culture)
words and
expressions that
reflect the local
culture by noting
context clues
EN8RC-Ii-7: Use the
Reading Styles
appropriate reading
style (scanning,
skimming, speed
reading, intensive
reading etc.) for ones
purpose

EN8LC-Ii-5.2: Note
the changes in
volume, projection,
pitch, stress,
intonation, juncture,
and rate of speech
that affect meaning
EN8VC-Ii-15:
Compare and
contrast the
presentation of the
same topic in
different viewing
genres

Stress

Graphic Organizers

August 9, 2016

August 10, 2016

August 11, 2016

August 12, 2016

August 15, 2016

August 16, 2016
August 17, 2016

EN8V-Ii-6: Determine
the meaning of
words and
expressions that
reflect the local
culture by noting
context clues
EN8LT-Ii-3: Explain
how a selection may
be influenced by
culture, history,
environment, or
other factors
EN8WC-Ii-6: Organize
notes taken from an
expository text
EN8WC-Ii-6.2:
Arrange notes in onestep word, phrase,
and sentence outline
forms
EN8F-Ii-3: Deliver a
self-composed
informative speech
EN8G-Ii-7: Use
parallel structures
EN8G-Ii-8: Use
appropriate cohesive
devices in composing
an informative

Context Clues

Literature

Organizers
Arranging Notes

Informative Speech
Parallelism
Cohesive Devices

speech
August 18, 2016
August 19, 2016

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