English Language Arts
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GRADE TEN-QUARTER ONE
1. Use information from news reports, speeches, informative talks, panel discussions, etc. in everyday conversations and exchanges
a. English Conversations on Social Issues
b. Using Information from News Report in Everyday Conversation
c. DepEd TV: Grade 10 English Q1 Ep1: Information from Various Sources (Part 1)
d. DepEd TV: Grade 10 English Q1 Ep2: Information from Various Sources ( Part 2)
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2. a. Determine the effect of textual aids like advance organizers, titles, non-linear illustrations, etc.on the understanding of the text
b. DepEd TV: Grade 10 English Q1 Ep3: Textual Aids in Understanding Text
c. DepEd TV: Grade 10 English Q1 Ep4: Textual Aids
3. a. Appraise the unity of plot, setting, and characterization in a material viewed to achieve the writer's purpose
b. DepEd TV: Grade 10 English Q1 Ep5: Plot, Setting and Characterization
c. DepEd TV: Grade 10 English Q1 Ep 6 Plot, Setting, and Characterization (part 2)
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4. a. Compare and contrast the contents of the materials viewed with outside sources of information in terms of accessibility and effectiveness
b. DepEd TV: Grade 10 English Q1 Ep 7 Sources of information : Accessibility and
Effectiveness
c. DepEd TV: Grade 10 English Q1 Ep8: Sources of Information: Accessibility and
Effectiveness
d. DepEd TV: Grade 10 English Q1 Ep9: Sources of Information Accessibility And
Effectiveness
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5. Employ analytical listening in problem solving
c. DepEd TV: Grade 10 English Q1 Ep10: Analytical Listening in Problem Solving
6. a. Evaluate and make judgements about a range of texts using a set of criteria e.g. comparing arguments on the same topic, critiquing a short story
b. DepEd TV: Grade 10 English Q1 Ep11: Evaluating and Making Judgments
c. DepEd TV: Grade 10 English Q1 Ep12: Evaluating and Making Judgments (Part 2)
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7. a. Evaluate spoken texts using given criteria e.g. fluency, tone, cohesion, correctness
b. DepEd TV: Grade 10 English Q1 Ep 13: Six Common Criteria Used in Evaluating
c. DepEd TV: Grade 10 English Q1 Ep14: Evaluating and Making Judgements (Part 2)
d. DepEd TV: Grade 10 English Q1 Ep15: Evaluating Listening Texts
e. DepEd TV: Grade 10 English Q1 Ep 16: Evaluating and Listening Texts
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GRADE TEN - QUARTER TWO
1. Observe the language of reserach, campaigns, and advocacies
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2. Identify key strutural elements
a. Exposition-Statement of Position, Arguments
b. Restatement of Positions and language features of an argumentative text
c. Modal verbs: should, must, might
d. Modal adverbs: usually, probably, etc.
e. Attitudes expressed through evaluative language
f. Conjunctions or connectives to link ideas: because, therefore, on the other hand, etc.
g. Declarative statemens
h. Rhetorical questions
i. Passive Voice
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3. Formulate a statement of opinion or assertion
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4. Formulate claims of fact, policy, and value
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5. Write an exposition or discussion on a familiar issue to inlcude key structural elemetns and language features
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6. Deliver a prepared or impromptu talk on an issue employing the techniques in public speaking
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7. Compose texts which include multi-modal elements
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GRADE TEN - QUARTER THREE
1. Compose an argumentative essay
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2. Use a variety of informative, persuasive, and argumentative writing techniques
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3. Compose an independent critique of a chosen selection
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4. Critique a literary selection based on the following approaches:
a. Structuralist/Formalist
b. Moralist
c. Marxiist
d. Feminist
e. Historical
f. Reader-response
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GRADE TEN - QUARTER FOUR
1. Distinguish technical terms used in research
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2. Given technical and operational definitions
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3. Give expanded definitions of words
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4. Observe correct grammar in making definitions
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5. Compose a research report on a relevant social issue
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