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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.  Worksheet 1: Gathering Information from News Reports

    b.  Worksheet 2: Gathering Information from a Press Conference

    c.  Worksheet 3: Gathering Information from a Public Speech

    d.  Worksheet 4: Using Information as Conversation Starters

   

2.  Determine the effect of textual aids like advance organizers, titles, non-linear illustrations, etc.       on the understanding of the text

     a.  Worksheet 1: Understanding Advance Organizers

     b.  Worksheet 2: Understanding Non-Linear Illustrations

     c.  Worksheet 3: Other Types of Textual Aids

     d.  Worksheet 4: Using Textual Aids

     e.  Worksheet 5: Outlining

     f.   Worksheet 6: Creating an Essay from an Outline

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3.  Appraise the unity of plot, setting, and characterization in a material viewed to achieve the           writer's purpose

     a. Worksheet 1: Understanding Parts of a Plot

     b. Worksheet 2: Assessing a Writer's Purpose

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4.  Compare and contrast the contents of the materials viewed with outside sources of                       information in terms of accessibility and effectiveness

     a. Worksheet 1: Recognizing Changes Made from a Published Material and Its Movie   

                              Adaptation

     b. Worksheet 2: Recognizing Differences in Details Between Two Sources of Similar Content

     

5.  Employ analytical listening in problem solving

     a. Worksheet 1: Understanding Messages from a Slam Poetry

     b. Worksheet 2: Understanding Messages from an Impromptu Speech

     

6.  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 

     a.  Worksheet 1: Evaluating Text through Argumentation

     b.  Worksheet 2: Evaluating Text through Reviews and Critique

     c.  Worksheet 3: Evaluating Text through Comparing and Constrasting

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7. Evaluate spoken texts using given criteria, e.g. fluency, tone, cohesion, correctness

     a. Worksheet 1: Factors that Contribute to Fluency

     b. Worksheet 2: Understanding Coherence in Speech

     c. Worksheet 3: How Tone Changes the Message You are Portraying

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GRADE TEN - QUARTER TWO

1.  Observe the language of research, campaigns, and advocacies

     Worksheet 1: Write to Convince

     Worksheet 2: Choosing a Topic for Research 

    

2.  Identify key structural elements

      Worksheet 1: Position Statement Structure: Use of Conjunctions

     

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.  Marxist

      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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