DOMAIN: READING

Reading Actively
Preparing to read: Why read? Attitude toward reading?
Previewing
Reading for pleasure (choosing texts at your level/interest; scheduling daily time to
read; finding reading buddies/groups; Literature Circles)

Finding the Main idea

Differentiate between main idea and specific ideas
Identify the topic
Skimming for gist in different types of text (letters, biographies, charts, advertisement,
reports.)

Identifying Supporting Details

Finding important details
Identifying transitions
Scanning for specific information in different types of text (letters, biographies, charts,
advertisement, reports.)

Identifying Implied Main Ideas in Paragraphs

Keeping track of information

Taking Notes (Outline; Cornell method, T-notes)
Outlining what you read
Mapping (timeline, mindmap, process map)
Summarizing
Paraphrasing

Patterns of Text Organization

Identify relationships of ideas and organizational patterns of:
Report Research report; poster presentation (think of capstone!); case study
Advertisement
Reviews (book, film)
Magazine Article
Letters
Essay (process; argumentative; explanation)
Identify, locate, and interpret text features (i.e., headings, graphs, charts, pictures, maps, tables
and diagrams)

Making Inferences
Use clues from the text to figure out what the author does not tell you.
Determine causes and probable outcomes based on prior knowledge, drawing
conclusions and making connections.

Understanding the Writers Purpose

Intended audience
Style (formal, informal, colloquial)
 Denotation and connotations
Identifying Tone
Distinguishing fact and fiction
Reading Critically
Questioning the authors purpose (explicit and tacit)
Determining credibility of source
Differentiating between facts and opinion
Evaluating documentation (checking references, sources, etc.)

Reading Creatively
Predicting
Exploring alternatives
Interpreting reading passage message from own experience
Interpret attitudes

Literary Elements and Techniques

Identify the genre of a text (Adventures, fantasy, historical fiction, mystery, realistic,
science fiction, biograph, informational, drama, oral tradition (folklore ) and poetry)
Identify and analyze all the story elements: setting, plot, characters, theme, mood, and
point of view.
Identify the authors message or theme.
Determine character motivation.
Identify figurative language (similes, metaphors, idioms) or literary devices and explain how
they contribute to the meaning of a literary selection.
 DOMAIN: WRITING

Writing a paragraph (topic sentence, supporting details and concluding sentence)

Writing process (brainstorming, outlining, introductory paragraph, thesis statements, body
paragraphs, concluding sentences, editing and proofreading)
Writing an essay
Authors point of view
Authors purpose
Writing a genre: narrative text, recount text, a report, argumentative, persuasive,
instruction text, letters, advertisements, writing explanations, reviews, writing an article,
fairy tales, research poster
Sentence starters: varying sentence starters according to genre
Writing a summary
Drafting a report from research notes (includes learning to take notes to avoid plagiarism)
APA (Referencing and Citation)
 DOMAIN: LISTENING

Listening Actively
Preparing to watch/listen: Why watch/listen? Attitude toward listening?
Predicting
Listening/watching for pleasure (choosing material at your level/interest; scheduling
time to watch/listen; finding film/music/news buddies/groups)

Listening for the Main idea

Differentiate between main idea and specific ideas
Identifying the topic
Identifying main ideas in longer talks
Identifying types of listening: news, speech, advertisement, film, poem, radio, etc.

Listening for Details

Listening for details
Identifying transitions
Listening for for specific information in different listening genres (film, news,
talks/lectures, videos, etc.)

Listening for implied meanings

Keeping track of information

Taking Notes (Outline; Cornell method, T-notes)
Outlining what you read
Mapping (timeline, mindmap, process map)
Summarizing
Paraphrasing

Making Inferences
Understanding the Speakers Purpose and Attitude
Intended audience
Style (formal, informal, colloquial)
Denotation and connotations
Identifying Tone
Distinguishing fact and fiction
Listening Critically
Questioning the speakers purpose (explicit and tacit)
Determining credibility of source
Differentiating between facts and opinion
 DOMAIN: SPEAKING
Spontaneous Speaking
Classroom language
Beginning and ending a conversation
Turn-taking in groups
Describing people/places/processes/experiences
Giving directions/instructions
Giving opinions, Agreeing/Disagreeing
Telling stories
Supporting ideas with explanations
Inviting/Accepting and Declining invitations
Asking for and offering help/Volunteering
Asking for clarification, Inquiring/Requesting information
Summarizing information
Comparing and contrasting
Classifying
Analyzing, Inferring
Predicting, hypothesizing

Prepared Talks and Presentations:

Introduction
Introducing yourself
Explaining the topic of presentation
Explaining why a presentation is important
Body
Introducing the first idea and explaining it by giving more detailed information and
examples
Introducing the next ideas, and explaining them by giving more detailed information and
examples
Using transitions (signposting) to help the audience follow the presentation
Conclusion
Summarizing key points
Stating ones ideas/opinions about the presentation topic
Allowing the audience time to ask questions (engaging the audience).
Body language
Using eye contact.
Smiling while presenting.
Not moving in ways that distract the audience.
Standing up straight (using good posture)

Presentation
Speaking clearly and loudly.
Using visuals that connect to the topic.
Avoiding too many words on each power point slide/poster/picture.
 DOMAIN: STRUCTURE & VOCABULARY
Structure
Verb Tenses
Subject-verb agreement
Active and Passive
Pronouns
Types of sentences
Run on sentences & fragments
Parts of speech (verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs)
Relative clauses
Preposition
Articles (definite, and indefinite)
Quantifiers
Countable and Uncountable
Auxiliary and main verbs
Punctuation (Capitalization, End sentence punctuation (full stop, question mark and
exclamation mark, comma, semi-colon, colon, brackets)
Using Cohesive Devices
Direct and Indirect statements
Direct and Indirect questions
If Conditionals (Zero, Type 1, Type 2 & Type 3)
Noun Pronoun Agreements
Dangling Modifiers
Parallelism

Vocabulary
Words
A specific list will be developed after materials are selected for each module cycle (G. 10: 45
words/W. per cycle and G. 11 & 12 60 word per cycle). Students will need to know vocabulary
word form (spelling, parts of speech), meaning, and use.
Note: Students will be exposed to more than 45-60 words per cycle. However, we will target for
exam items the form/meaning/use of those words identified in each cycle.

Vocabulary Sub Skills

Guessing meaning from context using visuals, titles, sub-headings, and textual clues such as
synonyms, antonyms, multiple meanings, prefixes, suffixes, word origins, and root words.
Using dictionaries; Hard copies and online.
Idiomatic expressions (food, animals, games, clothes)
Phrasal verbs
Collocations
Synonyms and antonyms
Effective vocabulary learning strategies
Confusing Words (affect and effect)
Prefixes and Suffixes
 Using word-attack skills when encountering unfamiliar words: sounding out, using pictures,
chunks of words, relating to familiar words, re-reading, use of prior knowledge