FIRST QUARTER WEEKLY OBJECTIVES FOR GRADE 7 ENGLISH
WEEK LISTENING
COMPREHENSION
1 LC1a: Recognize differences in
voice levels and speech patterns.
2 LC1b: Explain the influence of
differences in tone and accent
patterns in understanding a
message.
3 LC1c: Listen for important points
signaled by shifts in stress and
intonation.
4 LC1c: Listen for important points
signaled by shifts in stress and
intonation.
5 LC1c: Listen for important points
signaled by shifts in stress and
intonation.
6 LC1d: Determine how pitch,
phrasing, and pacing affect
understanding of a message.
7 LC1e: Determine the effect of
facial expressions and eye contact
in understanding a message.
8 LC1f: Determine the effect of
posture and bodily gestures in
understanding a message.
9 LC1g: Distinguish between and
among the functions of non-verbal
cues: repetition, contradiction,
substitution, complementation, and
accentuation.
10 LC1g: Distinguish between and
among the functions of non-verbal
cues: repetition, contradiction,
substitution, complementation, and
accentuation.
Grade 7 English Group, DepEd K-12 Learning Area Team for Languages and Multi-literacies
ORAL LANGUAGE
AND FLUENCY
OL1a: Use appropriate volume
and enunciation that meet the
needs of an oral communication
situation.
OL1b: Observe correct
pronunciation of critical vowel and
consonant sounds.
OL1c: Observe the right syllable
stress pattern in three categories:
two-syllable word stress,
compound noun stress, and words
with stress derived from suffixes.
OL1d: Observe the right sentence
stress using the Rhythm Rule
guidelines for both stressed and
unstressed words.
OL1e: Distinguish between and
among the rising-falling intonation,
rising intonation, and non-final
intonation patterns.
OL1f: Observe the right phrasing
and pacing when reading texts or
passages aloud or participating in
conversations.
OL1g: Observe the right oral
language conventions when
inquiring about, summarizing, or
reacting to what has been listened
to/read or observed.
OL1g: Observe the right oral
language conventions when
inquiring about, summarizing, or
reacting to what has been listened
to/read or observed.
OL1g: Observe the right oral
language conventions when
inquiring about, summarizing, or
reacting to what has been listened
to/read or observed.
OL1g: Observe the right oral
language conventions when
inquiring about, summarizing, or
reacting to what has been listened
to/read or observed.
VOCABULARY
DEVELOPMENT
VD1a: Determine words or
expressions in a selection that are
similar or opposite.
VD1b: Determine words or
expressions in a selection that
have causal or associative
relations.
VD1c: Determine words or
expressions in a selection that
have time (temporal) or place
(locative) relations.
VD1d: Distinguish between
familiar and colloquial expressions
commonly used in casual or
informal conversations.
VD1e: Distinguish between
colloquial language and slang.
VD1f: Use appropriate idiomatic
expressions in a variety of basic
interpersonal communicative
situations.
VD1f: Use appropriate idiomatic
expressions in a variety of basic
interpersonal communicative
situations.
VD1f: Use appropriate idiomatic
expressions in a variety of basic
interpersonal communicative
situations.
VD1g: Select an appropriate
familiar, colloquial, or idiomatic
word or expression as a substitute
for another word or expression.
VD1h: Explain why familiar,
colloquial, and idiomatic
expressions are used more often
in oral communication.
READING
COMPREHENSION
Philippine Folk Literature
in Translation
RC1a: Use predictive and
anticipatory devices/tasks to
activate prior knowledge about the
topic of reading/viewing selection.
RC1b: Use information presented
in a reading or viewing selection to
infer, to evaluate, and to express
critical ideas.
RC1c: Determine the relevance
and unity of the elements of a
literary text vis-à-vis its intended
purpose and production milieu.
RC1d: Determine the validity and
unity of the details of a parallel
informative text vis-à-vis its
intended purpose and production
milieu.
RC1e: Respond to ideas, issues,
and concerns presented in a
reading or viewing selection in
creative forms.
WRITING AND
COMPOSITION
WC1a: Identify the exclusive
features and properties of oral
language.
WC1b: Identify the exclusive
features and properties of written
language.
WC1c: Distinguish the features of
literary and academic writing.
WC1d: Enumerate the common
purposes for writing.
WC1e: Recognize the parts of a
simple paragraph based on writing
purpose.
WC1f: Follow steps in crafting a
simple paragraph of five to seven
sentences.
WC1f: Follow steps in crafting a
simple paragraph of five to seven
sentences.
WC1g: Retell a chosen myth or
legend in a series of three five-to-
seven-sentence paragraphs.
WC1h: Revise a series of simple
paragraphs in terms of content,
style, and mechanics
collaboratively and independently.
WC1h: Revise a series of simple
paragraphs in terms of content,
style, and mechanics
collaboratively and independently.
GRAMMAR AWARENESS
AND STRUCTURE
GS1a: Observe rules on subject-
verb agreement.
GS1a: Observe rules on subject-
verb agreement.
GS1b: Observe consistent tense.
GS1c: Observe rules on pronoun-
antecedent agreement.
GS1d: Formulate correct simple
sentences.
GS1d: Formulate correct simple
sentences.
GS1e: Formulate compound
sentences.
GS1e: Formulate compound
sentences.
GS1e: Formulate compound
sentences.
GS1e: Formulate compound
sentences.
STUDY STRATEGIES
SS1a: Recognize the features and
codes of the school’s library
catalogue system (typically the
Dewey Decimal System).
SS1a: Recognize the features and
codes of the school’s library
catalogue system (typically the
Dewey Decimal System).
SS1b: Use the card catalogue, the
online public access catalogue, or
electronic search engine to locate
specific resources.
SS1b: Use the card catalogue, the
online public access catalogue, or
electronic search engine to locate
specific resources.
SS1c: Recognize the various
sections of the library.
SS1c: Recognize the various
sections of the library.
SS1d: Use the special collections
in the library such as archives,
vertical files, and electronic
databases to locate information.
SS1d: Use the special collections
in the library such as archives,
vertical files, and electronic
databases to locate information.
SS1e: Accomplish the appropriate
library forms to locate, process,
and document resource
information.
SS1e: Accomplish the appropriate
library forms to locate, process,
and document resource
information.
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WEEK LISTENING
COMPREHENSION
1 LC2a: Note specific elements of
the narrative listened to.
2 LC2b: Determine the order of
significant events in the text
listened to.
3 LC2c: Identify key ideas or turning
points in the narrative text listened
to.
4 LC2d: Note specific words or
expressions that signal or
emphasize crucial details in the
narrative listened to.
5 LC2e: Determine the tone and
mood of the speaker or characters
in the narrative listened to.
6 LC2f: Note familiar and unfamiliar
details from the narrative listened
to.
7 LC2g: Formulate assumptions or
predictions about the contents of
the narrative texts.
8 LC2h: Infer appropriate responses
to listening guide questions.
9 LC2i: Infer the purpose of the
narrative listened to vis-à-vis the
author’s background and the
historical period.
10 LC2i: Infer the purpose of the
J narrative listened to vis-à-vis the
author’s background and the
historical period.
Grade 7 English Group, DepEd K-12 Learning Area Team for Languages and Multi-literacies
SECOND QUARTER WEEKLY OBJECTIVES FOR GRADE 7 ENGLISH
ORAL LANGUAGE
AND FLUENCY
OL2a: Narrate specific personal
experiences related to the ideas
presented in a selection.
OL2b: Compare and contrast
ideas presented in a selection or a
set of related selections.
OL2c: Give meaningful comments
and insightful observations based
on ideas presented in a selection.
OL2d: Express agreement or
disagreement with ideas
presented in a selection.
OL2e: Talk about why and how
people react differently to a text
listened to, read, or viewed based
on one’s background knowledge,
purpose, and point of view.
OL2f: State the effect of a text
listened to, read, or viewed to
one’s value system.
OL2g: Present points of view and
opinions concerning the message
of a selection in creative oral
means.
OL2g: Present points of view and
opinions concerning the message
of a selection in creative oral
means.
OL2h: Provide suggestions in
addressing controversial,
problematic, or debatable ideas,
issues, or concerns in a selection.
OL2h: Provide suggestions in
addressing controversial,
problematic, or debatable ideas,
issues, or concerns in a selection.
VOCABULARY
DEVELOPMENT
VD2a: Distinguish between literal
and figurative expressions.
VD2b: Identify figures of speech
that show comparison (simile,
metaphor, and analogy).
VD2b: Identify figures of speech
that show comparison (simile,
metaphor, and analogy).
VD2b: Identify figures of speech
that show comparison (simile,
metaphor, and analogy).
VD2c: Identify figures of speech
that show contrast (irony,
oxymoron, and paradox).
VD2c: Identify figures of speech
that show contrast (irony,
oxymoron, and paradox).
VD2c: Identify figures of speech
that show contrast (irony,
oxymoron, and paradox).
VD2d: Identify figures of speech
that show emphasis (hyperbole
and litotes).
VD2e: Differentiate figurative
language from academic
language.
VD2f: Explain the three functions
of academic language: to describe
complexity, to describe higher
order thinking, and to describe
abstraction.
READING
COMPREHENSION
Philippine Literature
in English during the
Apprenticeship Period
RC1a: Use predictive and
anticipatory devices/tasks to
activate prior knowledge about the
topic of reading/viewing selection.
RC1b: Use information presented
in a reading or viewing selection to
infer, to evaluate, and to express
critical ideas.
RC1c: Determine the relevance
and unity of the elements of a
literary text vis-à-vis its intended
purpose and production milieu.
RC1d: Determine the validity and
unity of the details of a parallel
informative text vis-à-vis its
intended purpose and production
milieu.
RC1e: Respond to ideas, issues,
and concerns presented in a
reading or viewing selection in
creative forms.
WRITING AND
COMPOSITION
WC2a: Identify features of
narrative writing.
WC2b: Distinguish between and
among a journal entry, an
anecdote, a travelogue, a personal
letter, and a blog entry.
WC2c: Compose a series of
journal entries.
WC2d: Compose an anecdote
based on a significant personal
experience.
WD2e: Compose a travelogue.
WD2e: Compose a travelogue.
WD2f: Compose a personal letter
to a friend, relative, and other
people.
WC2g: Compose and upload a
blog entry based on a particular
personal topic of interest.
WC2g: Compose and upload a
blog entry based on a particular
personal topic of interest.
WC2h: Revise a piece of narrative
writing in terms of content, style,
and mechanics collaboratively and
independently.
GRAMMAR AWARENESS
AND STRUCTURE
GS2a: Use correct determiners.
GS2a: Use correct determiners.
GS2b: Use varied noun
complementation forms.
GS2b: Use varied noun
complementation forms.
GS2c: Use varied verb
complementation forms.
GS2c: Use varied verb
complementation forms.
GS2d: Formulate meaningful
kernel sentences.
GS2e: Formulate embedded
sentences.
GS2f: Employ a variety of
cohesive devices in composing
short personal narratives.
GS2f: Employ a variety of
cohesive devices in composing
short personal narratives.
STUDY STRATEGIES
SS2a: Identify the features of
primary information sources.
SS2a: Identify the features of
primary information sources.
SS2b: Identify the features of
secondary information sources.
SS2b: Identify the features of
secondary information sources
SS2c: Follow protocols in
electronic search engines to limit
the information search process.
SS2c: Follow protocols in
electronic search engines to limit
the information search process.
SS2c: Follow protocols in
electronic search engines to limit
the information search process.
SS2d: Distinguish between
credible and incredible electronic
information sources.
SS2d: Distinguish between
credible and incredible electronic
information sources.
SS2e: Explain the value of using
more primary information sources
in an inquiry process.
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RECOMMENDED PRIMARY SELECTIONS

First Grading Period: Folk Literature in English

Week 1: Filipino Traditional Proverbs

Week 2: Origin of this World (Maranao)
Week 3: How the World was Created (Panayan) and Legend of the Seafoam (Neil Garcia)
Week 4: Samal Genesis
Week 5: Three Versions on Why the Sky is High (Tagalog, Iloko, Hiligaynon)
Week 6: Four Rice Legends (Tagalog, Nabaloi, Ibaloi, Bohol)
Week 7: Three Monkey Legends (Iloko, Maranao, Tagalog)
Week 8: The Heroes of Ibalon (Excerpts)
Week 9: Indarapatra and Sulayman (Excerpts)
Week 10: The Life of Lam-Ang (Excerpts)

Second Grading Period: Philippine Literature in English during the Apprenticeship Period

Week 1: Dead Stars (Paz Marquez Benitez)

Week 2: The Mats (Francisco Arcellana)
Week 3: The Small Key (Paz Latorena)
Week 4: How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife (Manuel Arguilla)
Week 5: Wedding Dance (Amador Daguio)
Week 6: The Bread of Salt (NVM Gonzales)
Week 7: The Day the Dancers Came (Bienvenido Santos)
Week 8: Moonlight on Manila Bay (Fernando Maramag)
Week 9: Inviting a Tiger for a Weekend (Jose Garcia Villa)
Week 10: If You Want to Know What We Are (Carlos Bulosan)

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