Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
FEATURES
The textbook fosters the Filipino students better understanding and
appreciation of their Asian and African neighbors roots, cultures and
traditions through the study of Afro-Asian literary selections representative of
the following regions, namely, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the
Middle East and North Africa.
It helps students define learning goals and chart direction through the
section on Unit Learning Assessment that allows them avenues for
synthesizing what they have learned and reflecting on how and why they
have come to such learnings.
DIVISION
The textbook is divided into UNITS and in totality it consists of FOUR
major UNITS namely the following:
UNIT IV: The Middle East and North Africa: A continental Tryst
Each UNIT is divided into LESSONS and there are a total of 16 lessons
and 4 lessons are covered in each UNIT. Each lesson has parts that complies
with a learning competency and this text book deals with 7 competencies for
Grade 8 and they are named as follows:
*Reading/Literature
*Vocabulary
*Listening/Viewing
*Speaking
*Study and Research
*Grammar
*Writing/Performance
ASSESSMENT
In assessing each learning
competency different assessment type
were used. In Reading, diagnostic and
formative assessments were used.
There are always these parts of the Writing Process the prewriting,
drafting, revising and sharing, and sometimes proofreading and finally
publishing that comes with it that supports as either guide for students
during and after their work.
The Performance Task presents a
GRASPS (stands for real world GOAL, ROLE,
AUDIENCE, SITUATION, PRODUCTS or
PERFORMANCES and STANDARDS) formatted
task which may either be a production of an
output or a performance which calls for the
demonstration of the students facets of
understanding. The tasks aligned with the
lessons topic will always be guided by
rubrics cited after the instructions given.
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