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Course Code EnglishDescriptive Title English Communication Writing for KidsCourse Description Reinforce the writing skill in English for children.Course Pre-requisite NoneSemester Offered _st Semester A.Y. 2013-2014Credit __ units

Time Allotment Specific Objectives Topic(s) Teaching

Strategies

Instructional Materials/

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Values Infused

Learning Outcomes Evaluation

1 period Discuss the significance of the course.

• Defining Writing

• Getting to know the course.

• Getting to know each other.

Classroom activities and writing.

PowerPoint Presentation

Establish a sense of connection.

Appreciate writing. Question and Answer

• Diagnostic exercises

1 period Make use of learners’ imagination.

• Describing an object

• Identifying Objects

Writing and describing activities.

Objects to describe. and PPT Presentation

Creativity and making connections.

Use the imagination and learn the use of the describing features of language.

Guessing Game Quiz

1 period Utilize the senses and writing.

• Sharpening Your Senses

• Remembering what is Seen, Read and Heard

Grouped activities (Senses)

PowerPoint Presentation

Materials to test the senses

Organization of thought.

Write about what the senses pick- up.

Writing assignment.

1 period Combine art and writing.

• Exploring some art Elements

Discussion

Art and writing activities

PowerPoint Presentation

Fairness in judging and criticizing a paragraph.

Use the art elements to write.

Quiz

5 periods Incorporate art and music into writing.

• Cutting Space

• Understanding Rhythm

• Responding to Rhythm

• Creating a Sound Narrative

• A Special Vocabulary

• Lines

• Colors

• Texture

• Rendering Music Into Visuals

• Sign Making

Drawing, Colouring, listening to music and writing.

Hand- Outs

PowerPoint Presentation

Audio Files and Art Kit

Creative thinking.

Self- judgment.

Love for art and music.

Apply art and music into writing.

Quiz

2 periods Broaden the point- of- view of the learners.

• Seeing Possibilities

• Brainstorming

• Creative Problem- Solving

• Webbing

• Giving a Set of Instructions

• Consequences

• Imagining the Consequences of an Action

Role plays and writing activities.

PowerPoint Presentation

Knowledge and critical thinking.

Relates one’s experience to a given situation.

Quiz

10 periods Present writing dialogues.

• Imagining the thoughts of a Person in a Picture

Images, comic strips, PPT Presentation and Hand- outs

Knowledge

Organization of thought.

Developing writing skills.

Developing grammar skills.

Observing real- life situations.

Knowledge on descriptive writing.

Quiz, question and answer and performance based- quiz.

• Improvising People Talk

• Literary Imagination

• Telling a Story with Shapes and Colours

• Drawing what you Imagine

• Describing People

• Favourite person, place, scene.

• Inventing Everyday Dialogues

• Improvising Dialogues for a Scene in a Cartoon

• Inventing Cartoon Texts

• Improvising a Conversation Among Characters in a Picture

• Writing a Comic Strip Text

• Writing a Script for Characters in a Picture

1 period Present how to narrate a scenario.

• Recounting My Day in School

Role- play Hand- out, and audio files.

Develop organizational skills.

Retell a scenario. Per-formance based

1 period Present how to narrate a movie or story.

• Narrating a Story of a Movie or Book

Group presentation.

PPT Presentation

Creativity. Retell a story or movie.

1 period Recall short story • A Review of the Short Story

Discussion PowerPoint Presentation.

Knowledge. Remember a short story.

Quiz

1-2 period(s)

Present how to tell a circle story.

• Telling a Circle Story Group activity and discussion.

Audio Files Creativity. Tell a circle story. Presented circle story.

1 period Discuss proverbs. • Writing a Fable using a proverb

Writing by use of proverbs

PPT Presentation and proverbs.

Grasping the culture.

Creative thinking. Written fable.

1 period Engage learners to use creative thinking.

• Writing a Story Behind a Painting

Writing activity. Sample Paintings and PPT Presentation

Creative thinking.

Write a story based on a painting.

Written narrative.

1 period Discuss the how’s on writing story parts.

• Writing a Story Beginning/ Ending with an Expression of Strong Emotion

Discussion and showing examples.

Hand- outs and sample(s).

Organization of one’s thoughts.

Apply theory into practice.

Quiz

2 periods Demonstrate how to plan and write a

• Planning and Writing the Story brainstorming and

PPT Developing Plan and write an Written

narrative. Narrative writing. Presentation creativity. own narrative. Story

5 periods Encourage learners to share an own made story.

• Sharing and evaluating a narrative

Story sharing Stories Fair judgment. Share ones’ story and judge others’.

Story Sharing Capabilities

Major Examination – 25% Class Participation andActivities – 30% Quizzes – 20% Projects and Assignments – 15%Attendance/Behavior – 10%

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Prepared By: Jivanee S. Abril and Jonna Melle T. Alba

References:

Hermosa, Eleanor Eme E., Creative Writing. 2000. SIBS Publishing House, Inc.