AFRO-ASIAN LITERATURE
1ST GRADING
UNIT 1: NARRATIVES- Interactive Storytelling/Reading
Lesson 1: Elements of Short Story
Lesson 2: Insights into African Life and its Folklore
SPEECH
ORAL
LISTENING
IMPROVEMENT INTERACTION
/  /, / ey /,
/æ/
Short
Conversation
pp. 188-209
GRAMMAR
IN FOCUS
READING
WRITING
Direct and
Indirect
Speech
The Slave
Trade and
African Life
Composition
Writing
Lesson 3: Literary and Narrative Devices/Styles
Lesson 4: Types of Short Story
Lesson 5: Insights into African Life through its Short Stories
LISTENING
SPEECH
ORAL
IMPROVEMENT INTERACTION
/ t /, / th/, / d / ,
/ dh /
Preparing a
News script
pp. 260- 287
GRAMMAR
IN FOCUS
READING
WRITING
Articles: A,
An, The as
Determiners
African Art
Exposition
Writing
Project: Reading and Asian Short Story Analysis - An Incident by Lu Shun (China)
2ND GRADING
UNIT 2: DRAMA- Playlet Presentation from an Original Script
Lesson 1: Elements and Themes of Drama
Lesson 2: Knowing One’s Self
SPEECH
ORAL
LISTENING
IMPROVEMENT INTERACTION
/ә/
Answering
Questions
pp. 2- 15/ 35, 43- 50
GRAMMAR
IN FOCUS
READING
WRITING
A, An, The
Pipay
Journal
Writing
Project: Short Story Playlet Writing based on ‘Pipay’
Lesson 3: Stage Direction
Lesson 4: Developing a Sense of Community
SPEECH
ORAL
LISTENING
IMPROVEMENT INTERACTION
/ I /, / iy /
Dialog
Project: Playlet Presentation based on ‘The Parting’
pp. 51- 56/71, 78- 85
GRAMMAR IN
FOCUS
READING
WRITING
Comparing and
Contrasting
using
Comparative
Comparative
Tell me a
and
Adjectives/
Story
Contrast
Comparing f
Composition
Nouns
Correctly
3RD GRADING
UNIT 3: POETRY- Writing a Haiku/Tanka
Lesson 1: Nature and Elements of Poetry
Lesson 2: Insights into African Life through its Poetry
SPEECH
ORAL
GRAMMAR
LISTENING
IMPROVEMENT INTERACTION
IN FOCUS
/ r /, / ә /, / ar /
Group
Discussion
Lesson 3: Poetry Devices
Lesson 4: Work Hard for Peace
SPEECH
ORAL
LISTENING
IMPROVEMENT INTERACTION
/ ch /, / j /
Mini Dialog
Adjective,
Noun,
Adverb
Clauses
pp. 221- 227/ 246-251
READING
WRITING
The Village
of Round
and Square
Houses
Preparing a
Brief Report
pp. 327-342/ 344-345
GRAMMAR
IN FOCUS
READING
WRITING
Stating an
Opinion,
Supporting
an Argument
w/ Evidence,
Expanding
sentences
with Adverbs
Haiku
Paragraph
Writing
Lesson 5: Justice is for everyone
SPEECH
ORAL
LISTENING
IMPROVEMENT INTERACTION
/r/
Dialog and
Group
Discussion
pp. 348- 355/ 373, 376-378
GRAMMAR
IN FOCUS
READING
WRITING
Present
Perfect
Tense
My Poetry is
no Poetry
Writing a
Letter
4TH GRADING
UNIT 4: Descriptive and Reflective Essay Writing
Lesson 1: Definition and Kinds of Essay
Lesson 2: What is Youth? By Ibrahim Jubaira
Lesson 3: Human Rights: A Universal Concern
SPEECH
ORAL
LISTENING
IMPROVEMENT INTERACTION
/ sh /, / zh /
A Ball Game
pp. 39- 41
pp. 306-324
GRAMMAR
IN FOCUS
Using
Prepositions
Lesson 4: City or Country: Back to Nature by Harold Magna
READING
WRITING
Composition
Crime and
Writing
Punishment
Based on
Research
pp. 68- 70
Prepared by:
BUNYI, Joanne Lorraine F.