SYLLABUS IN ENGLISH 9
FIRST QUARTER
PROGRAM STANDARD
GRADE LEVEL STANDARD
CONTENT STANDARD
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
TIME
FRAME
Week 1
The learner demonstrates communicative competence through his/her understanding of
literature and other texts types for a deeper appreciation of Philippine Culture and those
of other countries.
The learner demonstrates communicative competence through his/her understanding of
British-American Literature, including Philippine Literature and other text types for a
deeper appreciation of Philippine Culture and those of other countries.
The learner demonstrates understanding of how Anglo-American literature and other
text types serve as a means of preserving unchanging values in a changing world; also
how to use the features of a full-length play, tense consistency, modals, active and
passive constructions plus direct and indirect speech to enable him/her competently
performs in a full-length play.
The learner actively participates in a speech choir through using effective verbal and
non-verbal strategies based on the following criteria: Focus, Voice, Delivery, Facial
Expressions, Body Movements/Gestures and Audience Contact.
TOPICS

General Orientation
a. School Policies
b. House Rules
c. Subject
Requirements
Values on Focus: Respect,
Obedience and Compliance
LEARNING COMPETENCIES
ASSESSMENT
EN9RC-Ig-17: Makes a connection
Formative:
between the present information with
 Four Corners
the previously presented insights and
 Self/Peer Assessment
learning.
 Conferencing
EN9LC-Ih-8.8: Compares and
 Questions/Hand Signals
contrasts information listened to.
 3-2-1
EN9WC-Ie-9: Composes campaign
Summative:
ads on how to demonstrate self Brochure
discipline by strictly following the
 Policy Awareness Ads
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rules and regulations of the school.

Graduate Attributes
a. Standards of
Learning
Values on Focus: Dedication
and Commitment
Week 2

Old English Literature
a. Beowulf’s Fight with
Grendel
b. Using the
Synecdoche
c. Using Polite
Sentences
Values on Focus: Bravery,
Heroism, Loyalty, Strength,
Fame through glorious deeds
EN9RC-Ic-13.2: Relates given
insights to particular social issues,
concerns, or dispositions in real life.
EN9VC-Ig-9: Determines the
relevance and the truthfulness of the
ideas presented in the material read
in connection with the traits of an
HAU Graduate.
EN9V-Ia-1: Provides words or
expressions appropriate for a given
situation.
EN9WC-Ie-9: Composes a fivesentence essay about an Ideal
Angelian.
Formative:
 3-Minute Pause
 Web or Concept Map
 Analogy Prompt
 Misconception Check
 A-B-C Summaries
EN9LT-Ia-14.1: Distinguishes the
features of Anglo or English Epic.
EN9LT-Ib-14.2: Analyzes the
features, structure, and
characteristics of an epic.
EN9VC-Ia-3.8: Infers thoughts,
feelings, and intentions in the
material viewed.
EN9WC-Ie-9: Composes a threesentence paragraph on “A ModernDay Hero.”
EN9V-Ib-1: Provides words using
synecdoches appropriately in
sentences.
Formative:
 Likert Scale
 Say Something
 Word Sort
 K-W-L+
Summative:
 Quiz
 Essay
 Collage
Summative:
 Video-Talk Show
 Quiz
 Film Review
 Reflection Writing
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EN9G-Ia-1.6/1.7: Employs effective
and appropriate verbal
communication strategies.
Week 3
Week 4
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EN9LT-Ia-14: Analyzes literature as
a means of understanding
unchanging values in a changing
world.
King Arthur Wins the
EN9SS-Ie-1.5.1: Infers a character’s
Sword and Slays the
traits from what he says or does.
Giant
EN9VC-If-19: Expresses insights
based
on the ideas presented in the
Values on Focus: Equality,
Integrity, Bravery and Chivalry materials viewed.
EN9WC-Ie-9: Composes a Film
Review.
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Medieval English
Literature
Geoffrey Chaucer
a. Chantecleer and
the Fox
b. Appreciating the
Fable
Values on Focus: Cleverness,
Cunningness and Trust
Week 5

First Mid-Quarter
Examination
Values on Focus: Honesty,
Mastery and Diligence
Formative:
 Discussion
 Numbered Heads Together
 Reciprocal Questioning
 Four Corners
Summative:
 Puppet Show
 Quiz
 Video-Reproduction
 Film Review
EN9LT-If-2.2.3: Determines the
author’s feelings, technique and
purpose.
EN9LT-Ia-14: Analyzes literature as
a means of valuing other people and
their various circumstances in life.
EN9WC-Ie-9: Composes a fivesentence fable summary.
EN9VC-Id-21: Summarizes the
contents of the material viewed.
Formative:
 K-W-L
 Misconception Check
 Discussion
EN9RC-Ic-13.2: Relates given
insights to particular social issues,
concerns, or dispositions in real life
EN9SS-Ie-1.5.1: Infers a character’s
traits from what he says or does.
Formative:
 First-Mid Quarter
Assessment
Summative:
 Journal
 Essay
 Reflection Paper
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EN9LT-Ia-14.1: Distinguishes the
features of Anglo or English epic.
EN9LT-If-2.2.3: Determines the
author’s feelings, technique and
purpose.
EN9V-Ib-1: Provides words using
synecdoches appropriately in
sentences.
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Week 6
Skill Builders No. 14
Participles and
Participial Phrases
Values on Focus: Accuracy
and Mastery
Week 7
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Elizabethan Period
Biography of Ben Jonson
Songs
Song to Celia
Values on Focus:
Unconditional Love/
Immortal Love
EN9RC-Ig-16: Shares prior
knowledge about the topic.
EN9LC-Ia-8: Processes information
mentioned in the text listened to.
EN9WC-IIIa-9: Performs tasks by
following instructions in the written
activities.
EN9V-Ia-1: Provides words or
expressions appropriate for a given
situation.
Formative
 Conferencing
 Interactive Discussion
 3-2-1
EN9RC-Ig-17: Compares and
contrast the important events in the
period with the previous era.
EN9RC-Ib-16: Characterizes the
author and names his primary
contributions in English literature.
EN9RC-Ig-17: Distinguishes songs
from the other types of literature.
EN9VC-Ih-1.5/2.5: Provides meaning
with the symbols used by the author
as displayed from the pictures.
Formative:
 Interactive discussion and
recitation
 Context clues exercise
 Song Reading
Summative:
 Independent Writing Activity
Summative:
 Pair Work: Line by line
interpretation of the piece
 Paper and Pencil Test:
Comprehension Questions
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EN9V-Ig-12.3: Unlocks the meaning
of figurative languages and imagery
techniques used by the author by
using it in a sentence.
EN9OL-Id-1.14: Reads the song with
proper phrasing and tone.
EN9LC-Ig-8.7: Predicts the feelings
incorporated in the poem based from
the tone in each line.
EN9LC-Ic-3.12: Interprets each line
of the poem in simpler language.
EN9LC-If-8.2: Answers higher order
thinking skills about the song.
EN9WC-Ie-9: Formulates an opinion
about the selection.
Week 8
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Shakespearean Period
William Shakespeare
Structure of English
Sonnet
Sonnet 29
Values on Focus: Friendship/
Contentment
EN9RC-Ib-16: Characterizes the
author and names his primary
contributions in English literature
EN9OL-Ib-1.15: Distinguishes an
English sonnet based from its rhyme
scheme
EN9V-Ig-12.3: Unlocks the meaning
of unfamiliar words by using
synonyms in a sentence.
EN9OL-Id-1.14: Reads the sonnet
with proper phrasing and tone
EN9LC-Ib-6.2: Infers the emotions
present in the sonnet based from the
tone in each line
EN9LC-Ic-3.12: Paraphrases the
lines of the sonnet in simpler
Formative:
 Interactive discussion and
recitation
 Book activity
 Sonnet Reading
Summative:
 Paper and pencil test:
Paraphrasing
 Song Presentation
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language.
EN9VC-If-19: Reacts on brief music
videos about friendship
EN9F-Ii-3.14: Adopts and sings a
song with themes about friendship
Week 9

The Puritan and
Restoration Periods
(1620-1780): Age of
Classicism
a. John Milton
b. On His Blindness
Values on Focus:
Contentment, Patience,
Acceptance and Submission
to God
Week 10

First Quarter
Examination
Values on Focus: Honesty,
Mastery and Diligence
EN9RC-Ig-17: Makes a connection
between the present text and the
previously read texts
EN9LT-Ii-3: Identifies the factors that
influenced the writing of the poem.
EN9LT-If-2.2.3: Interprets the writer’s
feelings through a speech choir
presentation.
EN9RC-Ic-13.2: Justifies the ideas
expressed in the poem.
Formative:
 Interactive Discussion
 Information Outline
 Sonnet Reading
EN9RC-Ic-13.2: Relates given
insights to particular social issues,
concerns, or dispositions in real life
EN9SS-Ie-1.5.1: Infers a character’s
traits from what he says or does.
EN9LT-Ia-14.1: Distinguishes the
features of literature in Elizabethan
Period and Puritan and Restoration
Formative:
 First Quarter
Assessment
Summative:
 Paper and pencil test
 Speech Choir
Performance Task:
You are an environmentalist.
Your task is to create a speech
choir who will present on stage a
piece which encourages the
audience to take care of our
environment. Visitors from the
different regions will be coming
over to watch the program.
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Periods
EN9LT-If-2.2.3: Determines the
author’s feelings, technique and
purpose.
EN9V-Ig-12.3: Identifies meanings of
words using context clues.
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