Department Order No. 31 s. 2012, otherwise known as Policy Guidelines On The Implementation of Grades 1 to 10 of the K TO 12 Basic Education Curriculum(BEC) Effective School Year 2012-2013 states that the desired outcomes of grades 1 to 10 program are defined in terms of expectancies as articulated in the learning standards. In general terms, students are expected at end of Grade 10 to demonstrate communicative competence; think intelligently, critically and creatively in life situations; make informed and values-based decisions; perform their civic duties; use resources sustainably; and participate actively in artistic and cultural activities and in the promotion of wellness and lifelong fitness.
Specifically, the learning package for Grade 7 English was prepared by the Learning Area Team in English and it is intended to assist students in their journey into using English in making and transferring meanings. The students will be helped to explore real life themes, tasks and situations; expose students to a balance of literary and informative texts; engage them in interplay of print and non–print resources; enrich grammar and awareness and enhance students’ information management skills.
Included in the Philippine Literature articles used in Grade 7 English are the literary genres: : Short Story, Novel, Epic, Essay, Proverb, Legend, Folktale, Myth, Poem and Folklore. The curriculum writers should be commended in including Philippine Literature especially in the first Quarter part. The study of literature has two aspects: one, of simple enjoyment and appreciation; the other, of analysis and description not to mention the tracing of our roots and the searching for our beginnings. When we listen to a song that appeals to the ear or read a book that appeals to the heart, for the moment t least, we discover a new world, a world so different from ours that it seems to be a world of dreams and fancies. To enter and enjoy this new world, we must learn to love literature. In the first place, literature is the totality of the writings of a given language or people, which have been preserved. Many wondered about the purpose of literature to Grade 7’s study, or more broadly to their life. Why do they have to study it, or why is it included in the curriculum. The curriculum writers are right. The answer is simple. Literature is life. Can you imagine life without literature? Our very own life is literature—a story, an art. Through literature Grade 7 students will be able to learn to reflect on the issues that concern people for centuries. It presents to us the complexities of human nature in a way that our mind and soul can understand. Literature feeds the soul, through it, challenges and problems are solved, given insights. It can make a reader smile, to be romantic and erase dark clouds of their life. Literature guides a traveler in his or her travel Literature can make the study of Grade 7 students to be more encouraging and inspired.
By: RONALDO A. PUNLA | Teacher I | Magsaysay National High School | Dinalupihan, Bataan
