Literature in K to 12

Isagani R. Cruz

Globe: 0977-723-1991
Smart: 0919-586-3298
isaganicruz@gmail.com

Holistically
developed
Filipino with 21st
century skills

The geographic, linguistic, and ethnic dimensions of Philippine

literary history from pre-colonial to the contemporary.

Enumerate the themes, structures, and elements of myths,

traditional narratives, and classical and contemporary literature.

The names and works of all the Philippine National Artists in

literature.

Identify the contributions of the canonical Filipino writers to the

development of national literature.

The names and works of at least ten writers from the region
where the high school is located.

Identify the contributions of local writers to the development of

regional literary traditions.

The names and works from different national literatures and

cultures, namely, Asia, Anglo-American, European, Latin America,
North Africa.

Compare and contrast cultural and literary traditions across the

globe.

Literary and non-literary uses of language.

Distinguish the literary uses of language from the non-literary.

Formal features and conventions of literature.

Recite poems and perform plays.

Formal features and conventions of literature.

Identify the characters, setting, theme, conflict, and type of a

work of fiction.

Formal features and conventions of literature.

Distinguish chronology from plot.

Literary meanings in contexts.

Write a critical paper that analyses literary texts in relation to the

context of the reader and the writer.

Critical strategies.

Write a critical paper that interprets literary texts using any of the
critical approaches.

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LANGUAGES MATH AP EP
SCIENCE MAPEH EPP TLE
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Language and Literacy

Creative Writing

Creative Writing
Competence

An effective
language arts and
multiliteracies
curriculum draws on
literature in order to
develop students
understanding of
their literary
heritage.

Naipapamalas ng mag-aaral ang

pag-unawa at pagpapahalagang
pampanitikan gamit ang
teknolohiya at ibat ibang uri ng
teksto at mga akdang
pampanitikang rehiyunal,
pambansa, saling-akdang Asyano
at pandaigdig tungo sa
pagtatamo ng kultural na literasi.

LEVEL

CONTENT
Rhyme

Character,
Setting, Plot
Closure

COMPETENCY
Recite rhymes, poems, and sing simple
jingles/songs in the mother tongue, Filipino
and/or English
Identify whether a pair or set of words rhyme
Recall details of the story told by the teacher:
the characters, when and where the story
happens, the events in the story
Predict what might happen next in the story
heard

LEVEL

CONTENT
Rhyme

Interpretation
Character

Persona
Closure
Criticism

COMPETENCY
Identify rhyming words in nursery rhymes,
songs, jingles, poems, and chants
Recite and sing individually, with ease and
confidence, songs, poems, chants, and riddles
Infer the character feelings and traits in a
story listened to
Identify the speaker in the story or poem
listened to
Predict possible ending of a story listened to
Participate actively during story reading by
making comments and asking questions

LEVEL

CONTENT
Character,
Setting, Plot

Plot
Creative
Writing
Plausibility
Structure
Criticism
Adaptation

COMPETENCY
Note important details in grade level narrative
texts listened to: (a) character, (b) setting, (c)
events
Give the correct sequence of three events in a
story listened to
Supply rhyming words to complete a rhyme,
poem, and song
Identify cause and/or effect of events in a
story listened to
Identify the problem and solution in the story
read
Discuss, illustrate, dramatize specific events in
a story read

LEVEL

CONTENT
Paraphrase
Close Reading
Interpretative
Reading
Author

COMPETENCY
Retell a story read
Tell/retell legends, fables, and jokes
Note important details in grade level literary
texts listened to
Nababasa ang usapan, tula, talata, kuwento
nang may tamang bilis, diin, tono, antala, at
ekspresyon
Naipamamalas ang paggalang sa ideya,
damdamin, at Kultura ng may akda ng
tekstong napakinggan o nabasa

LEVEL

CONTENT
Value

Creative
Writing

COMPETENCY
Napahahalagahan ang mga tekstong
pampanitikan sa pamamagitan ng aktibong
pakikilahok sa usapan at gawaing
pampanitikan
Pagsulat ng tula at kuwento

LEVEL

CONTENT
Character,
Setting, Plot
Appreciation
Background
Structure
Character
Genre
Theme
Synopsis
Metaphor

COMPETENCY
Note important details in grade level narrative
texts: (a) character, (b) setting, (c) plot
Express individual choices and taste for texts
Browse/read books for various purposes such
as for learning or for pleasure
Identify the important story elements
Infer character feelings and traits in a story
Identify the difference between a story and a
poem
Give the main idea of a story/poem
Give the summary of a story
Identify and use simile and metaphor in
sentences

LEVEL

CONTENT
Titles
Intention

Appreciation

COMPETENCY
Give another title for literary text
Identify the authors purpose for writing a
selection
Show love for reading by listening attentively
during story reading and by making
comments/reactions
Naipamamalas ang pagpapahalaga at
kasanayan sa pagbasa ng ibat ibang uri ng
Panitikan
Napapahalagahan ang mga tekstong
pampanitikan

LEVEL

CONTENT
Affect

Criticism

COMPETENCY
Nakadarama ng pagbabago sa sariling
damdamin at pananaw batay sa binasang
teksto
Naipakikita ang aktibong pakikilahok sa
usapan at gawaing pampanitikan
Nauunawaan ang kahalagahan ng mga
nilalaman ng panitikan

LEVEL

CONTENT
Character,
Setting, Plot

Appreciation

Genre
Paraphrase
Figures of
speech
Theme

COMPETENCY
Note important details in grade level narrative
texts: (a) character, (b) setting, (c) plot
(problem & solution)
Expresses love for stories and other texts by
browsing the books read to them and asking
to be read more stories and texts
Identify the difference between a story and a
poem
Give the meaning of a poem
Identifies and uses personification, hyperbole
Gives the main idea of a story/poem

LEVEL

CONTENT

COMPETENCY

Character
Structure
Closure
Adaptation

Appreciation

Title
Stylistics

Appreciation

Infers character feelings and traits in a story

Identifies the important story elements
Predicts possible ending of a story
Responds to a story through dramatization,
songs, or art activities
Shows love for reading by listening attentively
during story reading and making comments or
reactions
Give another title for literary text
Describes and reacts to the authors writing
style
Napapahalagahan ang mga tekstong
pampanitikan

LEVEL

CONTENT

Demonstrates communicative competence

through his/her understanding of Philippine
Literature
Pre-colonial
Demonstrates understanding of pre-colonial
literature
Philippine literature as a means of connecting
to the past
Transfers learning by showing appreciation for
the literature of the past
Describes the different literary genres during
the pre-colonial period
Proverbs,
Identify the distinguishing features of
Myths, Legends
proverbs, myths, and legends
As language

COMPETENCY

LEVEL

CONTENT

Explain how the elements specific to a genre

contribute to the theme of a particular literary
selection
Imagery
Express appreciation for sensory images used
Devices
Explain the literary devices used
Tone, Intention Determine the tone, mood, technique, and
purpose of the author
Theme
Draw similarities and differences of the
featured selections in relation to the theme
Context
Explain how a selection may be influenced by
culture, history, environment, or other factors
Genre

COMPETENCY

LEVEL

CONTENT

COMPETENCY

Conflict, Theme Discover the conflicts presented in literary

selections and the need to resolve those
conflicts in non-violent ways
Period
Identify the distinguishing features of
literature during the Period of Apprenticeship
Genre
Identify the distinguishing features of poems
and short stories
Psychology
Discover literature as a tool to assert ones
unique identity and to better understand
other people
Period
Identify the distinguishing features of
literature during the Period of Emergence

LEVEL

CONTENT
Genre

Theme

Period

Author

COMPETENCY
Identify the distinguishing features of
revolutionary songs, poems, short stories,
drama, and novels
Discover through Philippine literature the
need to work cooperatively and responsibly in
todays global village
Identify the distinguishing features of selected
literary genres during the Contemporary
Period
Explain the contributions of national artists
for literature in elevating Philippine Literature
in English in the global village

LEVEL

CONTENT
Kuwentong
Bayan

Pabula

Synopsis
Street Drama
Folksong

COMPETENCY
Naisusulat ang mga patunay na ang
kuwentong-bayan ay salamin ng tradisyon o
kaugalian ng lugar na pinagmulan nito
Naibabahagi ang sariling pananaw at saloobin
sa pagiging karapatdapat / di karapatdapat ng
paggamit ng mga hayop bilang mga tauhan sa
pabula
Naisusulat ang buod ng binasang kuwento
nang maayos
Nabubuo ang patalastas tungkol sa napanood
na dulang panlansangan
Naisasagawa ang dugtungang pagbuo ng
bulong at/o awiting-bayan

LEVEL

CONTENT
Alamat
Epiko

7
Ibong Adarna
Korido

COMPETENCY
Naisusulat ang isang alamat sa anyong komiks
Naisasagawa ang isahan / pangkatang
pagsasalaysay ng isang pangyayari sa
kasalukuyang na may pagkakatulad sa mga
pangyayari sa epiko
Naibabahagi ang sariling ideya tungkol sa
kahalagahan ng pag-aaral ng Ibong Adarna
Nakikilahok sa malikhaing pagtatanghal ng
ilang saknong ng korido na naglalarawan ng
pagpapahalagang Pilipino

LEVEL

CONTENT
Afro-Asian Lit

African Lit

Figures of
speech

COMPETENCY
Demonstrates communicative competence
through his/her understanding of Afro-Asian
Literature
Demonstrates understanding of African
literature as a means of exploring forces that
human beings contend with
Describe the notable literary genres
contributed by African writers
Identify the distinguishing features of notable
African chants, poems, folktales, and short
stories
Explain figurative language used

LEVEL

CONTENT

Explain how the elements specific to a genre

contribute to the theme of a particular literary
selection
Imagery
Express appreciation for sensory images used
Tone, Intention Determine the tone, mood, technique, and
purpose of the author
Theme
Describe similarities and differences of the
featured selections in relation to the theme
Criticism
Explain how a selection may be influenced by
culture, history, environment, or other factors
Devices
Explain the literary devices used
Genre

COMPETENCY

LEVEL

CONTENT

Describe the notable literary genres

contributed by East Asian writers
Identify the distinguishing features of notable
East Asian poems, folktales, and short stories
Nature
Appreciate literature as an art form inspired
and influenced by nature
Southeast Asian Describe the notable literary genres
Lit
contributed by Southeast Asian writers
Identify the distinguishing features of notable
poems, short stories, dramas, and novels
contributed by Southeast Asian writers
Tone, Theme,
Determine key ideas, tone, and purposes of
Intention
the author
East Asian Lit

COMPETENCY

LEVEL

CONTENT

COMPETENCY

South and West Describe the notable literary genres

Asian Lit
contributed by South and West Asian writers
Identify the distinguishing features of religious
texts, epics, myths, drama, and short stories
contributed by South and West Asian writers
Philosophy,
Appreciate literature as an expression of
Religion
philosophical and religious ideals
Riddles,
Naisusulat ang sariling bugtong, salawikain,
Proverbs
sawikain, o kasabihan na angkop sa
kasalukuyang kalagayan
Interpretative Nabibigkas nang wasto at may damdamin ang
Reading
tula

LEVEL

CONTENT
Sarsuwela

8
Creative
Writing
Florante at
Laura

COMPETENCY
Nasusuri nang pasulat ang papel na
ginagampanan ng sarsuwela sa pagpapataas
ng kamalayan ng mga Pilipino sa Kultura ng
ibat ibang rehiyon sa bansa
Naisusulat ang isang orihinal na tulang may
apat o higit pang saknong sa alinmang anyong
tinalakay, gamit ang paksang pag-ibig sa
kapwa, bayan, o kalikasan
Nabibigkas nang madamdamin ang mga
sauladong berso ng Florante at Laura

LEVEL

CONTENT
British and
American Lit

9
Theme
Mood

COMPETENCY
Demonstrates communicative competence
through his/her understanding of BritishAmerican Literature
Demonstrates understanding of how AngloAmerican literature serves as a means of
discovering and enhancing the self
Identify the distinguishing features of notable
Anglo-American lyric poetry, sonnets,
dramatic poetry, vignettes, songs, poems,
sermons, allegories, short stories, and one-act
plays
Explain how the elements specific to a
selection build its theme

LEVEL

CONTENT

COMPETENCY

Tone, Intention Determine the tone, mood, technique, and

purpose of the author
Theme
Draw similarities and differences of the
featured selections in relation to the theme
Context
Explain how a selection may be influenced by
culture, history, environment, or other factors
Analyze literature as a means of valuing other
people and their circumstances in life
Explain how the elements specific to a genre
contribute to the theme of a particular literary
selection

LEVEL

CONTENT
Genre

Dialogue
Reviewing
Theme

Short Story

COMPETENCY
Analyze a radio play as a means of connecting
to the world
Analyze dialogue as one of the elements in
building the theme of a play
Compose a play review
Explain how the elements specific to fulllength plays build its theme as a means of
understanding unchanging values in a
changing world
Nasusuri ang maikling kuwento batay sa
paksa, mga tauhan, pagkakasunod-sunod ng
mga pangyayari, estilo sa pagsulat ng awtor

LEVEL

CONTENT

Nasusuri ang pagiging makatotohanan ng

ilang pangyayari sa isang dula
Tanka & Haiku Naisusulat ang payak na tanka at haiku sa
tamang anyo at sukat
Creative
Naisusulat ang isang maikling dula tungkol sa
Writing
karaniwang buhay ng isang grupo ng Asyano
Criticism
Nasasaliksik ang kulturang nakapaloob sa
alinmang dula sa Silangang Asya
Parable
Naisasadula ang nabuong orihinal na parabola
Elegy
Nakasusulat ng sariling elehiya para sa isang
mahal sa buhay
Noli me tangere Naitatanghal ang scenario building tungkol
kay Sisa sa makabagong panahon
Verisimilitude

COMPETENCY

LEVEL

CONTENT

Demonstrates communicative competence

through his/her understanding of literature
for a deeper appreciation of World Literature,
including Philippine Literature
Demonstrates understanding of how world
literature serves as a way of expressing and
resolving ones personal conflicts
Theme
Explain how the elements specific to a
selection build the theme of a particular
literary selection
Imagery
Express appreciation for sensory images used
Tone, Intention Determine tone, mood, technique, and
purpose of the author
British and
American Lit

10

COMPETENCY

LEVEL

CONTENT
Context

10

Theme
Devices
Theme

COMPETENCY
Explain how a selection may be influenced by
culture, history, environment, or other factors
Draw similarities and differences of the
featured selections in relation to the theme
Explain the literary devices used
Evaluate literature as a vehicle of expressing
and resolving conflicts between and among
individuals or groups
Evaluate literature as a source of wisdom in
expressing and resolving conflicts between
individuals or groups, societies, and nature

LEVEL

CONTENT

Naisusulat ang sariling mitolohiya batay sa

paksa ng akdang binasa
Epic
Naisusulat ang paglalahad ng pananaw
tungkol sa pagkakaiba-iba, pagkakatulad ng
mga epikong pandaigdig
Novel
Naisasadula ang isang pangyayari sa tunay na
buhay na may pagkakatulad sa mga piling
pangyayari sa kabanata ng nobela
Mediterranean Nailalahad nang malinaw sa isang simposyum
Lit
ang nabuong critique ng alinmang akdang
pampanitikang Mediterranean
Creative
Naisasalaysay ang nabuong anekdota sa isang
Writing
diyalogo aside, soliloquy, o monolog
Myth

10

COMPETENCY

LEVEL

CONTENT
African Lit
Persian Lit

10

El
Filibusterismo
Character

COMPETENCY
Naisusulat ang iskrip ng isang puppet show na
naglalarawan sa tradisyong kinamulatan sa
Africa at/o Persia
Naisasalaysay ang magkakaugnay na mga
pangyayari sa pagkakasulat ng El
Filibusterismo
Naisasagawa ang angkop na pagsasatao ng
mga tauhan ng nobela

LEVEL

CONTENT

COMPETENCY

11

21st century
literature from
the region
where the
school is based
in relation to
the literature of
other regions

Identify the geographic, linguistic, and ethnic

dimensions of Philippine literary history from
pre-colonial to the contemporary
Identify representative texts and authors from
each region
Value the contributions of local writers to the
development of regional literary traditions
Appreciate the contributions of the canonical
Filipino writers to the development of
national literature

LEVEL

11

CONTENT

COMPETENCY

21st century
Differentiate / Compare and contrast the
literature from
various 21st century literary genres and the
the region
ones from the earlier genres / periods, citing
where the
their elements, structures, and traditions
school is based Infer literary meaning from literal language
in relation to
based on usage
the literature of Analyze the figures of speech and other
other regions
literary techniques and devices in the text
Explain the literary, biographical, linguistic,
and sociocultural contexts and discuss how
they enhance the texts meaning and enrich
the readers understanding

LEVEL

CONTENT

COMPETENCY

11

21st century
literature from
the region
where the
school is based
in relation to
the literature of
other regions

Situate the text in the context of the region

and the nation
Explain the relationship of context with the
texts meaning
Produce a creative representation of a literary
text by applying multimedia skills
Choose an appropriate multimedia format in
interpreting a literary text
Apply ICT skills in crafting an adaptation of a
literary text
Do self- and/or peer-assessment of the
creative adaptation of a literary text, based on
rationalized criteria, prior to presentation

LEVEL

11

CONTENT

COMPETENCY

21st century
Identify representative texts (originally
literature of the
written in the 21st century) and authors from
world
Asia, North America, Europe, Latin America,
and Africa
Explain the texts in terms of literary elements,
genres, and traditions
Situate the texts in the context of the region,
nation, and the world
Appreciate the cultural and aesthetic diversity
of literature of the world
Compare and contrast the various 21st century
literary genres and their elements, structures,
and traditions from across the globe

LEVEL

11

CONTENT

COMPETENCY

21st century
Distinguish the literary uses of language from
literature of the
the non-literary and understand their use as
world
well as the formal features and conventons of
literature
Identify the figures of speech and other
literary techniques and devices in the text
Explain the biographical, linguistic, and
sociocultural contexts and discuss how they
enhance the texts meaning and enrich the
readers understanding
Examine the relationship between text and
context

LEVEL

11

CONTENT

COMPETENCY

21st century
Understand literary meanings in context and
literature of the
the use of critical reading strategies
world
Produce a creative representation of a literary
text by applying multimedia skills
Choose an appropriate multimedia format in
interpreting a literary text
Apply ICT skills in crafting an adaptation of a
literary text
Do self- and/or peer-assessment of the
creative adaptation of a literary text, based on
rationalized criteria, prior to presentation

http://www.deped.gov.ph/k
-to-12/curriculum-guides

Globe: 0977-723-1991
Smart: 0919-586-3298
isaganicruz@gmail.com