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Target Grade Level: Grade 6

Proposed Theme: Pride in Diligence, Honest Work and Perseverance

Draft Goals:

1. To instill virtues of diligence, honest work and perseverance.

2. To demonstrate understanding of basic literary forms and concepts such as short story, poetry and
biography.

Name of author/ Readability

Proposed Title of Selection/ Country of writer and results: FRY/
Topics Text Origin ethnicity SMOG/FOG and
HIS
A Job Well Done Hip Hop USA Judi Lewinson FRY: 1
Harry - Never (Jamaican) SMOG: 4.8
Give Up FOG: 3.01
(song) Flesch-Kincaid: 17.6
college
The Great South Africa Lebohang Masango FRY: 3
Cake Contest (African) SMOG: 3.4
(story) FOG: 4.5
Flesch-Kincaid: 2.3

Firmness of I am Malala Pakistan Malala Yousafzai FRY: 6

Purpose (autobiography) (Pakistani) SMOG: 5.5
FOG: 4.7
Flesch-Kincaid: 4.28
The Hard Way USA Arden Davidson FRY: no
(poem) (American) result
SMOG: 3.4
FOG: 4.7
Flesch-Kincaid: 2

Do What's Right The Empty Pot China Betty Yee FRY: 3

(folktale) (unknown) SMOG: 3.5
FOG: 4.4
Flesch-Kincaid: 3.8

Ranger Forester Australia Bel Richardson FRY: 3

(story) (Australian) SMOG: 3.5
FOG: 4.2
Flesch-Kincaid: 2.4

Getting the Prize The Woodcutter Greece An Aesop’s Fable FRY: 6

and the Axe SMOG: 4.4
(fable) FOG: 6.5
Flesch-Kincaid: 3.9

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Diligence Singapore Phu Eindra Ko FRY: no

(acrostic poem) (Singaporean) result
SMOG: 4.4
FOG: 4.1
Flesch-Kincaid: 2.9

Overcoming A Thirsty Philippines Virgilio S. Almario FRY: 5

Obstacles Sparrow (fable) (Filipino) SMOG: 3
FOG: 5.1
Flesch-Kincaid: 3.5
The Tale of Two Russia Martha Hamilton, FRY: no
Frogs (story) Mitch Weiss result
(unknown) SMOG: 3.2
FOG: 4.3
Flesch-Kincaid: 2

Integrity at Heart The Man who Japan Translated by FRY: 4

Made Flowers Laurence Hunter SMOG: 3.2
Bloom (folk (American) FOG: 6
legend) Flesch-Kincaid: 3.5

Peles' Tomato Philippines Alberta Angeles FRY: 4

(fable) (Filipino) SMOG: 4.9
FOG: 6.2
Flesch-Kincaid: 3.4
Inspiring Others A Homeless Boy- Philippines Franz Kendrich FRY: no
(Journalistic (unknown) result
article) SMOG: 7.4
FOG: 8.9
Flesch-Kincaid: 8.1
A UP graduate Philippines Tonette Orejas FRY: 5
from the Aeta (Filipino) -revised SMOG: 4.8
community by Mart Christine FOG: 5.5
(news) Vito) Flesch-Kincaid: 4.2
A Gem for the Garrett Morgan USA Annette Carruthers FRY: 3
Community and the Traffic (British) SMOG: 3.2
Signal (biography) FOG: 3.5
Flesch-Kincaid: 2.6
The Pumpkin South Smanga Simelane FRY: 1
Chase (short Africa (African) SMOG: 3.4
story) FOG: 3
Flesch-Kincaid: 1

Justification for the Theme

Teaching values to children is more important than ever. Since children spend majority of
their time in school, it should be an avenue for not only cognitive, but moral development. Sari
(2013) stressed that education is the best way to teach values to the students. Moral values should
be taught to minimize moral deterioration.

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Elementary years are considered to be the formative years in education. It is within these
years that a child is being prepared for bigger responsibilities. These years lay the foundation and
are vital in the personal development of the child. Along with the other important values, diligence,
honest work and perseverance should be given emphasis. These are pivotal values. In particular,
perseverance is directly related to an individual’s ability to be successful throughout their life.
Those who persist through setbacks often gain the benefits. Hendarwati (2017) stressed that
honesty is a character value that should be empowered in childhood. He further defined honesty as
the ability to understand and distinguish right and wrong sides.
Hanson (1955) pointed out that basic to an improved quality of learning is an
understanding of the role of commitment on the part of the learner. In other words, learning can be
maximized if the learners are diligent.

Justification for the Management of Topics

Cunningsworth (1995) provides a checklist for evaluation and selection of topics when
designing materials. The criteria includes: a) variation and range of topic, b) sophistication of
content yet within the learner’s language level, c) opportunities given for students to relate to the
social and cultural contexts being presented, and d) representation of other groups (e.g. ethnic
origin, occupation, etc.). The materials adopted for this paper come from various countries. The
texts’ content generally focuses on three values: perseverance, diligence, and honest work. They use
language and concepts appropriate for sixth graders. This paper adopts the cyclical gradation
approach (Richards, 2001, p.13) to sequencing the topics as the learning items (i.e. the three values)
are reintroduced in the succeeding topics using different contexts. This paper presents the three
values as general concepts prior to dealing with their conceptual features such as values benefiting
oneself and influencing others. The types of materials such as fiction (e.g. legend, story) and non-
fiction (e.g. bibliography) are also being taught at least twice for the students to get a better
understanding of the text types. Rowntree (1994 as cited in Santos,1999) calls it a structural way of
sequencing items.

References:

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August House/ Story Cove. (2006, October 19). A Tale of Two Frogs (Animated Stories for kids)
[Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtSzNjkZmAk

Carruthers, A. (n.d.). Garrett Morgan and the Traffic Signal. Retrieved from https://www.readinga-
z.com/book.php?id=870

Cunningsworth, A. (1995). Choosing your coursebook. Oxford: Heinemann.

Davidson, A. (1998). The Hard Way. Retrieved from https://www.storyberries.com/funny-poems-for-

kids-the-hard-way/

Hanson, J. (1955). The Role of Commitment in Learning. Retrieved from

http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/journals/ed_lead/el_195512_hanson.pdf

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Hendawarti, E. (2017). Honesty Empowerment for Early Childhood Students through Snake and
Ladder Game. In 4th Asia Pacific Education Conference (AECON, 2017). Retrieved from
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Hip Hop Harry. (2016, June 21). Never Give up | Kids Song | From Hip Hope Harry. [Video file].
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Hunter, L. (n.d.). The Man Who Made Flowers Bloom. Retrieved from
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Orejas, T. (2017, July 2). First Aeta UP grad vows to serve Pinatubo tribes. Inquirer.net Retrieved
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Peralta, Inkay. (2018, Sept. 12) English: Q2 Week 6 (Day 1). Retrieved from
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