Universidad de Sta.

Isabel |Basic Education Department | SY 2020-2021

PERFORMANCE TASK
Nature and Culture: The Rich Biodiversity, Literature and Art of East Asia

I. OVERVIEW
In this module, you will revisit all the topics discussed from modules 1-3 in English,
Science and MAPEH (Art). Specifically, you must demonstrate your knowledge,
understanding, and proficiency on the concepts of biodiversity, entertainment text, and
East-Asian art.
II. TIME FRAME
This will be accomplished from January 4-8, 2021 and should be submitted on January
11, 2021. If you will encounter any difficulty along the way, do not hesitate to message
me through my email (jbermas@usi.edu.ph/ kpato@usi.edu.ph/ adocot@usi.edu.ph/
jnaurina@usi.edu.ph/ tlopez@usi.edu.ph) from 8:00 -11:30 am and 1:00-4:30 pm every
Monday-Thursday, and from 8:00-11:30 am only every Friday.
III. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

 Please return only your outputs and the rubric.

 Do not forget to write your name and section.
 Read the rubric thoroughly before you do the task.
 Write your entertainment text and create your poster on a separate long-sized bond
paper.
 If you were to submit outputs that were copied from your classmates and on the
internet, those would be invalidated, and you would automatically get a failing grade
on this task.

IV. STANDARDS

A. CONTENT STANDARD

The learner demonstrates understanding of: biodiversity in East-Asia, East Asian

literature as an art form inspired and influenced by nature, relationship of visual,
sensory, and verbal signals in both literary and expository texts, and appropriate
grammatical signals or expressions suitable to patterns of idea development.

B. PERFORMANCE STANDARD
The learner composes a brief and creative entertainment speech and an artwork
about the efforts of the various communities to protect and conserve endangered
and economically important species in East-Asia.
C. VALUE STANDARD
The learner demonstrates a social commitment by showing a deep willingness to
partake in conserving endangered and economically important species in East-
Asia.
V. LEARNING TARGETS
In this performance task, you must be able to:
 write an entertainment text about conserving the biodiversity (flora and fauna) in
East Asia; and
 incorporate the design, form, and spirit of East Asian artifacts and objects to one's
creation.

Performance Task |Second Quarter |Grade 8 English, Science and Art 1

Universidad de Sta. Isabel |Basic Education Department | SY 2020-2021

VI. TASK (40pts.)

East-Asian countries such as Japan, China, and Korea have been observing the Tripartite
Policy Dialogue to push for a harmonious relationship of man with nature. This year, the
dialogue will focus on promoting and conserving biodiversity in the region.
As the head of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the
Philippines, you were invited by the Tripartite Policy Dialogue Committee to give a speech
about the state of flora and fauna in the country.
You are tasked to compose an entertainment text about the richness of the biodiversity in
the country that is meant to inspire the East-Asian countries to strengthen their conservation
and preservation of endangered species. You are also tasked to give your opinion on how the
East-Asian countries could protect and preserve their biodiversity through a poster.
Your outputs must consider the following standards: (written) introduction, content and
development, conclusion, sentence structures, and modals; (poster) relevance and elements.
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WRITTEN
Criteria 5 3 1
Introduction It is introduced well with the use It is introduced adequately. It is not introduced
of an effective attention getter The first line used is an properly.
and a comprehensive preview attention getter, and there is a
of main points of the text. preview of the main points of
the text.
Content & It is comprehensive, clear, It is accurate and entertaining. It is not comprehensive
Development accurate, and entertaining. Major points about conserving and entertaining.
(x2) Major points about conserving and preserving biodiversity Major points are not
and preserving biodiversity are are stated with the use of addressed and
stated clearly and are well specific examples. supported.
supported using substantive
examples.

Conclusion The main points are well-
summarized. It referred to the
introduction to bring the text full
circle and left the reader with a
lasting impression.
Sentence It correctly and effectively uses
Structure the four types of sentence
structures which greatly
contributed on expressing the
main message of the
entertainment text and in its
over-all humorous appearance.
It has no grammatical errors.
Modals It uses modals correctly and
accurately according to its
functions which help in
expressing the main message
of the entertainment text.
POSTER
Relevance The graphics clearly show how
East-Asian countries could
conserve and protect their
biodiversity. All illustrations are
easier to understand at first
glance.
Elements It includes all the essential
design, form, and spirit of East
Asian artifacts and objects as
well as additional information.
The thesis and main points
are restated.
It uses all the four types of
sentence structures, with no
grammatical errors.
Modal verbs are used in
accordance with its functions.
The graphics show how East-
Asian countries could
conserve and protect their
biodiversity. Illustrations are
understandable at first glance.
It includes all the essential
design, form, and spirit of
East Asian artifacts and
objects.
It is ended abruptly
without a concluding
sentence. The thesis
and main points of the
speech are not
restated.
It does not use all the
four types of sentence
structures and has a lot
of grammatical errors.
Many of the modal
verbs used are not in
accordance with its
functions which
completely distorted the
main message of the
entertainment text.
The graphics do not
show how East-Asian
countries could
conserve and protect
their biodiversity. Most
of the illustrations are
hard to understand.
It includes very few of
the essential design,
form, and spirit of East
Asian artifacts and
objects.

Performance Task |Second Quarter |Grade 8 English, Science and Art 2

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Performance Task |Second Quarter |Grade 8 English, Science and Art 3