PHILIPPINE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS

National Arts Center, Mt. Makiling, Los Baños Laguna

Course Outline
ENGLISH 8
SY 2023 – 2024

AFRO-ASIAN LITERATURE

First Quarter September – October

Introduction to African-Asian Literature

Philippines, the Pearl of The Orient Seas

 Sinigang by Marie Aubrey Villaceran

 Review on Word Classes
 Context Clues

China, Home of the Red Dragon

 The Soul of the Great Bell by Lafcadio Hearn

 Adjective Phrases and Clauses

Japan, the Land of The Rising Sun

 The Story of the Aged Mother

 Basho and Haiku
 Japanese Poetry
 Relative Pronouns

India, the Land of Prayer/the Land of Variety

 Ramayana
 Modals

Second Quarter November – January

Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, the Land of Sands and Oil

 Arabian Nights
 Propaganda Techniques
 Reading Non-Linear Texts
 Synthesizing

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Africa, The Kingdom on Earth/The Dark Continent

 Hands of the Black by Luis Bernardo Honwana

 Evaluating Materials Viewed (Positive, Negative)
 Text Types

Thailand, the Land of Smiles

 Makato and the Cowrie Shells

 Cohesive Devices
 Simple and Compound Sentences

Third Quarter January – March

Korea, the Land of the Morning Calm

 Self-Portrait by Seo-Jeong-Ju
 Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences
 Citing Sources

Singapore, the Land of the Lion

 The Taximan’s Story

 Opinion-marking Signals
 Asserting Points (Thesis Statement, Supporting Claims)
 Paragraphs

Malaysia, the Land of Indigenous Malay

 Batuh Belah BatuhBertangkup

 Parallelism
 Signal Words

Fourth Quarter March– May

Vietnam, the Land of the Ascending Dragon

 The Tu Luc Van Doan

 Comma Splice and Run-On Sentences
 Methods of Paragraph Development

Taiwan, the Land of the Asian Tigers

 The Lake of the Sisters and the Three Brothers

 Speech Delivery Techniques

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Assessment of Learning

A. WRITTEN WORKS 30 %

a. Grammar Exercises/Drills
b. Assignments
b. Quizzes
c. Reaction / Reflection Papers

B. PERFORMANCE TASK 50 %
1. Products
a. Literary Analyses
b. Book/Film Review
c. Research Projects
d. Essay
e. Story
f. Poem
g. Diorama
h. Collage

2. Performance-Based Tasks
a. Multimedia Presentations
b. Role Plays
c. Speech Delivery
d. Video Projects
e. Shadow Plays
f. Dance Theater/ Dance Movement

C. QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT 20%

* Periodical Test

Total 100 %

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