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Lesson 2. K to 12 Curriculum Framework

Time Allotment : 3 weeks (Week 4-6)

I. Objectives
After the completion of the chapter, students will be able to:
1. discuss the principles, outcomes and guidelines of the K to 12 curriculum framework in English;
2. examine the curriculum guide and come up with an alignment matrix; and
3. explore and rationalize the use of ICT in teaching specific topics from the curriculum guide.
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II. Learning Tasks/Activities

1. Do an intensive reading of the following topics: (Week 4-5)

a. Principles and guidelines of an effective language arts and multiliteracies curriculum
b. Outcomes of the K to 12 English curriculum
c. Components of the English curriculum
d. Alignment of the language and literacy domains
e. Content standards and Performance standards

2. Socratic Questioning (Week 4-5)

1. What major learning activities will help facilitate the development of 21st century skills particularly communication
skills?
2. How can ICT help teachers in making students acquire the English competencies?

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3. OBA 3 . Write a one-page Reflection Paper regarding the principles and guidelines of an effective language and arts
multiliteracies curriculum. (Week 6)

A curriculum is like a playbook in sports, it is something that serves as a standard in teaching. It is the plans that needs to
address in order to achieve proficiency and accuracy in the content of the subjects that the teacher will pass to the students, a
curriculum is also serves as a central guide for all the teacher, it is something like a blueprint, it show to the educators which are
the essential for the teaching and learning process. The structure, organization, and considerations in a curriculum are created in
order to enhance student learning and facilitate instruction. Curriculum must include the necessary goals, methods, materials and
assessments to effectively support instruction and learning. The curriculum has plenty of aspects and types, one of these is the
language arts and multiliteracies curriculum. This curriculum focuses on the acquisition of excellence in language and arts, in
addition it also targets the multiliteracy inside the classroom. It satisfies the goal of achieving greater enhancement in the
teaching and learning of language arts and multiliteracy skills of the students and the teacher as well. Moreover, language arts
and multiliteracies curricula are proficient in giving the students the ideal standards-based benchmarks or expectations for
teaching and learning. Most often, the goals are made explicit in the form of a scope and sequence of skills to be addressed.
Goals must include the extent and complexity to which a student is expected to learn.

The language arts and multiliteracies curriculum focus its learning on different aspects, it develops thinking and language
through interactive learning, through this the learning of the students are given more emphasis, for as we know that the students
are learning more through the help of photos or illustrations, visual illustrations of the lesson and example provides a greater
extent to the teaching and learning process, the language arts and multiliteracies curriculum also address the competence and
the critical literacy, through language arts and multiliteracies curriculum the learning of the students are not limited to only the
lesser part but into something as big as the great competence in understanding the multiple literacies. Language arts and
multiliteracies curriculum also draws on literature in order to develop students’ understanding of their literary heritage, the
lessons should not cycle on the topic only, but into the deeper understanding of the literary heritage, language arts and
multiliteracies also draws on informational texts and multimedia in order to build academic vocabulary and strong content
knowledge, processed knowledge should also address through the help of modern media in order for it to acquire greater extent
of teaching and learning. Moreover, it also develops students’ oral language and literacy through appropriately challenging
learning and by this the students are not limited to a certain amount of learning only but also helps the students to experience
the acquisition of the language in a more challenging and out of the book way. Needless to say, the language arts and
multiliteracies curriculum provides a great impact to the known curriculum, it shows a new way to address the multiliteracy
acquisitions of the teaching and learning process. It also moves to the extent of excellence for both the student and the teacher.

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4. OBA 4 – Make a 10 bulleted T-Chart depicting its components and goals and how to achieve those goals (Week 6)

T- Chart Template

Components Goals and How to achieve these goals

Component 1 - illustrates learning processes that will There are plenty of ways to express this component, you
effect acquisition and learning of the language. It can either present a PowerPoint presentation or make a
explains the HOW of language learning and therefore teaching aid that will help the students to learn faster
serves as guiding principles for language teaching. and easier. Giving examples regarding the language
topic and providing other aids in teaching will help the
teacher to achieve more relevant discussion on the
lesson proper. Ideas are more achievable through
providing visual representation, children tend to learn
more by this practice. Therefore in order to achieve
component 1 the teacher should account for something
that will aid her through her discussion.
Component 2 - describes knowledge and skill areas In order for the educator to achieve the high level
which are essential to effective language use learning of the students, the teacher needs to address
(understanding of cultures, understanding language, her students first, she needs to understand the nature of
processes and strategies) which will be developed her class in order to decide which is the teaching
through language arts (macro-skills). pedagogy that suits the students well. For the students
to develop well, the teacher should look on to something
that concerns her student the most, something like
cultures and beliefs of her students. 

Component 3 - shows the interdependence and The teacher should be well aware of the macro skills
interrelationships of the macro-skills of the language and the thinking skills in order to acquire this
(listening, speaking and viewing; reading, viewing and component, besides from being well aware of the skills
responding; writing and representing) and the she needs in addressing the teaching for the children,
development of thinking skills (critical thinking, creative she also needs to double check her resources and the
thinking and metacognition) allowing students to make materials and also the lesson that she will use on the
meaning through language. subject matter.
Component 4 - explains the holistic assessment of the There is an evaluation that happens each and every end
Language Arts and Literacy Curriculum which serves as of the semester, this evaluation will serve as a one way

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feedback of its effectiveness to students, teachers, on identifying the effectiveness of the implementation of
school administrators, and curriculum developers. the curriculum for the students, for the co teachers and
other staffs, an evaluation sheet should also be
implemented to identify the revision that needs to
achieve.

5. Examining the Curriculum Guide (Week 4-5)

Review the different components and features of the K to 12 English Curriculum Guide.

6. OBA 5. In groups of four, prepare Assessment Tools for each of the following type of exams (provide a 10-item
assessment for each type of exam) (Week 6) Groupings-TBA
1. Multiple Choice
2. True or False
3. Matching Type
4. Essay with Rubrics

III. Assessment: (Week 6)

1. OBA 3 . Write a one-page Reflection Paper regarding the principles and guidelines of an effective language and arts
multiliteracies curriculum.
2. OBA 4 – Make a 10 bulleted T-Chart depicting its components and goals and how to achieve those goals
3. OBA 5. In groups of four, prepare Assessment Tools for each of the following type of exams (provide a 10-item
assessment for each type of exam)
a. Multiple Choice
b. True or False
c. Matching Type
d. Essay with Rubrics

IV. References :

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Alda, R. (2018). Podcasting tasks and students’ aural-oral Skills. International Journal of Language and
Education. Volume:7, Issue:4, October 2018 CMO No. 75 s. 2017 Sample Course Syllabus for
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K to 12 English Curriculum Guide Retrieved at www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/English-CG.pdf