Course Syllabus
THE TEACHING OF LITERATURE
VISION
We at the USST Colleges envision a PREMIER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION committed towards providing EQUAL ACCESS AND OPPURTUNITY
in helping individuals achieve personal, academic and social transformation to become brilliant, dedicated and productive leaders in Trade, Business, Arts,
Humanities and Science and Technology.
MISSION
Our mission is to CREATE and SUSTAIN a WORLD CLASS LEARNING ENVIRONMENT that will nurture creative, innovative and reflective critical
THINKERS and LEADERS committed in creating a QUALITY WAY OF LIFE for themselves and for the others through EXCELLENCE, FAITH and
INTEGRITY.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
To provide professional, scientific, technological, technical and vocational instruction and training in trade, business, arts, sciences and technology and other
areas of education in order to meet the manpower needs of business and industries in the region in the Philippines.
1. Strive for academic excellence in instruction and research, social and community involvement through accreditation.
2. Provide appropriate and continuing faculty and staff development programs.
3. Provide and maintain appropriate technologies, instructional facilities, materials and equipment.
4. Produce quality graduates who are globally competitive to meet the needs of business and industry and,
5. Attain university status through Unity, Solidarity, Sublimity and Teamwork(USST)
Course Name The Teaching of Literature
Course Credit 3 units
Course Schedule Tuesday/Wednesday
Course Description This course in teaching of literature aims to align future teachers to have important and complex business where it will relatively for different cultural,
experimental and pedagogic concerns. This course also attempts to give its learners a wide array of teaching literature situations and hands-on approach
in terms of giving actual remediation as means of authentic learning through practice and activities in teaching literature.
Contact Hours/week 3 hours
Prerequisite None
Course Objectives At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
1. To discuss the role of literature in education;
2. To undergo extensive consideration within the language in literature teaching;
3. Discuss principles of teaching literature; and
4. Evaluate the lesson in teaching literature of integration, collaboration, and contextualization.
COURSE OUTLINE
Week Topic/Lesson Intended Learning Outcomes Teaching and Learning Assessment Tasks
Activities
1 Introduction and overview of To have background Discussion Practice some warm
the course. knowledge about the Recitation up activities to break
Discussion of students’ needs subject/lesson that they will the ice.
and expectations. have for the whole semester,
Self-introduction. set expectations and build Introduce and talk a
rapport. little about them.
2 Literature in the Classroom Define Literature Lecture Quiz
To be able to give connotative Comprehension check Graded Recitation
and denotative definition of Group/Individual
literature. presentations
3 Why Literature To appraise the need to teach Lecture Quiz
Literature Graded Recitation
Group/Individual
presentations
4 Approaches to Text To identify different Lecture Quiz
approaches in reading various Reporting Graded Recitation
types of texts. PowerPoint presentations Group/Individual
To be able to use the presentations
approaches in reading texts.
5 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
6 Assessing Language To be able to critique Lecture Quiz
Learning language learning. Reporting Graded Recitation
To be able to utilize different PowerPoint presentations
approaches in assessing Word of the day
language learning.
7 Language- based Approaches To demonstrate language- Lecture Quiz
based approaches in literature Reporting Graded Recitation
teaching. PowerPoint presentations Group/Individual
presentations
8 Hearts and Hands To express the literal and Lecture Quiz
figurative meaning of the Reporting Graded Recitation
literary texts. PowerPoint presentations Group/Individual
Demonstrate awareness on the presentations
meaning intended by the
author.
9 Activities for Advanced Class Construct and design Lecture Quiz
activities for advanced class. Silent or oral reading Graded Recitation
PowerPoint presentations Group/Individual
presentations
10 MIDTERM EXAMINATION
11 General Issues To examine the general issues Lecture Quiz
in literature teaching. Silent Reading Graded Recitation
Reporting Group/Individual
PowerPoint presentations presentations
12 The literature Curriculum Discuss and understand the Lecture Quiz
literature curriculum. The PowerPoint Graded Recitation
presentations Group/Individual
presentations
13 Theories of Reading Discuss and understand Lecture Quiz
different reading theories. Reporting Graded Recitation
PowerPoint presentations Group/Individual
presentations
14 Theories of Reading Discuss and understand Lecture
different reading theories. Discourse analysis
PowerPoint presentations
15 Language in Literature To be able to infer the role of Lecture Quiz
language in literature. Discourse Analysis Demo Teaching
Group/Individual
16 Literature Teaching To demonstrate competency Lecture Quiz
in teaching literature. Reporting Demo Teaching
PowerPoint presentations Group/Individual
presentations
17 Literature Teaching To demonstrate competency Lecture Quiz
in teaching literature. Reporting Demo Teaching
PowerPoint presentations Group/Individual
presentations
18 FINAL EXAMINATION
Course Requirements 1. Regular class attendance
2. Major examinations
Prelim Examination
Mid-term Examination
Pre-Final Examination
Final Examination
3. Activities, seat works and short quizzes
4. Portfolio/ Projects(s)Reflection paper(s)
Grading System Attendance -10%
Decorum -15%
Quizzes -20%
Participation (Recitation, Assignments,
Projects, Portfolios,etc.) -25%
Major Examination -30%
TOTAL -100%
Classroom Policies 1. Attendance is checked regularly. Late comers will not be admitted after 15 minutes.
2. Students wearing incomplete/improper school uniform will not be admitted. Likewise, proper dress code should be observed during school activities.
3. Electronic devices (cell phones, iPods, etc.) need to be turned off or muted during class.
4. Requirements for the subject should be submitted on time. Late submission of projects is not acceptable.
5. Students who are cheating or plagiarizing materials in the course will not receive credit for the assignments, projects or tests which will likely to lead
failure in the course.
Prepared by: Approved by:
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CARMELITA L. DASALLA, LPT MERCEDES L. MALLARI, MaEd
Instructor Department Head
