Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS
MATAASNAKAHOY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WEEKLY LEARNING PLAN
GRADE 12
Week 4 Quarter 1
S.Y. 2022-2023

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMICS AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

MONDAY- 7:00-7:50 TO THURSDAY 7:00-7:50
MRS. MAUREEN ROMAN-GERNAL
Quarte 1 Grade Level 12
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Week 4 Learning Area EAPP
MELCs Uses appropriate critical approaches in writing a critique such as formalism, feminism, etc.
Day Objectives Topic/s Classroom-Based Home-Based
Activities Activities
To determine Principles and Begin with classroom
the uses uses of a routine: A. Activity
appropriate reaction paper/ Let the students watch
critical review/ critique a. Prayer the advertisement with
approaches in b. Reminder of critical judgement
writing a critique classroom health
such as and safety protocols B. Analysis
formalism, c. Checking of Ask the learners to
feminism, etc. attendance answer these process
d. Quick questions orally:
“kamustahan”

A. Recall 1. Are you one of

Ask the learners to the 3 million
differentiate IBC viewers who
format of outlining to scratched their
IMRD format. heads?
B. Activity 2. Have you asked
Let the students yourself its
watch the relevance?
advertisement with 3. How did the ads
critical judgement. creators come
up with such an
C. Analysis idea and what
Ask the learners to answer were they
these process questions thinking?
orally:
4. Abstraction

1. Are you one of the 3 WHAT IS CRITICAL

million viewers who APPROACH IN
WRITING?
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scratched their heads? Critical Approaches- are
2. Have you asked yourself different perspectives
its relevance? we consider when
3. How did the ads creators looking at a piece of
come up with such an literature.
idea and what were they They seek to give us
thinking? answers to these
questions, in addition to
D. Abstraction aiding us in interpreting
literature.
WHAT IS CRITICAL 1. What do we read?
APPROACH IN WRITING? 2. Why do we read?
Critical Approaches- are 3. How do we read?
different perspectives we
consider when looking at a THE FOLLOWING ARE
piece of literature. THE TYPES OF CRITICAL
They seek to give us answers APPROACHES IN
to these questions, in WRITING:
addition to aiding us in
interpreting literature. 1. Reader-Response
1. What do we read? criticism - This approach
2. Why do we read? asserts that a great deal
3. How do we read? of meaning in a text lies
with how the reader
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE responds to it. It focuses
TYPES OF CRITICAL on the act of reading
APPROACHES IN WRITING: and how it affects our
perception of meaning
1. Reader-Response criticism in a text (how we feel at
- This approach asserts that a the beginning vs. the
great deal of meaning in a end). More so, it also
text lies with how the reader deals more with the
responds to it. It focuses on process of creating
the act of reading and how it meaning and
affects our perception of experiencing a text as
meaning in a text (how we we read. There are two
feel at the beginning vs. the important ideas about
end). More so, it also deals the reader response
more with the process of criticism: a. An individual
creating meaning and reader’s interpretation
experiencing a text as we usually changes over
read. There are two time; b. Readers from
important ideas about the different generations
reader response criticism: a. and different time
An individual reader’s periods interpret texts
interpretation usually differently. It answers

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changes over time; b. the questions “How do
Readers from different YOU feel about what you
generations and different have read? What do
time periods interpret texts YOU think it means?”
differently. It answers the 2. Formalist Criticism -
questions “How do YOU feel This approach
about what you have read? emphasizes the form of
What do YOU think it a literary work to
means?” determine its meaning,
2. Formalist Criticism - This focusing on literary
approach emphasizes the elements and how they
form of a literary work to work to create meaning.
determine its meaning, It examines a text as
focusing on literary elements independent from its
and how they work to create time period, social
meaning. It examines a text setting, and author’s
as independent from its time background. This
period, social setting, and approach focuses on the
author’s background. This text as an independent
approach focuses on the text entity.
as an independent entity.
Two emerging principles
Two emerging principles are are the things that we
the things that we have to have to remember when
remember when performing performing a formalist
a formalist criticism criticism approach:
approach: a. A literary text exists
a. A literary text exists independent of any
independent of any particular particular reader and, in
reader and, in a sense, has a a sense, has a fixed
fixed meaning; meaning;

b. The greatest literary texts b. The greatest literary

are “timeless” and texts are “timeless” and
“universal.” “universal.”

3. Psychological/ 3. Psychological/
Psychoanalytic criticism - This Psychoanalytic criticism -
approach views a text as a This approach views a
revelation of its author’s text as a revelation of its
mind and personality. It is author’s mind and
based on the work of personality. It is based
Sigmund Freud. It also on the work of Sigmund
focuses on the hidden Freud. It also focuses on
motivations of literary the hidden motivations
characters. It looks at literary of literary characters. It

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characters as a reflection of looks at literary
the writer. characters as a reflection
of the writer.
4. Biographical Criticism -
This approach argues that we 4. Biographical Criticism
must take an author’s life and - This approach argues
background into account that we must take an
when we study a text. This author’s life and
approach refers to how the background into account
author has direct influence when we study a text.
over the writing. This approach refers to
how the author has
4. Sociological criticism - direct influence over the
This argues that social writing.
contexts (the social
environment) must be 6. Sociological criticism
considered when - This argues that
analyzing a text. It social contexts (the
focuses on the values of a social environment)
society and how those must be considered
views are reflected in a when analyzing a
text. It also emphasizes text. It focuses on
the economic, political, the values of a
and cultural issues within society and how
literary texts. The core those views are
belief in this approach is reflected in a text. It
that “Literature is a also emphasizes the
reflection of its society.” economic, political,
It has two sub approaches: and cultural issues
a. Feminist Criticism - within literary texts.
concerned with the role, The core belief in
position, and influence of this approach is that
women in a literary text. It “Literature is a
asserts that most “literature” reflection of its
throughout time has been society.”
written by men, for men. This It has two sub
approach examines the way approaches:
that the female a. Feminist Criticism -
consciousness is depicted by concerned with the role,
both male and female position, and influence
writers. This approach of women in a literary
subscribes to 4 Basic text. It asserts that most
Principles of Feminist “literature” throughout
Criticism i. Western time has been written by
civilization is patriarchal. ii. men, for men. This
The concepts of gender are approach examines the

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mainly cultural ideas created way that the female
by patriarchal societies. iii. consciousness is
Patriarchal ideals pervade depicted by both male
“literature.” iv. Most and female writers. This
“literature” through time has approach subscribes to 4
been gender-biased. Basic Principles of
Feminist Criticism i.
b. Marxist Criticism - Western civilization is
emphasizes economic and patriarchal. ii. The
social conditions. It is based concepts of gender are
on the political theory of Karl mainly cultural ideas
Marx and Friedrich Engels. created by patriarchal
This approach is concerned societies. iii. Patriarchal
with understanding the role ideals pervade
of power, politics, and money “literature.” iv. Most
in literary texts. It examines “literature” through
literature to see how it time has been gender-
reflects: i. The way in which biased.
dominant groups (typically,
the majority) exploit the b. Marxist Criticism -
subordinate groups (typically, emphasizes economic
the minority) ii. The way in and social conditions. It
which people become is based on the political
alienated from one another theory of Karl Marx and
through power, money, and Friedrich Engels. This
politics approach is concerned
with understanding the
5. Historical Criticism - role of power, politics,
Argues that every literary and money in literary
work is a product of its texts. It examines
time and its world. 1. literature to see how it
Provides background reflects: i. The way in
information necessary to which dominant groups
understand how literary (typically, the majority)
texts were perceived in exploit the subordinate
their time. 2. Shows how groups (typically, the
literary texts reflect ideas minority) ii. The way in
and attitudes of the time which people become
in which they were alienated from one
written. 3. New historicist another through power,
critics often compare the money, and politics
language in
contemporary 7. Historical Criticism -
documents and literary Argues that every
texts to reveal cultural literary work is a
assumptions and values product of its time

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in the text and its world. 1.
Provides background
E. Application information
Learning Task 2: Classify the necessary to
type of critical writing understand how
approach which is being literary texts were
identified in the given perceived in their
statement. Refer to the time. 2. Shows how
choices. literary texts reflect
ideas and attitudes
F. Evaluation of the time in which
Learning Task 6: Using the they were written. 3.
same choices from Learning New historicist
Task 3, choose which critical critics often
approach be the BEST to use compare the
in the following writing tasks. language in
contemporary
1. Writing about form-style, documents and
structure, tone, imagery of literary texts to
the story “The Little Prince” reveal cultural
2. A paper on the motivation assumptions and
of Jose Rizal in writing his two values in the text
famous novels Noli Me
Tangere and El Filibusterismo G. Application
3. Essay on the impact of Learning Task 2: Classify
women empowerment the type of critical
during this time of pandemic writing approach which
4. Column about the is being identified in the
difference in socio – given statement. Refer
economic status among the to the choices.
people and how it affects the
response toward disaster H. Evaluation
5. Review on the life of Learning Task 6: Using
Apolinario Mabini and how it the same choices from
relates to this writing “El Learning Task 3, choose
Verdadero Dekalog” which critical approach
6. Reading Shakespearean be the BEST to use in the
Sonnets and reacting on it following writing tasks.
based on the personal
reactions of the readers 1. Writing about form-
7. Analyzing Rizal’s “Sa Aking style, structure, tone,
mga Kabata” and its relation imagery of the story
to the context of life of the “The Little Prince” 2. A
people during that time paper on the motivation
8. Making a reaction on of Jose Rizal in writing
articles on the advancement his two famous novels

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of technology during the Noli Me Tangere and El
fourth industrial revolution. Filibusterismo 3. Essay
on the impact of women
empowerment during
this time of pandemic 4.
Column about the
difference in socio –
economic status among
the people and how it
affects the response
toward disaster
5. Review on the life of
Apolinario Mabini and
how it relates to this
writing “El Verdadero
Dekalog”
6. Reading
Shakespearean Sonnets
and reacting on it based
on the personal
reactions of the readers
7. Analyzing Rizal’s “Sa
Aking mga Kabata” and
its relation to the
context of life of the
people during that time
8. Making a reaction on
articles on the
advancement of
technology during the
fourth industrial
revolution.
Prepared by: Checked by: Noted:

MAUREEN R. GERNAL SIMEON L. DE TORRES RHODORA L. CAPISTRANO

Teacher II Master Teacher I/Subgroup Head Assistant Principal II

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