CATCH-UP FRIDAYS TEACHING GUIDE
I. General Overview
Catch-up Subject: Drop Everything And Read Grade Level: Grade 11
Time: 7:30 AM – 10:45 AM Date: February 16, 2024
II. Session Outline
Session Title:
Session At the end of the session, learners will be able to:
Objectives: a) Unlock difficult words found in the reading text;
b) Read narrative text; and
c) Present the narrative text through verse choir.
Materials: Reading texts, rubrics, ppt/avp, meta cards
III. Teaching Strategies: Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA)
Components Duration Activities and Procedures
A. Unlocking of Difficulties:
1. The teacher will divide the class into two groups.
2. Each group will be assigned with words and its
definition, respectively.
3. The students will be given 10 minutes to pair the
words to its corresponding meaning.
4. The teacher will assess if the students paired the
words and their meaning correctly.
5. The teacher will present and define additional difficult
words found in the text.
20 Process questions:
Pre-reading
minutes 1. How did you find the activity?
2. Are the words familiar? What are the words that you
find most familiar/unfamiliar?
3. Who can give the definition of the words?
4. Use the word in a sentence.
B. Activity: The students will choose five words and each
word should be used in a sentence.
C. The teacher will introduce the author’s background.
D. The teacher will remind the class of the Dos and
Don’ts in Reading.
70 The teacher will distribute the copies of the reading
During Reading text to the students.
minutes
The teacher will instruct the students to take note on
how the events in the story are narrated.
The students will be encouraged to jot down their
interpretations or takeaways from the story.
The class will be given 15 minutes to read silently on
their own.
After which, the class will read the story together
using the DRTA method.
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* The Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA)
approach makes readers stop, think, and respond
orally or in written responses as they read a new text.
It's an engaging way to make reading interactive while
building students' awareness of their understanding
while reading.
*Guide Questions:
1. What did you understand from this part of the
story?
2. What did the characters feel?
3. What do you think will happen?
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Activity 1: Comprehension Questions:
1. Who are the characters in the story?
2. Who among the characters can you most relate? In
what ways?
3. What are the themes present in the story?
4. Is love always enough?
5. What are your realizations after reading the story?
Activity 2: Sequencing Narrative Events
1. The teacher will flash excerpts of the events from
the story read.
2. With the same grouping, the students will arrange
the events in order.
3. The teacher will process and check the output.
Activity 3: Verse Choir
1. As a class, the students will present their
interpretation of the story through a verse choir.
2. The class will be given 30 minutes to practice.
3. Presentation will follow.
*Rubrics will be given and explain to the students.
Post Reading 75 mins
The students will write a reflection about their
Journal Writing 15 mins reading experience.
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Writers:
BERWIN S. BORROMEO
Teacher II
CECILIA R. GEORFO
Teacher II
FEMIE ANN M. MARISCAL
Teacher III
Evaluators:
FRANKLIN P. ORANZA, PhD
MT-II/QA Team Chairperson
Maricel G. Baja
MT-I/Reading Program Team Leader
Keziah Gay A. Odtojan
T-III/QA Team Member
Overseers:
ARIEL A. PALER OSIAS JR. N, MANLUCOB
Head Teacher III/JHS Department Head Head Teacher III/SHS Department Head
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RACHEL METHUSELAH R. CUMAHIG, PHD
Principal IV/ School Head
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