Grade 10 English Exploring a Range of Texts.pptx

This lesson is intended for Grade 10 students.

1. Exploring a Range of Texts

2. What is Literature? It is derived from the Latin word meaning “writing formed with letters.” It refers to works of the creative imagination, including poetry, drama, fiction and non-fiction.

3. Why Literature important? It represents the culture and tradition of a language or a people. It can also serve as an introduction to a new world of experience.

4. NARRATIVE TEXTS These are texts that tells a story

5. NARRATIVE TEXTS • Short story - It includes one or more characters, one plot and one single impression. • Fairytale -It is a story about fairies and other magical creatures.

6. NARRATIVE TEXTS • Myth - It is often pertaining to the actions of the gods. • Legend - It is a fictitious narrative about origins of things.

7. NARRATIVE TEXTS Science Fiction- It is a story based on the impact of actual, imagined, or potential science. Epic - It narrates the deeds and adventures of a hero.

8. NARRATIVE TEXTS Novel - It is a story which contains complex plot involving many characters. Biography - It is a narrative text of a person’s life usually written by others.

9. NARRATIVE TEXTS Fable - It is a story which deals with animals and inanimate things who speak and act like human. Autobiography - It is a narrative text of a person’s life wherein the author is also the main subject.

10. NON-FICTION TEXTS These are essays which discuss certain topic

11. NON-FICTION TEXTS Discussion text- It presents a reasoned and balanced overview of an issue. Explanatory text- It explains how or why a certain thing is done, like when explaining a process.

12. NON-FICTION TEXTS Instructional text- It includes rules for games, recipes, instructions for making something and directions. Persuasive text- It convinces the readers to believe in the author’s opinion.

13. NON-FICTION TEXTS Recount -It provides an account of events. Report -It presents information in an objective way.

14. POETRY Texts which are written in stanzas

15. POETRY Free-verse - It is not restricted by conventions of forms or patterns and does not have to rhyme.

16. POETRY Structured - It follows a consistent framework based on features such as line length, syllable count, rhyme pattern, rhythm and meter.

17. POETRY Visual -The words are presented to create an image or to convey a visual image.

18. ACTIVITY Given the lines below, identify what specific type of text is presented.

19. ACTIVITY If by Rudyard Kipling If you keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or , being lied about, don’t deal in lies…

20. ACTIVITY Lines taken from A Strong Heart by Jesse M. Robredo Fifteen years ago, at age 29, when I first became Mayor of Naga, what I got into was a city in shamble. I had a weak mandate, made even weaker by a system of political patronage. But I did not have an equally weak heart…

21. What specific text type interests you the most? Explain.

22. 2 ND PERFORMANCE TASK Write an autobiography based on the rubric given below.