The document proposes a theme of pride in diligence, honest work and perseverance for a 6th grade reading assignment. It includes a justification for the theme focusing on the importance of teaching values like perseverance during formative years. A table lists various texts from different countries that could be used, analyzing their readability levels. The document justifies managing topics through exposure to different contexts and text types while focusing on the three values.

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Target Grade Level: Grade 6
Proposed Theme: Pride in Diligence, Honest Work and Perseverance
Draft Goals:
1. To instill virtues of diligence, honest work and perseverance.
2. To demonstrate understanding of basic literary forms and concepts such as short story, poetry and
biography.
Proposed
Topics
Title of Selection/
Text
Country of
Origin
Name of author/
writer and
ethnicity
Readability
results: FRY/
SMOG/FOG and
HIS
AJob Well Done Hip Hop
Harry - Never
Give Up
(song)
USA Judi Lewinson
(Jamaican)
FRY: 1
SMOG: 4.8
FOG: 3.01
Flesch-Kincaid: 17.6
college
The Great
Cake Contest
(story)
South Africa Lebohang Masango
(African)
FRY: 3
SMOG: 3.4
FOG: 4.5
Flesch-Kincaid: 2.3
Firmness of
Purpose
I am Malala
(autobiography)
Pakistan Malala Yousafzai
(Pakistani)
FRY: 6
SMOG: 5.5
FOG: 4.7
Flesch-Kincaid: 4.28
The Hard Way
(poem)
USA Arden Davidson
(American)
FRY: no
result
SMOG: 3.4
FOG: 4.7
Flesch-Kincaid: 2
Do What's Right The Empty Pot
(folktale)
China Betty Yee
(unknown)
FRY: 3
SMOG: 3.5
FOG: 4.4
Flesch-Kincaid: 3.8
RangerForester
(story)
Australia BelRichardson
(Australian)
FRY: 3
SMOG: 3.5
FOG: 4.2
Flesch-Kincaid: 2.4
Getting the Prize The Woodcutter
and the Axe
(fable)
Greece An Aesop’s Fable FRY: 6
SMOG: 4.4
FOG: 6.5
Flesch-Kincaid: 3.9

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Diligence
(acrostic poem)
Singapore Phu Eindra Ko
(Singaporean)
FRY: no
result
SMOG: 4.4
FOG: 4.1
Flesch-Kincaid: 2.9
Overcoming
Obstacles
A Thirsty
Sparrow (fable)
Philippines Virgilio S. Almario
(Filipino)
FRY: 5
SMOG: 3
FOG: 5.1
Flesch-Kincaid: 3.5
The Tale of Two
Frogs (story)
Russia Martha Hamilton,
Mitch Weiss
(unknown)
FRY: no
result
SMOG: 3.2
FOG: 4.3
Flesch-Kincaid: 2
Integrity at Heart The Man who
Made Flowers
Bloom (folk
legend)
Japan Translated by
Laurence Hunter
(American)
FRY: 4
SMOG: 3.2
FOG: 6
Flesch-Kincaid: 3.5
Peles' Tomato
(fable)
Philippines Alberta Angeles
(Filipino)
FRY: 4
SMOG: 4.9
FOG: 6.2
Flesch-Kincaid: 3.4
Inspiring Others A Homeless Boy-
(Journalistic
article)
Philippines Franz Kendrich
(unknown)
FRY: no
result
SMOG: 7.4
FOG: 8.9
Flesch-Kincaid: 8.1
A UP graduate
from the Aeta
community
(news)
Philippines Tonette Orejas
(Filipino) -revised
by Mart Christine
Vito)
FRY: 5
SMOG: 4.8
FOG: 5.5
Flesch-Kincaid: 4.2
AGem for the
Community
Garrett Morgan
and the Traffic
Signal (biography)
USA Annette Carruthers
(British)
FRY: 3
SMOG: 3.2
FOG: 3.5
Flesch-Kincaid: 2.6
The Pumpkin
Chase (short
story)
South
Africa
Smanga Simelane
(African)
FRY: 1
SMOG: 3.4
FOG: 3
Flesch-Kincaid: 1
Justification for the Theme
Teaching values to children is more important than ever. Since children spend majority of
their time in school, it should be an avenue for not only cognitive, but moral development. Sari
(2013) stressed thateducation is the best way to teach values to the students. Moral values should
be taught to minimize moral deterioration.

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Elementary years are considered to be the formative years in education. It is within these
years that a child is being prepared for bigger responsibilities. These years lay the foundation and
are vital in the personal development of the child. Along with the other important values, diligence,
honest work and perseverance should be given emphasis. These are pivotal values. In particular,
perseverance is directly related to an individual’s ability to be successful throughout their life.
Those who persist through setbacks often gain the benefits. Hendarwati (2017) stressed that
honesty is a character value that should be empowered in childhood. He further defined honesty as
the ability to understand and distinguish right and wrong sides.
Hanson (1955) pointed out that basic to an improved quality of learning is an
understanding of the role of commitment on the part of the learner. In other words, learning can be
maximized if the learners are diligent.
Justification for the ManagementofTopics
Cunningsworth (1995) provides a checklist for evaluation and selection of topics when
designing materials. The criteria includes: a) variation and range of topic, b) sophistication of
content yet within the learner’s language level, c) opportunities given for students to relate to the
social and cultural contexts being presented, and d) representation of other groups (e.g. ethnic
origin, occupation, etc.). The materials adopted for this paper come from various countries. The
texts’ content generally focuses on three values: perseverance, diligence, and honest work. They use
language and concepts appropriate for sixth graders. This paper adopts the cyclical gradation
approach (Richards, 2001, p.13) to sequencing the topics as the learning items (i.e. the three values)
are reintroduced in the succeeding topics using different contexts. This paper presents the three
values as general concepts prior to dealing with their conceptual features such as values benefiting
oneself and influencing others. The types of materials such as fiction (e.g. legend, story) and non-
fiction (e.g. bibliography) are also being taught at least twice for the students to get a better
understanding of the text types. Rowntree (1994 as cited in Santos,1999) calls it a structural way of
sequencing items.
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