Grammar

mini-lesson:
Academic Writing
Daniel Garcia
Los Angeles Pacific University
Meet the Academic Writer

● Knows the Audience

● Researched evidence to support claim
● Has a strong thesis
● Will allow for room to show compassion to the other side of the argument
Chracteristics of
academic writing

● Formal tone

● Third person rather

than first person
perspective

● Precise word
choice
1. Outlining
➔ Annotating Text
Note taking of key topics the author is
conveying to the reader.

➔ Reanalyzing
Rereading to further understanding of
text. Annotations may change in this
process.

➔ 3 main points of Outlining

● Brainstorming
● Reading
● Interviewing
How many morphology
concepts do
you need to be an effective
academic writer?
3 Morphological concepts:
❏ Word Reading

❏ Spelling

❏ Word Retrieval
Structural patterns and
language, Arranging
and connecting ideas
➔ Description

➔ Temporal Sequence

➔ Compare/Contrast

➔ Cause and Effect

➔ Combining Text Structure

Patterns
References
Figure 14.1. Map of “What I know and what I want to learn about lemurs”. [adapted}
from Writing Better Effective Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning
Difficulties, by S. Graham, K. Harris. 2017, Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brooks Publishing
Company.

Nunes T, Bryant P. Improving literacy by teaching morphemes. Routlege; New York:

2006.