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ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND

PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
GRADE 12
OBJECTIVES

Illustrate that Construct a clear Distinguish Document the Write an

writing is a thesis statement between sources using Academic Paper
process and re- paraphrasing and MLA following the
writing is part of quoting and use writing process
that process them
appropriately in
the paper

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GROUPS OF 5 GIVE EXAMPLE
The teacher will Give an idea
mention a broad related to the
concept concept

DON’T REPEAT EXHAUST

Make sgure you The game
don’t repeat the continues until you
answer the other have exhaust all
groups possible topics
related

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 Double
Standards for
Women
Discrimination
against gay
and lesbians
 Gender bias
and stereotypes
 Jot Down Reread Examine N
Jot down the Reread what Examine the
E
different terms
per concept the
you have
written and
ideas that you X
mapped out
ideas that you
have written
decide which
are connected
and identify T
which ideas are
into 1 with one broad and
paragraph another. which are
specific
S
No need to
worry about the
Use a graphic
organizer to You are only
T
coherence and
clarity
show
relationship of
given E
ideas. Group 20 MINUTES to
write freely
P
the similar
ideas in one
category

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DID YOU REALIZE…
that you already
followed the steps in
pre-writing?
WHAT YOU ACTUALLY DID…

when you followed the first two steps

in choosing a topic.

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 According to Merriam- When you respond to
Webster dictionary, ideas to a given topic,
BRAIN STORMING

you are already

“to try to solve a generating the
problem or come up possible ideas that
with new ideas by you may include on
having a discussion your paper.
that includes all
members of a This aims to generate
group : to discuss a many topics as you
problem or issue and can in 10-15 minutes
suggest solutions and so that the random
ideas.” topics can be made
into a focused topic.

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 Freewriting, a • It increases the
flow of ideas and
writing strategy reduces the chance
developed by that you’ll
Peter Elbow in accidentally censor
FREEWRITING

a good idea.
1973, is similar to • helps to
brainstorming but increase fluency se
is written in cond-language
sentence and learners—i.e., the
ability to produce
paragraph written language
form without easily (as opposed
stopping. Thus… to accuracy, which
is of course
important but which
is better addressed
later in the
process).

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 It is almost familiar to
brainstorming BUT… the
catch is to put down
FREEWRITING

your ideas into a

sentence or paragraph
form so when you write
down your ideas and
generate them you will
be able to narrow them
down into a single topic
for your paper.
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 • Also known as ballooning
or mapping. This technique
provides a graphic
representation of your ides
CLUSTERING

and allowing you to

visualize the connections
and/or relationships of
your ideas.
• Write your main topic as
the center and the
surround it with subtopics.

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 Example:
Topic: Gender stereotypes
FOCUS ON ONE IDEA
and bias
- There are a lot of issues
that can be subsumed in
that topic.
- Narrow it down by
focusing on the aspect of
gender stereotypes and
biases that you are
interested in developing
your paper.

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 - Once you have narrow it
down, understand the
FOCUS ON ONE IDEA
importance of your topic.
- Give authentic facts on
the account of events,
phenomena, discoveries,
and research.
- Be objective as possible
based on what you have
read, heard, or seen.

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 • It is one of the most crucial step
wherein you have to identify your
audience and your purpose of writing
your paper
• Determine your purpose of writing the
PRE-WRITING

paper will help you communicate

clearly your ideas to your readers.
• Why is it important to know your
readers?
• Knowledge and need: Who your
audience are what they need.
• Interest: adjust your language, tone,
and style in writing.

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