Lesson Exemplar in English Using the IDEA Instructional Process

Modular Distance Learning

(Learners-Led Modality)

This lesson exemplar is anchored to the learner’s module.

This sample is part of Enclosure 7 of RM No. 296, s. 2020.

School Tanauan School of Fisheries Grade Level Grade VII

LESSON Teacher DIVINA GRACE M. RODRIGUEZ Learning Area English

EXEMPLAR Teaching Date Quarter First Quarter

Teaching Time No. of Days 2

I. Objectives  At the end of the lesson, the learners are expected to:
Differentiate the language used in academic texts from various disciplines
a. differentiate academic text from non-academic text; and
b. determine the important features of academic text.
A. Content The learner acquires knowledge of appropriate reading strategies for a better
Standards understanding of academic texts.
B. Performance The learner produces a detailed abstract of information gathered from the
Standards various academic texts read.
C. Most Essential Differentiates language used in academic texts from various disciplines.
Learning (CS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Ia-c-2)
Competencies
D. Enabling N/A
Competencies
II. CONTENT Language used in academic texts from various disciplines
III. LEARNING
RESOURCES
A. References www.googleimage.com
https://www.slideshare.net/pokray/structure-and-features-of-academic-
text
www.bitmoji.com
Teacher’s Guide
pages
Learner’s Material
Pages
Textbook pages
Additional Material English for the Globalized Classroom Series English for Academic and
from Learning Professional Purposes, Valdez, Paolo Nino M. PhD, 2016, p.6-16
Resources
List of Learning https://www.bookwidgets.com/a/widgets/4659771696218112
Resources for
Development and
Engagement
Activities
IV. PROCEDURES
A. Introduction What I need to know?
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help
you differentiate the language used in academic texts and determine the
important features of academic text. After going through this module, you
are expected to differentiate language used in academic texts from various
 disciplines, differentiate academic text from non-academic text and
understand the important features of academic text.

What’s New?
As human, we have the freedom to express our thoughts and feelings. Of
course, we can do it using our own different ways. It can be through writing,
singing, reciting a poem, speaking, drawing and other activities that we feel
we are comfortable about.

Activity 1

FORMAL vs. FICTION

Directions: For you to better understand the topic, please read various
passages from various texts. After reading each passage, determine whether
it came from a formal publication or from a fictional story.

B. Development What I Know?

Activity 2
WORD SEARCH
Directions: Below are the important words that you should remember in this
activity. Try to locate these words from the pool of letters below.

 ACADEMIC TEXT
 FORMAL
 IMPERSONAL
 PRECISE
 CAUTIOUS
 UNEMOTIONAL

What’s In?
Activity 3
Compare and Contrast!
Directions: Read the paragraph below. Using a Venn diagram, identify the
 similarities and differences of
academic text and non-academic

Academic texts and non-academic texts both require

proficiency. Both are informative and created by professionals. But
they are different from each other. Academic texts are uses formal
language. They are usually in paragraph and essay form. It only
gives information. Academic text is critical, objective, specialized
texts written by experts or professionals in a given field using
formal language. Meanwhile, non-academic texts are different from
academic texts. It is because non-academic texts are non-objective
texts that can be written by anyone by using informal or casual
language. Non-academic texts usually include one's opinions and
point-of-view. They give both factual and fictional information.

text.

Academic text Non-academic text

What is it?
DEFINING ACADEMIC TEXTS
Academic texts are specifically written for college instructors or
students written by the professionals in each field. These includes books,
newspapers, articles, textbooks, journals, research papers or theses,
dissertations, essays, conference paper, etc.
In reading academic texts, full concentration and comprehension are
required to understand the key ideas, information, themes, or arguments of
the text.
IMPORTANT FEATURES OF ACADEMIC TEXT
Features of academic text are formal, impersonal, precise, cautious,
and unemotional.
1. Formal

Formality can be achieved Examples

through the following ways:
a. Choosing expanded modal cannot instead of can’t;
forms over contracted
forms do not instead of don’t
b. Choosing one verb form damage instead of mess up
over two-word verbs
c. Choosing expanded terms as soon as possible instead of ASAP
over their abbreviated
equivalents
 d. Avoiding colloquial/ trite/ kind of like, as a matter of fact, I
idiomatic expressions need to go to the John

2.Impersonal

Impersonal can be achieved Poor example Improved version

by:
1. Avoiding the use of personal You need to The researchers
pronouns such as you, I and conduct the need to conduct the
we. experiment. experiment.
2. Avoiding rhetorical How can these Certain measures
questions as it marks problems be must be discovered
“closeness” with the reader, solved? to solve the
and constantly seeks his/her problems.
attention.
3. Avoiding emotive language The investigators The investigators
that shows biases and lessens were very did not expect the
objectivity. shocked to see results.
the outcome of the
tests.
3. Precise
Academic writing demands the use of signposts that allow readers to
trace the relationships in the parts of a study.
If you intend to show a change or addition in your line of argument,
make it clear by using: however, this is due to, similarly, in addition, for
example, etc.
Example: It is apparent that the government hopes to
provide assistance to the poor. However, giving dole outs
to the “poorest of the poor” does not work in the long term.
4. Cautious
Academic writing requires CARE since knowledge is built from
proven theories and concepts. Therefore, caution is needed to avoid
sweeping. generalizations.
Example Improved versions

Government officials are Some government officials may be

corrupt. corrupt.

5. Unemotional

Avoid using emotional stance.

Example Improved version

I think that this idea sucks. This idea may not be accurate.
In my opinion this is a wonderful This topic is worth investigating
topic. because….

C. Engagement What’s More?

Your goal in this section is to apply what you have learned from the previous
discussion.

Activity 4.
Rephrase the underlined words or expressions which are considered as
colloquial.
1. It is a bit __________ improper to assume that the plan does not work.
2. Experts determined that a lot of ___________ health ingredients come
from China.
3. Teacher say that a lot of _________ incoming freshmen students are
interested in sports activities.
4. Lucas got together with ____________ Castro in conducting an
experiment on effectively enhancing muscle build-up.
5. With the growing number of health-conscious articles, a lot of
_________ young professionals are becoming serious about
maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Activity 5.
Rewrite the following sentences to observe a more formal tone.
1. Writing can’t be done effectively if you don’t burn the midnight oil.
___________________________________________________________________________

2. The class is cooking up something big.

___________________________________________________________________________

3. Parenting is a 24/7 job.

___________________________________________________________________________
4. Watching that romcom gave the audience the feels.
___________________________________________________________________________

5. Adventure may mean doing something epic.

___________________________________________________________________________

Activity 6
Think, Search, and Post

Knowing the examples and

characteristics of an academic text, go
around your house and find a least 5
samples of academic texts. Take a
picture of it and post it to your social
media. Have a brief discussion why is it
considered an academic text. That will
serve as the caption of your post and
add a hashtag #EAPP #academictext.

What I Can Do?

Activity 7.
Direction: Improve the text below by rewriting it into a more objective,
impersonal, version.
 I believe that incidence of drug overdose has indeed become
prevalent nowadays. When people are faced with difficult
problems, I think that they can no longer bear the problem and
that is why they get into drugs. That’s why if you are a
psychologist, you should treat your problems and ways to deal
with them. Yeah, I know It can be very difficult but hey, that’s
what you specialized in, right?

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Activity 8. DIY Scrapbook!

A. Make an academic text scrapbook.

Choose an academic text related to
your field of specialization.
Sample topics:
Probiotics in aquaculture for
Aquaculture
Physical Methods of Food
Preservation for Food Processing
Method and device for preparing a
drink glass for Food and Beverages
Services
B. Each scrapbook must contain the
following:
1. A sample academic text
2. Demonstration and description of every part
C. Be as creative as possible in making scrapbook.

Rubrics for Assessing output

Content ___/10
Grammar ___/10
Completeness ___/5
Creativity ___/5
TOTAL 30

What Other Activities Can I Engage In?

Activity 9.
Direction: Write a sentence for each of the following expressions that would
make your idea explicit.

1. However,
_______________________________________________________________________
2. Similarly,
_______________________________________________________________________
3. In addition
 _______________________________________________________________________
4. This is due to the
_______________________________________________________________________
5. For Example
_______________________________________________________________________

Activity 10.
Directions: Examine the following expressions and think of ways to reduce
the impact of the utterances.
Example: The results contradict Meyer’s findings.
Answer: The results appear to be different from the Meyer’s findings.

Direct Expression Statement Using Hedging

1. He has halitosis.

2. You need to eat this to be

healthy.

3. The different steps taken led

to their failure.

Activity 11.
Direction: Combine the sentences to make their structure complex and
better fit for academic writing.
For example: The earthquake caused loss of life.
The earthquake caused massive property damage.
The earthquake changed the landscape of the village.
Answer: The earthquake was a disaster that caused loss of life, property
damage, and permanent changes in the landscape.

1. The government’s deal with the public transport company was not
successful.
The government’s deal with the public transport company will cause
delays in projects.
The government’s deal with the public transport company will result
in unsatisfied citizens.
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________

2. She receives a lot of gifts when she celebrated her eighteenth

birthday.
She celebrated her eighteenth birthday and receives a lot of birthday
wishes.
When she celebrates her eighteenth birthday, her parents give her a
brand-new car as a gift.
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________

3. The COVID-19 is a disease which is caused by the new coronavirus

that emerged in China in December 2019.
The COVID-19 is a disease symptom include cough, fever or chills,
shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, muscle or body aches, sore
throat, new loss of taste or smell, diarrhea, headache, fatigue, nausea
or vomiting and congestion or runny nose.
The COVID-19 can be severe, and some cases have caused death.
____________________________________________________________________
 ____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________

D. Assimilation What I Have Learned?

DID YOU KNOW?
Academic text – is a reading material that provides information which
includes concepts and theories that are related to the specific discipline.

Academic writing requires sophisticated use of language. Since your

task as students includes writing for assignments, exams, and reports,
there is an expected quality in the use of language and structuring of texts
which includes five important features of language such as formality,
objectivity, explicitness, caution, and unemotional.

Below are some examples of academic texts.

Academic Texts Description
Articles Published in scholarly journals, this type of
academic text offers results of research and
development that can either impact the academic
community or provide relevance to nation-
building.
Conference papers These are papers presented in scholastic
conferences and may be revised as articles for
possible publication in scholarly journals.

Reviews These provide evaluation on reviews of works

published in scholarly journals.
Theses, These are personal researches written by a
Dissertations candidate for a college or university degree.

Activity 12

Directions: Based on the discussion and the tasks you’ve accomplished, fill out the given
3-2-1 Chart below.

3 1.
Things You Found 2.
Out 3.

2 1.
Interesting Things 2.
You Discovered

1 1.
Question You Still
Have to Ask

What I Can Show?

A. TRUE or FALSE
Direction: Write T if the statement is true and F if it is false.
_______ 1. Academic reading requires concentration and comprehension.
_______ 2. Academic text and non-academic text both use formal language.
_______ 3. Authors of academic text usually presents facts to support their
main argument.
_______ 4. Non-academic txt is critical, objective and specialized text written
 by professionals.
_______ 5. Academic text includes one’s opinion and point of view to
elucidate information.
B. Directions: Examine the following expressions and think of ways to
reduce the impact of the utterances.
1. In my opinion, the idea is irritating.
___________________________________________________________________________
2. I think it is a beautiful research.
___________________________________________________________________________
3. The investigators were very shocked to see the outcome of the tests.
___________________________________________________________________________
C. Direction: Substitute with single-word verb the two-word verb in the
following sentences.
1. Oil price has gone up _________________.
2. Parents turned down ________________ the proposal.
3. Students looked into _________________ the problem.
4. The dollar rate went up and down _________________.
5. The school gets rid _________________ of tuition hike.
6. The proposal turned out _______________ a positive result.
7. Employee did not put up _____________ with the company’s expectations.
8. Parents could not put away __________ money for their children’s
education.
9. The municipality set up ___________________ the meeting with BATELEC
II.
10.The class carried out ___________ a research on the frequency of using
SMS.

D. Directions: Rewrite the paragraph below to make its language sound

more academic. Take into consideration the kind of language required
for research writing.

The rice shortage that recently affected a number of

countries in the Asian region showed how unpredictable nature
can be if we continue being apathetic about improving rice
production. Call it the calm before the storm, we see now a lot of
people queuing for a bag or two of NFA rice. Worse, for some,
observing a full square meal a day is no longer possible. This leads
us to reflect on how we can help to counter this strongly felt
problem. At restaurants, we see a lot of leftover servings of rice
knowing that hungry tummies in resettlement areas exist. On my
way to school, I with witness families sheltered in shanties at the
town pulling through lunch with mere kropek and noodles at
hand. Along the area, I see youngsters satisfying themselves with
least modest skewers sold by hawkers. Yet, at the square canteen,
I see the tradeoff – students disregarding the value of rice servings
and modest viands where plates are left on the table just that.

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V. REFLECTION I understand that the important features of academic text are ______________
___________________________________________________________________________
I realized that the differences between academic text from non-academic text
are ___________________________________________________________________
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Prepared by:
DIVINA GRACE M. RODRIGUEZ
Teacher II

Checked by: Noted:

SHIRLEY C. SIMAN ROWENA C. TERCERO

Vocational School Administrator Public School District Supervisor – West I
Validated by:

MARILYN M. LAT VICTORIA B. BURGOS, E.D.

Content Evaluator-EAPP Education Program Supervisor I, English

EDNA U. MENDOZA, Ph. D.

Chief Education Supervisor-CID

Recommending Approval:

RHINA O. ILAGAN
Education Program Supervisor
Officer-In-Charge
Office of the Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

Approved:

ROGELIO F. OPULENCIA
Assistant Schools Division Superintendent
Officer-In-Charge
Office of the Schools Division Superintendent