Name: Pauline A.

Tañagras Date: March 08, 2021

Grade & Section: Grade 12- Bankers Teacher: Ms. Airah Tafalla
Bautista

TOPIC: Lessons in English for Academic and Professional Purposes

I. Reading Academic Texts

A. Nature of Academic Text

1. Academic Text
2. Academic Text Structure
a. Parts of Paragraph
i. Topic Sentence
ii. Supporting Sentence
b. Patterns of Paragraph Development
i. Deductive Pattern
ii. Inductive Pattern
iii. Deductive-inductive Pattern
iv. Inductive- Deductive Pattern
v. Hinted Pattern
c. Classifications of Paragraphs
i. Independent Paragraph
ii. Introductory Paragraph
iii. Developmental Paragraph
iv. Transitional Paragraph
v. Concluding Paragraph
3. Language Used
a. Medicalese
b. Legalese
c. Journalese
d. Commercialese
e. Technicalese
f. Diplomatese
g. Teacherese
h. Computerese
 B. Synthesizing Academic Text
1. Thesis Statements
2. Forms of Discourse
a. Exposition
b. Description
c. Narration
d. Argumentation
3. Summarizing and Paraphrasing
4. Outlining Academic Texts
a. Alphanumeric (number-letter) System
b. Decimal System
5. Classification of Outlines
a. Topic Outline
b. Sentence Outline
c. Paragraph Outline

II. Writing a Reaction paper/Review/Critique

A. Facts, Opinions, and Claims

1. Forming Opinions based on Facts
2. Citing Specific Sources to Support Claims
B. Approaches in Writing a Critique
1. Cultural Approach
2. Formalistic/ Literary Approach
3. Historical Approach
4. Impressionistic Approach
5. Moral/ Humanistic Approach
6. Psychological Approach
7. Sociological Approach
C. Principles of an Effective Writing
1. Accuracy
2. Brevity or Conciseness
3. Consistency or Unity
4. Coherence
5. Concreteness
6. Clarity
7. Completeness
D. Diction or Word Choice
1. Denotation
 2. Connotation
E. Hypernyms and Hyponyms

III. Writing a Concept Paper

A. Definition of a Concept Paper

B. Ways of Elucidating a Concept
i. Definition
a. Informal
b. Formal
c. Extended
ii. Explication
iii.Illustration 
        

IV. Writing a Position Paper

A. Defining a Position Paper

B. Developing an Effective Position Paper
1. Steps in Writing Position Papers
2. Uses of Position Papers
3. Kinds of Position Papers
C. Manifestos and Argumentative Essays
D. Persuasive or Argumentative Essays
E. Writing Guidelines
1. Introduction
2. Body
3. Conclusion