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Q1
Patterns of Paragraph Development
Uses knowledge of text structure to glean the information he/she needs
W4
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Part of the trouble with reading paragraphs comes in understanding the different
kinds of paragraphs and the ways they are organized. At this point, you are probably
familiar with the types of paragraphs such as the narrative, persuasive, descriptive, and
expository. What may be less familiar are the many ways paragraphs can be organized.
While each sentence in a paragraph fits together around a single, central idea, the details
can be organized differently.
Paying attention to how details are organized can help in several ways. First, it can
show what’s important and what’s not. It can also help understand the writer’s purpose.
Lastly, it can help remember what you read.
Robb, Laura. Reader’s Handbook: A Student Guide for Reading and Learning. Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Co.,
2002.
Directions: Please answer both the Study Guide Question (s), and the Output (s) of each
lesson using intermediate paper. Because the subject is a technical writing course, you are
expected to demonstrate application of your writing skills. In answering, indicate your
complete name (Family Name, First Name, Middle Initial), your grade and section in
CAPITAL LETTERS. Indicate the lesson number, date, the study guide question, and output
accordingly as you go along.
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Time Order
But [Dave] held out till camp was reached, when his driver made a place for him by the fire. Morning
found him too weak to travel. At harness-up time he tried to crawl to his driver. By convulsive efforts he got on
his feet, staggered, and fell. Then he wormed his way forward slowly toward where the harnesses were being
put on by his mates. He would advance his forelegs, and hitch ahead again a few more inches. His strength left
him, and the last his mates saw of him, he lay gasping in the snow and yearning toward them. But they could
hear him mournfully howling till they passed out of sight behind a belt of river timber.
London, Jack. The Call of the Wild. USA: Simon & Schuster, 2005.
Cause-Effect-Order
When [the slave traders] put us in irons, to be sent to our place of confinement in this ship, the men who
fastened the irons on these mothers, took the children out of their hands, and threw them over the side of the
ship, into the water. When this was done, two of the women leaped overboard after their children---the third was
already confined by a chain to another woman, and could not get into the water, but in struggling to disengage
herself she broke her arm, and died a few days after, of a fever. One of the two women who were in the river,
was carried down by the weight of her irons, before she could be rescued; but the other was taken up by some
men in a boat, and brought on board. This woman threw herself overboard one night, when we were at sea.
Ball, Charles. Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, A Black Man. USA: Kessinger Publishing,
LLC, 2010.
Study Guide Question (s):
1. How did Charles Ball organize the paragraph? -by narrating the event he experienced
Output (s):
1. Write inside a box the single cause why captured slaves threw themselves overboard, and
list down opposite it the series of chilling effects it created.
the men who fastened the irons on these mothers, took the children
out of their hands, and threw them over the side of the ship, into the
water. When this was done, two of the women leaped overboard
after their children
Order of Importance
As the native Americans of the Plains battled to remain free, the buffalo herds that they depended upon
for survival dwindled. At one time, 30 million buffalo roamed the Plains. However, hired hunters killed the
animals to feed crews building railroads. Others shot buffalo as a sport or to supply Eastern factories with
leather for robes, shoes, and belts. From 1872 to 1882, hunters killed more than one million buffalo each year.
Garcia, Jesus. Creating America: A History of the United States. USA: McDougal Little, 2002.
Output (s):
1. Using an organizer, write the details of the paragraph and the main idea.
Comparison-Contrast Order
Wolves look similar to German Shepherd and husky dogs, but their legs are longer, their chests
narrower, and their feet are bigger. Wolf tails generally hang down, while dog tails often curl up over their backs.
Wolves have a scent gland located on top of their tails that dogs lack.
Patent, Dorothy H. Gray Wolf, Red Wolf. USA: Houton Mifflin Company, 1990.
Birds Penguins
Reptiles Sea Turtles
Mammals Whales
Invertebrates Squid
Plants Seaweeds
Ace It!
1. How will the various ways of organizing paragraphs help improve your reading, and
writing skills?
It helps me sort out information and shape paragraphs or essays. They can help organize an
outline, or depending on the purpose they can determine the form that a paper will take.
Organizing the body paragraphs ensures me and my readers to stay focused on and draw
connections to the main topic.
Scoring criteria for each item:
1. Articulation of ideas that are being assessed: 8 points
2. Logical presentation of ideas: 8 points
3. Correctness of grammar and form in writing: 4 points
Total: 20 points
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMICS AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES●Learner’s Activity Sheet
Q1
Accurate Text Reporting
Uses various techniques in summarizing a variety of academic texts
W5
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Paraphrasing and summarizing are two efficient ways to recall and organize ideas
about a text.
Paraphrasing is concerned with restating the original text using one’s own words.
Some reasons for paraphrasing include: Citing important ideas of an author, and making
complicated text comprehensible.
Barrot, Jessie. S. Reading to Think, Thinking to Write: A Guide to Critical Reading and Writing. Manila, Philippines: REX Book Store,
2013.
Original Text
Course design and content were critical influences on interest. For instance, courses that students chose to
do, or that offered opportunities for choice of sub‐topics or assessments, enabled them to follow their
interests and therefore experience that positive spiral. On the other hand, compulsory courses and topics
that did not interest the students often led to boredom and frustration. Boredom was consistently linked with
lower behavioral and cognitive engagement. Bored students procrastinated more, studied less, and,
importantly, found the learning more difficult.
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“Paraphrasing.” Monash University. Accessed: 08/14/2021. https://owl.purdue.edu.
The model shown here is an example of good paraphrasing. The original text has
been changed substantially in terms of vocabulary and sentence structure without changing
the original meaning. The paraphrase has also been referenced correctly.
The model below shows the original text and the properly summarized text.
With respect to daily intakes of specific micronutrients, 40% of adolescent girls and 8% of adolescent boys
were at risk for inadequate intakes of iron. While protein intakes were adequate in these subpopulations, the
top two sources of iron were from plant-based, iron fortified sources (breakfast cereals and breads and bread
rolls). With regard to higher iron bioavailability and density, animal-based protein sources may be another
strategy to address iron intake, particularly among females, as it has been previously shown to be a less
popular food choice among Australian children and adolescents and avoided by young female adults (Fayet-
Moore et al., 2017).
Fayet-Moore et al. (2017) found that 40% of adolescent girls, compared to 8% of boys, are likely to have an
inadequate amount of iron in their diets, in spite of a sufficient protein intake. They attribute this to a tendency
to avoid foods derived from animals.
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“Summarizing.” Monash University. Accessed: 08/14/2021.
https://owl.purdue.edu.
Key Concept: Paraphrasing and summarizing are two important skills in conducting
accurate reporting.
Now, do it!
Directions: Please answer both the Study Guide Question (s), and the Output (s) of each lesson
using intermediate paper. Because the subject is a technical writing course, you are expected to
demonstrate application of your writing skills. In answering, indicate your complete name (Family
Name, First Name, Middle Initial), your grade and section in CAPITAL LETTERS. Indicate the lesson
number, date, the study guide question, and output accordingly as you go along.
.
Study Guide (s):
1. How can paraphrasing and summarizing help recall information and organize ideas within
text?
- Summaries leave out detail or examples that may distract the reader from the most
important information, and they simplify complex arguments, grammar and vocabulary. Used
correctly, summarizing and paraphrasing can save time, increase understanding, and give
authority and credibility to your work.
2. Distinguish paraphrasing with summarizing.
- Paraphrasing involves putting a passage from source material into your own words.
A paraphrase must also be attributed to the original source. Summarizing involves
putting the main idea(s) into your own words, including only the main point
Output (s):
1. On a piece of paper, paraphrase this text:
Original Text Paraphrased Text
The use of a helmet is the key to reducing Helmets are used to reduce bicycling fatalities
bicycling fatalities, which are due to head which are 75%. Using it reduces accidental
injuries 75% of the time. By cushioning the head injury as much as 85%, saving the lives of
upon impact, a helmet can reduce accidental victims each year.
injury by as much as 85%, saving the lives of
hundreds of victims annually, half of whom are
school children.
Source taken from "Bike Helmets: Unused Lifesavers," Consumer Reports (May 1990):
348.
Ace It!
Total: 20 points
Q1
W6
Text Outline: Nonfiction
Outlines reading texts in various disciplines CS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Ia-c-8
Creating an outline is very good writing practice. It allows for brainstorming of new
ideas and ensure that your paper will be organized, focused, and well supported. Writing an
outline is a basic step in pre writing. However, this process can also take place during or
after writing your paper to make sure your points are organized and make sense.
“Creating an Outline”. Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center. Retrieved 08/14/2021 from
https://www.iup.edu.
Outlining is a strategy that works well for expository essays. It can help you identify
the three parts of an essay (introduction, body, and conclusion), and also how an author
develops and supports an argument.
An essay is a short work of nonfiction that deals with a single subject. Essays can be
lighthearted or serious, formal or informal. Sometimes they are meant to entertain, and
sometimes they persuade, teach, or reveal an interesting idea. Essays often appear in
magazines and newspapers.
There are two kinds of essays that are often used in schools. These are the
narrative essays and expository essays. In narrative essay, the writer tells a story, often in
order to make a point or express a personal opinion. The writer of an expository essay
explains something. He or she makes a point and then supports that point in the body of an
essay.
Robb, Laura. Reader’s Handbook: A Student Guide for Reading and Learning. Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Co.,
2002.
Key Concept: Outlining shows the way a text is structured. It identifies the parts, and how
a writer develops and supports and argument.
Sample Essay
America the Not-so-Beautiful
Andy Rooney
Next to saving stuff I don’t need, the thing I like to do best is to throw it away. My idea of a good time is
to load up the back car with junk on a Saturday morning and take it to the dump. There is something satisfying
about discarding almost anything.
Throwing things out is the American way. We don’t know how to fix anything, and anyone who does
know how is too busy to come, so we throw it away and buy a new one. Our economy depends on doing that.
The trouble with throwing things away is, there is no “away” left.
Sometime around the year 5000 B.C., the Greeks in Athens passed a law prohibiting people from
throwing their garbage in the street. This Greek law was the first recognition by civilized people that throwing
things away was a problem. Now, as the population explodes and people take up more room on earth, there is
less room for everything else.
The more civilized a country is, the worse the trash problem is. Poor countries don’t have the same
problem because they don’t have much to discard. Prosperity in the United States is based on using things up
as fast as we can, throwing away what’s left, and buying new ones.
We’ve been doing that for many years that (1) we’ve run out of places to throw things because houses
have been built where dump was and (2) some of the things we’re throwing away are poisoning the earth and will
eventually poison all of us and all living things.
Ten years ago most people thought nothing of dumping an old bottle of weed or insect killer in a pile of
dirt in the back yard or down the drain in the street, just to get rid of it. The big companies in America had the
same feeling, on a bigger scale. For years the chemical companies dumped their poisonous wastes in the rivers
behind the mills, or they put it in fifty-gallon drums in the vacant lots, with all the old, rusting machinery in it,
behind the plants. The drums rusted out in ten years and dumped their poison into the ground. It rained, the
poisons seeped into the underground streams and poisoned everything for miles around. Some of the
manufacturers who did this weren’t even evil. They were dumb and irresponsible. Others were evil because
they knew how dangerous it was but didn’t want to spend the money to do it right.
The problem is staggering. I often think of it when I go in a hardware store or a Sears, Roebuck and
see shelves full of poison. You know that, one way or another, it’s all going to end up in the earth or in our rivers
and lakes.
I have two-pint bottles of insecticide with 5 percent DDT in them in my own garage that I don’t know
what to do with. I bought the years ago when I didn’t realize how bad they were. Now I’m stuck with them.
The people of the city of New York throw away nine times their weight in garbage and junk every year.
Assuming other cities come close to that, how long will it be before we trash the whole earth?
Of all household waste, 30 percent of the weight and 50 percent of the volume is the packaging of food
than all our farmers together make in income growing it. That’s some statistic.
Trash collectors were a lot more independent than they used to because we’ve got more trash than
they’ve got places to put it. They have their own schedules and their own holidays. Some cities try to get in
good with their trash collectors or garbage men by calling them “sanitation engineers.” Anything just so long as
they pick it up and take it away.
We often call the dump “the landfill” now, too. I never understood why land has to be filled, but that’s
what it’s called. If you’re a little valley just outside town, you have to be careful or first thing you know you’ll be
getting “filled.”
If five billion people had been living on earth for the past thousand years as they have been in the past
year, the planet would be nothing but one giant landfill, and we’d have turned America the beautiful into one
huge landfill.
The best solution may be for all of us to pack up, board a spaceship, and move out. If Mars is
habitable, everyone on earth can abandon this planet we’ve trashed, move to Mars, and start trashing that. It’ll
buy us some time.
Rooney, Andrew A. “Not That You Asked”. Essay Productions, Inc.,
1989.
Now, do it!
Directions: Please answer both the Study Guide Question (s), and the Output (s) of each lesson
using intermediate paper. Because the subject is a technical writing course, you are expected to
demonstrate application of your writing skills. In answering, indicate your complete name (Family
Name, First Name, Middle Initial), your grade and section in CAPITAL LETTERS. Indicate the lesson
number, date, the study guide question, and output accordingly as you go along.
.
Study Guide (s):
1. What is the main point of the writer in this essay? How the people in America have trash
problems.
2. What are the support the writer gave to his main point?
Ten years ago most people thought nothing of dumping an old bottle of weed or insect killer in a pile of dirt in the
back yard or down the drain in the street, just to get rid of it. The big companies in America had the same
feeling, on a bigger scale. For years the chemical companies dumped their poisonous wastes in the rivers
behind the mills, or they put it in fifty-gallon drums in the vacant lots, with all the old, rusting machinery in it,
behind the plants. The drums rusted out in ten years and dumped their poison into the ground. It rained, the
poisons seeped into the underground streams and poisoned everything for miles around. Some of the
manufacturers who did this weren’t even evil. They were dumb and irresponsible. Others were evil because
they knew how dangerous it was but didn’t want to spend the money to do it right.
Output (s):
1. Using the sample outline, write the outline to America the Not-so-beautiful highlighting the main
ideas, the supporting ideas, and the parts of the essay.
I. Introduction
A. introductory detail
-Next to saving stuff I don’t need, the thing I like to do best is to throw it away. My idea of a good time
is to load up the back car with junk on a Saturday morning and take it to the dump. There is
something satisfying about discarding almost anything.
B. introductory detail
- Throwing things out is the American way. We don’t know how to fix anything, and anyone who does
know how is too busy to come, so we throw it away and buy a new one.
C. thesis statement (if it appears here)
II. Body
A. The more civilized a country is, the worse the trash problem is.
1. Poor countries don’t have the same problem because they don’t have much to discard
2. some of the things we’re throwing away are poisoning the earth and will eventually poison all
of us and all living things.
B. Prosperity in the United States is based on using things up as fast as we can, throwing away
what’s left, and buying new ones.
1. We’ve been doing that for many years that we’ve run out of places to throw things because
houses have been built where dump was
1. What are the most common types of essay in school? How are they distinguished from
the other?
Expository Essay, Argumentative Essay, Descriptive Essay, and Narrative Essay.
Argumentative and expository essays are focused on conveying information and making
clear points, while narrative and descriptive essays are about exercising creativity and
writing in an interesting way.
Scoring criteria for each item:
1. Articulation of ideas that are being assessed: 8 points
2. Logical presentation of ideas: 8 points
3. Correctness of grammar and form in writing: 4 points
Total: 20 points