Reading and Writing Skills

Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan

Quarter IV: Purposeful Writing in the Disciplines and for Professions– Lesson 4

Objective
Learning Competency
 Explains how one’s purpose is a crucial consideration in academic and
professional writing (EN11/12RWS-IVdg-11)
Instructional Objective:
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to
1. Differentiate academic writing from professional writing
2. Realize the value of academic and professional writing to their lives as students and future
professionals
3. Present an acrostic reflecting their understanding of academic and professional writing
Subject Matter:
Topic: Purposeful Writing in the Disciplines and for Professions
References: 1. Fernandez, E., et. al (2013). A Worktext in English 2 Writing in theDiscipline.
Quezon City: C & E Publishing, Inc.
2. Tiongson, Marella Theresa A., et. al. (2016). Reading and Writing
skills. Quezon City: Rex Book Store.
https://www.hws.edu/academics/ctl/pdf/critique.pdf

Maerials: multi-media powerpoint presentation, worksheet, manila paper

LEARNING TASKS
Introduction
A piece of writing has its own purpose which guides the writer to generate, develop, organize and
polish his texts. You also write because you have a purpose or reason in writing – either because you are
required by your teacher or because you choose to write for your own personal reasons. Whatever your
purposes may be, it is a must that you know how to communicate with people in your school and with the
people in your future jobs.
Preliminary Activity:
The teacher divides the class into four groups. He/ She provides all four groups with various
samples of texts such as theses, term papers, concept papers, essays, book reviews, memoranda, technical
reports, business letters and feasibility studies. The students are tasked to categorize or classify the given
texts based on the characteristics which the group will set.

Activity:
The students are asked to form four (4) groups. Two groups are given samples of academic writing
(research paper, term paper, reaction paper, essay, book review) while the next two groups are given
sample of professional writing (business correspondence, memos, technical-business related reports). The
members of the group are tasked to read and examine the given sample texts.
After the group’s examination of the texts provided, they are asked to complete the table. Each
group assigns a leader and a rapporteur to lead the discussion.

Text Title
Topic
What is the text about?
Purpose
What is the writer’s goal in writing the text?
Audience
Who is the target reader of the text?
Writer’s Knowledge How much does the writer know
of the subject?
Tone
Did the writer write informal or informal manner?
 Vocabulary
List down specialvocabulary found in the text.
Grammar
List down the language features of the text

Analysis:
After doing the activity, the teacher asks the groups the following questions:
1. What do you think are the characteristics shared in common by the text that you examined?
2. What language features were you able to identify in the samples given to your group?
3. Compare your sample text to those texts given to the other groups. What are their salient
differences?

Abstraction:
After the discussion, the class reflects on the answers they provided in the activities. The teacher asks the
students to help her complete the statements. Necessary prompts should be made by the teacher so that the class can
provide the appropriate response.

Academic writing is … Professional writing

is…
Based on the given examples, the characteristics or features of academic
writing are…

Based on the given examples, the characteristics or features of academic

writing are…

Academic writing is important to me as a student because…

Professional writing is important to me as a future ( teacher, nurse, chef, etc.) because…

Application:
The teacher says
We shall now prepare for an activity by applying what we have learned.

A. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Decide whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. Write ACADEMIC if the statement is true. If the
statement is false, write PROFESSIONAL.
1. Examples of academic writing include business correspondence, resume, application
letter and technical-business related reports.
2. A piece of writing has its own purpose.
3. Required writing happens on the job and in the school.
4. Research paper, term paper, essays, and book reviews are examples of professional writing.
5. We write not only because we are required to but also because we choose to write for
our own personal reasons.

B. The students are asked to work in groups and present an acrostic about the ideal features of academic
and professional writing. Two groups shall work on the word ACADEMIC while the last two groups shall
work on the word PROFESSIONAL. Students are encouraged to use ingenuity and creativity for the
presentation.

Example:
A- active verbs should be used
C – conciseness must be observed A – adept
writers are required
D – direct /straightforward words, don’t forget to utilize E – errors must
be avoided
M – mechanics should not be neglected I –
inaccuracy, no room for that
C – clarity will win the prize
Students shall be graded based on the following criteria:

Correctness 15 points
Creativity 15 points
Presentation Style 10 points
TOTAL 40 points

Prepared by:

Pretty Abegail C. Pacilan

Senior High School Teacher-I

Checked by:

HELEN M. OGOC
SHS- Head Teacher