LAP 2-3 WORKSHEET: AM I PROPERLY WRITTEN?

NAME: Chanelle Raen C. Yanza SECTION: HUMSS 11-1

In which discipline can the text be
categorized?
What is the variation of the text?
What is the purpose of the author in
writing the text?
The text is in the science category because it talks about
the properties and effects of marijuana.
The text is a critique paper because the author
evaluates and analyzes the other author’s work or
paper.
To conduct a critical analysis of a piece from the other
author and point out the mistakes from that piece.

What is the pattern of the text? The text used Intro-Body-Conclusion.

It has a critical tone because the author tries to analyze
What is the tone and style of the text? the other author’s work and the style is formal as it
provides a different viewpoint for others to consider.

Grade for the Organization of the Text: 5

It follows the Introduction-Body-Conclusion pattern. The thesis statement is present along with the
supporting details that are arranged in a logical manner. The arrangement of ideas can easily be understood
and allows the readers to see the development of ideas in each paragraph.

Grade for the Coherence of the Text: 3

There’s coherence in most of the parts. However, there is a part where it did not show coherence. The part
where the author talks about a study where it says that heavy marijuana users did not show any evidence of
brain damage and after that, the author diverted to talking about the decriminalization of marijuana and
then went back to talking about the physical harms of marijuana again. It shows that the ideas are not
connected.
Grade for the Cohesion of the Text: 5

The author used pronouns to avoid being repetitive. The author also used transitional devices that are
suitable for the sentences that she is trying to connect. The sentences in each paragraph don’t sound
monotone and hard to read. She used transitional devices which made her work easy to understand and
follow.

Grade for the Language Use of the Text: 3

The author uses personal phrases such as “I believe”, “based on my personal experience”, and “I do feel
that…” making the text sound opinionated. She also uses wordy phrases like “he monkeys were given
extremely high doses, doses exponentially higher than that of the average recreational or medical
marijuana user” making the text sound more redundant. But the author still did a great job in writing her
paper. She didn’t use any clichés, slang, highfalutin words, contractions, and weak verbs that could make
her work less formal and credible.

Grade for the Mechanics of the Text: 5

The author used the punctuation marks correctly. There are no misspelled words also. She also used
capitalization correctly. It deserves five points because the author used and followed the mechanics
correctly.