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CONTENT STANDARD
The learner demonstrates understanding of how world literature and other text types serve as
source of wisdom in expressing and resolving conflicts among individuals, groups and nature; also
how to use evaluative reading, listening and viewing strategies, special speeches for occasion,
pronouns and structures of modification.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
The learner skillfully delivers a speech for a special occasion through utilizing effective
verbal and non-verbal strategies and ICT resources.
LEARNING COMPETENCY
EN10WC-IIIb-14.1.2
Use a variety of Informative, Persuasive, and Argumentative Writing Techniques
I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to do the following:
Statement: Good writers use different writing techniques to fit their purposes for writing in a
manner that is effective and meaningful to their audience.
After the activity, the teacher will let the students express their own understanding of the statement.
UNIVERSITY OF ANTIQUE
College of Teacher Education
Sibalom, Antique
D. Lesson Proper
1.Activity
The teacher will use semantic webbing as an activity to help pull together all the pieces of students’
ideas about essay.
Direction: Fill in the surrounding circles with key words, ideas or supporting details that are related
to the word ‘Essay’.
Essay
After the activity, the teacher asks the students if what is an essay based on the words they
have written on the board.
Informative Essay
This type of essay explains a short theme, idea, or an issue. It is a personal response to anything and
is usually three paragraphs long.
Persuasive Essay
This type of essay convinces a reader to believe or adopt a viewpoint on a certain issue. It is
sometimes written in three to five paragraphs.
Argumentative Essay
This type of essay argues in a sense that it proves a hypothesis, a proposition, a theory, or an
opinion to an opposite hypothesis, proposition, theory, idea, or opinion. It is usually written in five
paragraphs to show the pros and cons, with claims and subpoints for each.
3. Abstraction
What do you think is the importance of writing techniques?
4. Application
The teacher will let the students think of an in-time issue as a topic for each type of essay
discussed. The students then, will create an outline for each topic.
Topic: _________________________
Outline: ________________________
Criteria Score
Content 20
(contains ideas/points that completely
support the topic)
Accuracy 20
(accurate information included in outline)
Writing 10
(writing is clear and relevant, with no
grammatical and spelling errors)
Total score 50
UNIVERSITY OF ANTIQUE
College of Teacher Education
Sibalom, Antique
IV. ASSIGNMENT
Watch tonight’s news and choose one topic to reflect on and write an essay (choose one from the
three essay types) about it. Include a catchy title and an outline of your essay. Write your output in a
one whole sheet of paper.
Score Criteria
Content 40% There is one clear, well-focused essay. Evidence of
independent and relevant thought. Supporting arguments
relate to main claim and are well organized.
Organization 30% Clear organization. A variety of thoughtful transitions show
how ideas are connected.
Style 20% Extremely fluent and articulate relation of ideas; effective and
powerful tone and language use.
Mechanics 10% Few errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, sentence
and structure and grammar.
Grammar
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