Lesson 1;

•ACADEMIC WRITING
-Is a style practiced by students and teache as they produce
educational materials

•PROFESSIONAL WRITING
-Business writing is style used in the workplace for specific jobs,career or
profession

•ACADEMIC TEXTS
-Defined as critical objective,specialized texts written by experts or
professionals in a given field using a formal language

NON-ACADEMIC TEXT. ACADEMIC TEXT.

•poems/Letters. •Book/Reviews
•Journals. •Movie Analysis
•Travel logues. •Commercial critiques
•Personal essays. •Action Research

•ACADEMIC LANGUAGE
-Represent the language demands of school
-Includes the language used in textbooks, in classrooms, on tests and in
each disciplines.

•ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE
-Fields of study or branch or learning
-There are specific vocabulary and language thatbm are only suited for a
specific discipline

DISCIPLINES
*Business
*Humanities
*Natural and Applied science
*Social science
•TEXT STRUCTURE
-Information in a text is organized
-purpose or intention/structure
•Construction
•Arranged
•Organize
•Build
•Assemble

6 COMMON TEXT STRUCTURE

•Description
-Description of something to give the sender a mental picture
•Sequence
-Chronological order of event or list of step
•cause & effects
-Action and its results
•compare & contrast
-Similarities and Differences
•Problem & solution
-Set up a problem,explain the solution
•Question & Answer
-Possing a question

3 part structure
•Introduction
•Body
•Conclusion

IMRAD
-Introduction,Method,Results (and), Discussion
EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM A TEXT USING A
SUMMARY
-Summarizing teaches you how to discern the most important ideas in a
text.

TIPS IN SUMMARIZING
-Reads the original text not just once but several times.Comprehend it well
-Identify the text structure
-highlight the important details in the text
-Write your preliminary summary
-Make sure to use your own words
-Check if your word does not go stray from the original text
-Read it again and make necessary revision or editing

TECHNIQUES IN SUMMARIZING
-use graphic organizer

•Types of graphic organizer

*first graphic organizer
-will require your supply key points from the text as well as the supporting
details
•Key point 1
•Key point 2
•Key point 3

*second graphic organizer

-requires you to provide important information from the text by answering
the questions written inside.
(Where did it happen,what happened,who were include in the event,why
did it happen,How did it happen,when did it happen)

*Third Graphic organizer

-identify and organize
(What is the main idea of the text, what are the supporting details,What
are the evidences or example given)

OUTLINING (TRADITIONAL OR MODERN)

-The second technique in summarizing is through outlining you can easily
organize the key points,supporting points,evidences and important details.

THESIS STATEMENT
-Is a vital trait to form a strong essay

THESIS;
•The main idea or main point of an informational text
•Serves as a roadmap of the text you are reading
•Provides directions or purpose to the text
•Can be expressed anywhere in the selection or passage
•Can be seen at the beginning m,Middle or end of the text
•Summarizes your position on the topics
•it tells them what the paper all about
•Helps you organize

HOW LONG SHOULD THE THESIS STATEMENT BE?

-One to Two sentences long

WHERE SHOULD THE THESIS STATEMENT BE IN THE PAPER

-It should be the last sentence of your introduction

THESIS FORMULA;
Claim(your position)+ Reasons (evidences)
=THESIS STATEMENT

STRATEGIES IN LOCATING A THESIS STATEMENT IN AN

ACADEMIC TEXT
-Reads the title of the text and make inferences on its purpose
-Reads the first few paragraphs, as the thesis statement is usually located
there
-You may also check the conclusion where authors sum up and review their
points

STEPS IN THESIS;
•It is not a fact
•it is not a question
•it is not an announcement
•it is not too broad
• it is a complete sentence
•It requires support
•It takes a stand
•It is arguable

WHAT IS AN OUTLINE
-A map of your essay or blueprint
-Shows information each section

CRITICAL APPROACHES
Remember:
•Critiquing shares a root with the word “criticize”

CRITIQUE PAPER
-Is a genre of academic writing
-Briefly and critically summarize and evaluates a body of work
-Formal analysis and evaluation of a text, production, or
performance,either one’s own or someone else’s work.

VOCABULARY
•Criticize-To judge or to evaluate something
•Critique- Is the paper or the essay product of criticizing
•Critic- The person doing the criticism

CRITICAL APPROACHES ,
•Reader- response criticism
-focuses on the readers/audience and their experience of a literary work
•Formalism
-Focus on structural purposes of a text/work.
•Feminism
-Critique patriarchal language and literature by exposing how these reflect
masculine ideology.
-The advocacy of womens rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes
•Marxism
-Critiques the economic structures behind all social conditions and
historical changes in the work.