Writing Effective Reaction

Paper
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Modified by:
Ariane May G. Cabanayan
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 Let volunteer students give a short reaction about the
movie presented
Twilight
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Star Wars
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Miracle in Cell Number 7
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 What is a Reaction
Paper
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 Reaction Paper is a popular academic text that
requires thoughtful reading and research. It is not
simply giving summary of various texts or materials
or expressing feelings toward them but
synthesizing, analyzing and evaluating or gauging
the strenghts and weaknessess of these texts or
materials.
Objectives of Reaction Paper
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 To serve as a response paper
 To give opportunities for students to answer
different questions on their feelings, agreement or
disagreement, and even their evaluation of the topic
even to share their feelings on the topic
 To highlight the significance of the work to the
problem or issues of the present
 To recommend the work to others or not at all
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STEPS TO FOLLOW
IN WRITING A
REACTION PAPER
Step 1: Read the text and outline the issues or
highlights..
In outlining, it is helpful to code them:

Paragraph#:
Sentence #:
Point/Issue

Example:

Paragraph#: 1
Sentence #:1
Point/Issue: One of the health care benefits of M. charantia
is it lowers blood cholesterol by its substance known as
flavanoids.
Step 2. Begin writing your comments based on each
point/highlights. Create an angle of your claim or thoughts.
Example:

Paragraph#: 1
Sentence #:1
Point/Issue: One of the health care benefits of M. charantia
is it lowers blood cholesterol by its substance known as
flavanoids.
Reaction: Flavanoids must posses an anti-cholesterol to
effectively lesson the volume of fat deposits in the body. M.
Charantia if possessed abundance of flavanoids must be
used as medication for those who experience hypertension,
obesity or diabetes.
Step 3. Determine your thesis and opening paragraph as
INTRODUCTION. Now that you have completed your freewriting with
the help of outlining, you can now shape this into an argument. What
interesting thing do you have to say about what you just read?
 Example:

This reaction paper deals with the

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personal and professional commentaries
raised by the writer based on the
academic text entitled “Health benefits
of M. Charantia,” by Bryant C. Acar.
The outline of discussion will be based
on the points found in the text whereby
the writer would want to create an
agreement or disagreement.
Step 4. WRITE THE CONCLUSION

The conclusion could be any of the points raised in the body that will
wrap up your idea.

It could be a recommendation 
Example.

Based on the points raised by the writer, it is believed that M. charantia

could be considered as a wonder herb that will hep prevent various
human diseases. However, it is also strongly recommended that
further research could be done on its toxicology test and chemecial
screening to isolate the flavanoids amongst the chemical components.
 STRUCTURE OF
REACTION PAPER
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PART 1 Summary of the work or performance
Topic Sentence for Summary paragraph
Supporting Sentences

PART 2 Reaction
Topic Sentence for the Reaction Paragraph
Supporting sentences

PART 3 Conclusion
Concluding Paragraph
 Activity
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 Give your personal reactions to the following
information:
a. 165 m suffer from child malnutrition worldwide
b. Rice and grains are 45% of the world’s diet
c. In developing countries, 60-80% of their income is
spent on food
d. The most expensive pizza in the world costs $12,000
and takes 72 hours to make
e. The winner of the 2013 Nathan’s Hotdog Eating contest
consumed 69 hotdogs in 10 minutes