PIDDIG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
English for Academic and Professional Purposes
Kimberly Ann Asuncion – SHS Teacher I
Content: STRUCTURE OF AN ACADEMIC TEXT
Learning Competencies:
Determines the structure of a specific academic text (CS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Ia-c-1)
Performance Standard:
The learner produces a detailed abstract of information gathered from the various academic texts read.
Schema Activation
What to do?
Read and study the quote presented below.
What is the easiest writing assignment you have done so far?
What do you think made the writing assignment easy?
What is the most difficult writing assignment you have done so far?
What do you think made the writing assignment difficult?
Lecture Notes
What to do?
Read the following facts about academic text.
Academic Text
Controller
What to do?
Read “The Golden Age of Comics” on page 21. Identify the thesis statement of the selection.
References: English for Academic and Professional Purposes, First Edition 2016, Sunshine Interlinks Publishing House,Inc.
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PIDDIG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
English for Academic and Professional Purposes
Kimberly Ann Asuncion – SHS Teacher I
Content: THESIS STATEMENT
Learning Competencies:
States the thesis statement of an academic text (CS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Ia-c-6)
Performance Standard:
The learner produces a detailed abstract of information gathered from the various academic texts read.
What to do?
Read and study the following lines.
To the Conservatives…
“Less talk, less mistake.”
Therefore:
NO TALK, NO MISTAKE!
To the Liberated…
“Having something to say, and knowing how, when, and where to say it is the very thing that defines, refines and redefines our
attitude towards life.”
Test your Understanding- Answer the following questions briefly but concisely.
a. In your own point of view, what do the aforementioned lines suggest?
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b. How do these lines related in stating thesis statement?
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What to do?
Read the following facts about thesis statement.
Meaning of Thesis Statement
Makes an argumentative assertion about a topic; it states the conclusions that you have reached about your topic.
Is generally located near the end of the introduction; sometimes, in a long paper, the thesis will be expressed in several sentences or in an
entire paragraph.
Identifies the relationships between the pieces of evidence that you are using to support your argument.
… is an assertion, not a statement of fact or an observation.
Fact or observation: People use many lawn chemicals.
Thesis: People are poisoning the environment with chemicals merely to keep their lawns clean.
… takes a stand rather than announcing a subject.
Announcement: The thesis of this paper is the difficulty of solving our environmental problems.
Thesis: Solving our environmental problems is more difficult than many environmentalists believe.
… is the main idea, not the title. It must be a complete sentence that explains in some detail what you expect to write about.
Title: Social Security and Old Age
Thesis: Continuing changes in the Social Security System makes it almost impossible to plan intelligently for one's retirement.
… statement is specific rather than vague or general.
Vague: Hemingway's war stories are very good.
Specific: Hemingway's stories helped create a new prose style by employing extensive dialogue, shorter sentences, and strong Anglo-
Saxon words.
… has one main point rather than several main points. More than one point may be too difficult for the reader to understand and the writer to support.
More than one main point: Stephen Hawking's physical disability has not prevented him from becoming a world-renowned physicist, and
his book is the subject of a movie.
One Main point: Stephen Hawking's physical disability has not prevented him from becoming a world renowned physicist.
What to do?
Read “The Golden Age of Comics” on page 21. Identify the thesis statement of the selection.
References: English for Academic and Professional Purposes, First Edition 2016, Sunshine Interlinks Publishing House,Inc.
PIDDIG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
English for Academic and Professional Purposes
Kimberly Ann Asuncion – SHS Teacher I
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Content: PARAPHRASING
Learning Competencies:
Paraphrases/ explains a text using one’s own words (CS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Ia-c-7)
Performance Standard:
The learner produces a detailed abstract of information gathered from the various academic texts read.
What to do?
Answer the question comprehensively.
What are your different tactics or techniques in rewriting?
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What to do?
Read the following facts about thesis statement.
Meaning of Paraphrasing
To paraphrase is to say the same thing in another way, using your own words.
We can successfully paraphrase by using a combination of techniques.
Different Paraphrasing Techniques
1. Change from a Clause to a Phrase (or vice versa)
2. Change from Quoted Speech to Indirect Speech (or vice versa)
3. Change from Active Voice to Passive Voice (or vice versa)
4. Change to Synonyms
5. Change Word Forms
What to do?
A. Read “Legal Indictment” on page 35. State the main idea and paraphrase the article.
B. Paraphrase the following statements.
1. Today, people are worried about internet security.
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2. Advocates of internet tracking believe that it helps marketers to understand what people want.
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3. People who oppose internet tracking believe that it is an invasion of privacy.
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4. This information age will cause more and more people to become concerned with the level of personal detail that can be found from the
internet.
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References: English for Academic and Professional Purposes, First Edition 2016, Sunshine Interlinks Publishing House,Inc.
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PIDDIG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
English for Academic and Professional Purposes
Kimberly Ann Asuncion – SHS Teacher I
