Reading and Writing Skills

(S.Y. 2020-2021)

Snapshot

Grade: 11 Semester: Second Semester

Subject Title: Reading and Writing No. of Hours/Semester: 80 hours/semester

Core Subject Description: The development of reading and writing skills as applied to a wide range of materials other
than poetry, fiction and drama
Content Standard:
1. Realizes that information in a written text may be selected and organized to achieve a particular purpose.
2. Understands the relationship of a written text and the context in which it was developed.
3. Understands the requirements of composing academic writing and professional correspondence.

Unit 1 Performance Standard Duration

Reading and Thinking Strategies Across Text Types
A. Text as Connected Discourse Critiques a chosen sample of each 1 Week
B. Techniques in Selecting and Organizing pattern of development focusing on 1 Week
Information information selection, organization,
and development.
C. Patterns of Development 2 Weeks
D. Properties of a Well-written Text 2 Weeks
Unit 2
Text and Context Connections (Critical Reading)
A. Critical Reading as Looking for Ways of Writes a 1000-word critique of a 1 Week
Thinking selected text on the basis of its claim/s,
context, and properties as a written
1. Explicit and Implicit Claims in a Text 2 Weeks
material.
2. Context of Text Development 2 Weeks
B. Critical Reading as Reasoning 1 Week
1. Formulating Evaluative Statement 1 Week
2. Determining Textual Evidence 2 Week
Unit 3
Purposeful Writing in the Disciplines and for Produces each type of academic 5 Weeks
Professions writing and professional
A. Reading and Responding to Literature correspondence following the
B. Workplace Writing properties of well written texts and
C. Features and Requirements in Composing process approach to writing.
Professional Correspondence
D. Purposeful reading and Writing in the
Discipline
 Literature Review
 Application for College Admission
 Application for Employment
 Résumé
 Business Letters
 Memo and Electronic Messaging
20 Weeks