12 – STEM

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 in English for Academic and Professional
Purposes

for Week 1: Academic Writing & Critical Reading

Jorace Martini B. Dayrit, LPT

Course Instructor

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SESSIONS 1 - 2

Topic/s: Academic Writing Week: 1 Lesson: 1

A. PRODUCTIVE COLLABORATION

THINK-PAIR-SHARE: TABLE COMPLETION

TEXT A TEXT B TEXT C TEXT D

What is the text
about?
(subject/focus)

What is the
writer’s goal in
writing the text?
(audience)

What is the point

of view used in
the text? (first
person, second
person, third
person)
How much does
the writer know
of the subject
(writer’s
knowledge)

How did the

writer organize
the text? (style)

Did the writer

write in a formal
or informal
manner (tone)

How did the writer

choose the words
and organize the
sentences? Was the

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language formal,
informal, or casual?

B. ANALYSIS QUESTION/SYNTHESIS

a. What is Academic Writing?

b. What does Academic Writing require?

c. Academic writing is different from a creative essay, a business letter, and a legal
document in terms of?

C. INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
SHORT ANSWER

1. What is academic writing? What are its features?

2. What is the importance of academic writing?

3. How is academic writing different from a letter? How about from a court order?

4. Why is academic writing equated to thinking?

5. If you use the first-person point of view in writing academic papers, is it still
considered academic?

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SESSIONS 3 - 4

Topic/s: Critical Reading Week: 1 Lesson: 2

A. PRODUCTIVE COLLABORATION

NAME OF ADVERTISENT:

B. ANALYSIS QUESTION

1. In which parts of the story did the narrator commit fallacies? Can you identify the other
instances that he committed fallacies other than those that Polly has mentioned? For
example, in the first part of the story, what fallacies are committed?

2. U
si
n
g

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 your annotation and summary, identify the following:
a. Purpose/intention of the author

b. Assumptions of the author

C. Claims of the author

3. The story is satirical and ironic at the same time. Can you show how irony was used in the
story?

4. Is the author successful in accomplishing his purpose? Why or why not?

5. If you were Polly, would you fall for the narrator or for Petey?

6. Do you agree that love is a fallacy? Why or why not?

B. INDEPENDENT PRACTICE

1. Is Critical Reading related to Critical Writing? How? Cite at least three (3)
examples

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