SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

NAME:__________________________________________
GRADE LEVEL & SECTION: _____________________

English for Academic and Professional Purposes

Quarter 1 – Module 1: Academic Text and Text Structure
At the end of this module, you will be able to produce a detailed abstract of
information gathered from the various academic texts read by:
2. Using knowledge of text structure to glean the information that you need
(CS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Ia-c-4).
LEARNING TASK # 1
INSTRUCTION: Read the following statements carefully. Identify the word or group of
words that corresponds the following statements. Write your answer on the space provided
before each number.

_______________ 1. It gives a list of what is usually found on a page before the start of a written
work.
_______________ 2. It includes the information about the contents of the article, the author,
origin of
the article and the article type.
_______________ 3. It is the procedure used to identify, select, process, and analyze information
about
a topic.
_______________ 4. It provides a quick overview of the main content of an academic paper.
_______________ 5. It is a structure that can hold or support a theory of a research.
_______________ 6. It gives information that increases a reader’s awareness to the context of
the
academic text.
_______________ 7. It is the end section of the academic paper.
_______________ 8. It states the purpose or intent of the paper.
_______________ 9. It provides details of the sources that have been used in the text.
_______________ 10. It is used when the incorporation of material in the body of the text would
make it poorly structured or too long and detailed.
LEARNING TASK # 2
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INSTRUCTION: Think of other words or phrases that can be associated to these two
words. Write your answers inside the box.

TEXT STRUCTURE

LEARNING TASK # 3
READ AND ANALYZE THE TEXT BELOW.

Wrigley’s Chewing Gum

(1) Wrigley’s chewing gum was developed as a premium to be given away with other
product rather than as a primary product for sale. As a teenager, William Wrigley Jr. was
working for his father in Chicago selling soap that has been manufactured in his father’s factory.
The soap was not very popular with merchants because it was priced at 5 cents, and this selling
price did not leave a good profit margin for the merchants. Wrigley convinced his father to raise
the price to ten cents and to give away cheap umbrellas as a premium for the merchants. This
worked successfully, confirming to Wrigley that the use of premium was an effective sales tool.
(2) Wrigley then established his own company, in his company he was selling soap as a
wholesaler, giving baking soda away as a premium, and using a cookbook to promote each deal.
Over time, the baking soda and cookbook became more popular than the soap, so Wrigley began
a new operation selling baking soda, he soon decided on chewing gum. Once again, when
Wrigley realized that the demand for premium was stronger than the demand for the original
product, he created the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company to produce and sell chewing gum.
(3) Wrigley started out with two brands of gum, Vassar and Lotta gums, and soon introduced
Juicy Fruit and Spearmint. The latter two brands grew in popularity, while the first two were
phased out. Juicy Fruit and Spearmint are two of Wrigley’s main brand to this day.

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INSTRUCTION: In chronological order, use the following organizer to list the different
events of how Wrigley’s Chewing gum succeeded.

EVENT 1:

EVENT 2:

EVENT 3:

THE ENDING

LEARNING TASK # 4
INSTRUCTION: Answer the question in not less than 15 sentences but not more than 20
sentences. Evaluate your answer based on the given rubric below.
In some countries, chewing gum ends up paying a fine, what is your stand if chewing a
gum is banned in the Philippines? Support your answer using a description type of text structure.
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LEARNING TASK # 5
INSTRUCTION: Answer the question in not less than 3 paragraphs but not more than 5
paragraphs. Evaluate your answer based on the given rubric
Discuss a social issue topic that is really happening today using a Cause Effect and
Problem-Solution type of text structures.
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RUBRIC
Criteria Excellent (4) Good (3) Fair (2) Poor (1) Score
Content Your response Your response Your response did Your response did
(Response to the directly addressed directly addressed not directly not address the
question/s) the question/s. the question/s. address the question/s.
You used a thesis You used a thesis question/s but you
statement and statement. provided some
relevant supporting relevant
details. information that
indirectly
addressed the
question/s.
Organization Your output is Your output is Your output is Your output lacked
(Flow of well-organized. You organized. You mainly organized. organization.
Thoughts) connected all the often connected You seldom
ideas smoothly. the ideas smoothly. connected the
ideas.
Mechanics You observed You somehow You barely You did not
(Output proper output observed proper observed proper observe proper
Format) format. output format. output format. output format.
Total:

LEARNING TASK # 6
READ AND ANALYZE THE TEXT BELOW.
Competition and Cooperation
(1) Explanations of the interrelation between competition and cooperation have evolved over the
time. Early research into competition and cooperation defined each of them in terms of the
distribution of rewards related to each. Competition was defined as a situation in which rewards
are distributed unequally on the basis of performance, cooperation on the other hand, was
defined as a situation in which rewards are distributed equally on the basis of mutual interactive
behaviour among individuals. By this definition, a competitive situation requires at least on
competitor to fail for each competitor that wins, while a cooperative situation offers a reward
only if all members of the group receive it.
(2) Researchers have found definitions of competition and cooperation based upon rewards
inadequate primarily because definitions of these two concepts based upon rewards depict them
as opposite. In current understanding, competition is not viewed as opposite of cooperation,
instead, cooperation is viewed as integral component of competition. Cooperation is necessary
among team members, perhaps in a sporting event or in a political race, in order to win the
competition, it is equally important to understand that cooperation is of great importance

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between teams in that same sporting event or ground rules of the game or election in order to
compete.
(3) Interestingly, the word competition is derived from a Latin verb which means “to seek
together.” An understanding of the derivation of the word competition supports the
understanding that cooperation, rather than evoking a characteristic at the opposite extreme of
human nature from competition, is in reality a necessary factor in competition.

INSTRUCTION: Fill in the Venn diagram below to list down the similarities and
differences of “competition” and “cooperation.”

COMPETITION COOPERATION