DEDICATION

INTRODUCTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. DEDICATION
2. INTRODUCTION
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. SELF-ASSESSMENT
5. GOAL SETTING
6. REFLECTION 1
Guide Questions:
a. What have I realized regarding my skills as a reader and a writer?
b. How will I be able to improve myself?
c. Give example of RUBRICS in
1. Reading
2. Writing

7. REFLECTION 2:
Guide questions:
a. How should you plan as a reader?
b. What steps do you follow?
c. How should you plan as a writer?
d. What steps do you follow?
c. Why there’s a need to plan before you read and write?
d. What difficulties do you experience in reading and writing?
8. The Text as a Connected Discourse
List of written text:

1. Non-fiction
 a. Reports
b. Editorials
c. Essays, Articles
d. Reference (dictionaries, encyclopedias)
2. Fiction
a. Novels
b. Short stories
c. Jokes
d. Dramas
e. Poetry
3. Letters
a. Personal
b. Business
4. Greeting cards
5. Diaries, Journals
6. Memos (e.g. interoffice memos)
7. Messages (e.g. phone messages)
8. Announcements
9. Newspaper ”journalese”
10. Academic writing
a. short answer test response
b. reports
c. essays, papers
d. theses, books
11. Forms, Applications
12. Questionnaires
13. Directions
14. Labels
15. Signs
16.Recipes
17. Bills (and other financial statements)
18. Maps
19. Manuals
20. Menus
21. Schedules (e.g. transportation information)
22. Advertisements
a. Commercial
 b. Personal (“want ads”)
23.Invitations
24.Directories (e.g. telephone, yellow pages)
25.Comic strips, Cartoons

Note: “Texts in general are self-contained, well-formed, hang together (cohesive),

make sense (coherent), have a clear communicative purpose, recognizable text
types, appropriate to their contexts of use.”
-Scott Thornbury, Beyond the Sentence, p 19, Macmillan, 2005

a. Describe the connectedness of discourse in a written text.

To achieve a unified text, one must consider the flow of ideas such that link is
established within the text. Consider the following tasks:

Task A. 1.1 Target Language Use Setting: Taking Orders in a Restaurant

Target Language Use Task : Matching the Questions (1-6)
with the answers (a-f)

1. Are you ready to order? _______

2. Would you like any dessert? _______
3. Anything to drink? _______
4. How would you like your hamburger? _______
5. What would you like? _______
6. What kind of ice cream do you have? _______

a. Medium, please.
b. I’ll have a bowl of soup.
c. Vanilla, chocolate and strawberry.
d. Yes. I’d like an egg salad sandwich.
e. Just a glass of water.
f. Cherry pie, please.

Task A. 1.2 Target Language Use Setting: Choosing a Place to Stay

Target Language Use Task : Making Suggestions/Offering

Betty’s Restaurant
The University Coffee Shop  Great all-natural fruit drinks at
good prices
 Where all the students meet  Ideal for family and friends
 With good food and great drinks
 With wifi
----- 6000 University Avenue Located at 101 Net Street
 Moon’s Place
-Great Pizza-

 Open from
10:00 a.m.
to 10:00 p.m.
Urgello St.,
Cebu City

Using the ads, write a conversation for each.

Task A. 1.3 Target Language Use Setting: Welcoming the guests and bringing
them to historical sites in the country
Target Language Use Task : Writing a script that details the
descriptions and significance of
historical sites to be visited

The Tourist Guide’s Script

You are a newly-hired tourist guide in Sojourners’ Travels and Tours. Your
first assignment is to welcome the 20 delegates from Chinju University in Korea.
These tourists are on an educational tour. You need to take them to different
historical sites in the Philippines. Your task is to write a script that gives the details
of your welcoming them as well as the descriptions and historical significance of
each place to be visited. Your effectiveness as a tourist guide based on the script
will be judged using a rubric.

b. Give five definitions of Free Writing. Include your source/reference for each
definition.
c. Enumerate the steps that may help you as you try free writing.

Principles of Sentence Construction:

a. Explain the principles on how you Express your Ideas with Clarity. Give 5
examples for each.
b. Explain the principles on how you Show Unity in Sentences. Give 5 examples
for each.
 c. Explain the principles on how you Create Variety in Structure. Give 5 examples
for each.
d. Go back to free-writing exercise. Choose one of the topics suggested below and express your
thoughts freely. Then, edit your own work by applying the principles of sentence constructions that we
have taken up.
1. a narrative essay about your most heart-breaking experience
2. a descriptive essay describing a most unusual acquaintance
3. a definition essay defining your understanding of the word compassion
9. Techniques in Selecting and Organizing Information
Guide Questions:
a. Read the selection The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry and answer the
following Guide Questions:
1. What important decision did Delia have to make on that unforgettable
day?
2. How did the author express Della’s ordeal of going or not going through
with it?
3. What did Jim have to part away in order to buy his Christmas gift for
Della?
4. How did the author describe those people who sacrifice their greatest
treasures for someone that they love?
5. What did the author say about those who give and receive gifts for
Christmas?
b. Discuss comprehensively the three techniques (brainstorming list, graphic
organizers and outlines) in selecting and organizing information. Give
examples for each.
c. Your group is tasked to cascade what you have learned to a group of
students who are identified with poor scores in the achievement test.
Brainstorm with your group how to share effectively your understanding of
the lesson, Techniques in Selecting and Organizing Information. Present a
sentence outline of your plan.

Rubric:

Thesis Statement (The thesis statement is clear and proposes an arguable

Point. It takes a stand. It appears at the introduction.)
Introduction (The introduction is well-developed, engaging and interesting.

It contains detailed background information. The thesis clearly

 states a compelling position.)
Main Points (There is focus on issue related to each main topic. Topic
Sentence is clear and well-stated. Items under each topic are
Connected and linked to the topic. No errors were found in
Part.
Conclusion (The conclusion effectively wraps up and goes beyond restating
the thesis.
Format (the outline used Roman numerals for headings and numbers for
subheadings. No major spaces in between items and/or at the top and
bottom of the outline. Margin is kept.

10. Principles of Structuring the Outline

Guide Questions:
11. Organizing Ideas through Graphic Organizers
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12. Patterns of Development in Writing Across Disciplines
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13. Properties of a Well-Written Text
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14. Critical Reading as a Way of Thinking
Guide Questions:
15. Critical Reading as Reasoning
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16. Writing a Position Paper
Guide Questions:
17. Making a Book Review or a Critique
Guide Questions:
18. Writing a Literature Review
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19. The Research Report
Guide Questions:
20. Project Proposal
Guide Questions:
21. Application Letters
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22. LEARNING INSIGHTS

Guide Questions:
1. What have I learned in this class reading and writing skills?
2. What skills and values have you learned?
3. What have you realized about being a reader and a writer?
4. How do I apply these learning in my future profession?
5. Describe yourself now as a reader and a writer.

NOTE: ITEMS NUMBER 10-21 GUIDE QUESTIONS TO FOLLOW