ENGLISH 10

Shandece Mae P. Gerarcas, LPT

WRITING ACADEMIC TEXTS
Objectives of the lesson:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be
able to:
- Illustrate that writing is a process and that re-
writing is part of that process;
- construct a clear thesis statement;
- distinguish between paraphrasing and quoting
and use them appropriately in the paper;
- document the sources properly using MLA; and
- write an academic paper following the writing
process.
AVOIDING PLAGIARISM
 What is PLAGIARISM?

When can you be accused of plagiarizing other people’s works?

 PLAGIARISM

Deliberate copying of somebody

else’s work and claiming that work to
be his/her own.
 PLAGIARISM
Using somebody else’s work or
ideas without proper
acknowledgement or citation.
 PLAGIARISM
Copying the text without
paraphrasing it.
Three Types Of Note-taking Techniques
QUOTING PARAPHRASING SUMMARIZING

Identical to the Constructing a Putting main ideas into your own

words found in passage, of main and words
original text or supporting details,
source into your own words;
can be lengthy
Other person’s ideas Using your own Presenting only the most
and words sentence structure important ideas from the text or
embedded into your source; brief, short
own
Quotation marks and Cite your source! Cite your source!
citation MUST be
used!
Using direct quotations means to lift text
and enclose them in quotation marks.

Example: “Globalization is just a covert

term for colonization.”
PARAPHRASING
It is rendering the essential ideas in a text (sentence or
paragraph) using your own words.
Literal paraphrasing – this type only replaces vocabulary terms from the original
text.
Structural paraphrasing – this type changes the sentence structure as
well as the word class of key words of the of the original text.
Alternative paraphrasing – in this type, the writer
first poses questions about the text such as what
the text is about, how the main idea is supported,
and the stand of the author about the topic. Then,
the writer answers these questions using his/her
own words after reading the text; making sure
that all ideas are connected.
CITATION
THANK YOU!