curriculum-map-music-grade-10.docx

1. English For Academic And
Professional Purposes
LESSON 1

2. Chapter 1:
Nature of academic text
Academic writing
Is a process that starts with posing a
question, problematizing a concept,
evaluating an opinion, and ends in
answering the question or questions
posed, clarifying the problem, and/or
arguing for a stand.

3. Structure of
Academic Texts
1.Recognizing Story Patterns
Also referred to as story grammar,
which addresses the structural
elements of the story, setting,
characters, goals etc.

4. 2.Narrative and Informative
Narrative texts help students learn
about character, fictional and nonfictional,
and his/her experiences. Informative text
refers to the organizational format that is
found in textbooks.

5. Recognizing Informational
Text Structure

6. 1. Cause-Effect
Authors use this type of text structure to
show relationships, organize correlated
factors, or show changes in results.
2. Compare/Contrast
Provides a process of identifying how
things are alike and different.

7. 3. Description
•.Describes the main idea
•.Describes supporting concepts
•.Describes key process
•.Describes important details

8. 4. Connecting
•.Connecting text to self helps students
explore thinking
•.Connecting text to text helps students
extend understanding
•.Connecting text to words helps students
expand meaning

9. 5. Sequencing
Refers to putting actions or events in
a chronological order

10. Elements of Writing Academic
Text
1. Content
clarity of the purpose and the thesis
statement, relevance of the supporting
points to the thesis statement, knowledge
on the subject matter.
2. Structure
coherence and logical sequence of the
ideas.

11. 3. Language and Style
word choice, sentence construction
4. Mechanics
grammar, punctuations, capitalization,
formatting, documentation