ENGLISH FOR

ACADEMIC AND
PROFESSIONAL
PURPOSES
 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT:
• Prayer
• Checking of Attendance
• Safety Protocol Measures/ Classroom Rules
• Checking and Collecting Assignments
• Assessing and addressing the immediate needs
of students with disability.
 Prayer
Heavenly Father,
As we start this new day for new learning, we ask for Your guidance.
Lead us all the way. May You let us see through Your eyes, listen through Your ears, and
speak with Your Mouth.
Be with us as we are learning our class today.
Give us the heart to love and be kind to one another. Please watch over all our teachers,
and families.
Thank you for another life to enjoy, another day to learn, and a new set of things we will
experience.
As we go through our lessons today, may let us be instruments to do good things.
Help us be obedient, honest, and kind to one another. Please bless our teachers, our
schools, and the students.
We pray to You that this may serve as a safe place for all of us to learn, have fun, and build
strong friendships.
This is we ask from guidance. Amen
 Checking of Attendance
- Drill Commands-
Fall in- Individuals form a formation at the position of attention.
Fall out- Individuals drop out of formation. By custom, officers usually take a single step
backward with their left foot. Noncommissioned personnel take a step back with the left foot,
then with their right, and then perform an about face.
Attention- Standing upright with an assertive and correct posture:  famously "chin up, chest out,
shoulders back, stomach in". Lightly ball your fists, and hold your arms fixed at your  sides keeping your
elbows slightly bent. Your thumbs should not be wrapped in your fingers, they should be pointing
down, lined up with the seams of your pants. Lock head and eyes in a fixed forward posture. Ideally
eyes unmoving fixated on a distant object. Blank facial expression. Put the heels of your feet together,
and point your toes out roughly 45 degrees from the center so your feet form a V. There should be
about 6 inches between both tips of your big toes when you do this. No speech, facial or bodily
movements except when as required by military drill.
 - Drill Commands-
Parade, REST- Individuals spread their feet about 12 inches while bringing both of their arms behind
their back interlocking their hands. The back of the left hand rests against the back. The back of the
right hand rests on the palm of the left, with the left thumb locked over the right hand and the right
thumb locked over the left thumb. If armed, individuals put their left hand behind their back,
extending their rifle while the butt remains on the ground by their right foot.

Right (left) face is a two-count movement started on the commands Right FACE. On the command
FACE, (1) raise your left heel and right toe slightly and turn 90° to
the right. Keep your left leg straight but not stiff; (2) bring your left heel smartly alongside the right
heel and stand at attention.  While facing, your arms should remain at the position of attention. 

About face - (1) place your right toe about 6 inches behind and slightly to the left of your left heel; (2)
on the ball of the right foot and the heel of the left foot, turn smartly to the right until you are facing
the rear. Your feet will be in the position of attention when the turn is completed if you place your right
toe properly behind your left heel. While facing, your arms should remain at the position of attention.  
 - Drill Commands-
Count Off- Starting counting from one until from the last person.

Reporting- the head must run after in front to do the report of

attendance. By performing the hand salute and in attention position.
Chanting- the chant will be perform by everybody.
Leader: Must command in cadence command. “Palowag”
Members: Grade 12 “Section” “aho-aho”.

Sanctions: Failure to do the task subject for punishment. Late comers

will have also its punishment.
Boys- Push ups
Girls- Sit Ups
 Safety Protocol Measures/ Classroom Rules
1. Arrive on time.
2. Turn your cell phone off.
3. Use laptops/ notebook only for legitimate class activities (note-taking, assigned tasks).
4. Do not leave class early without okaying it with the instructor in advance.
5. Ask questions if you are confused.
6. Try not to distract or annoy your classmates.
7. Be time conscious in finishing a task.
8. Be participated on group activities.
9. Attendance: a deduction of 5 points for the absences and additional 1 point for the
present. Excuse letter are acceptable provided that it has a valid reason. The excuse
letter must have a proper heading, correct grammar and must be signed by the parents
to be presented during portfolio day.

Sanctions: Failure to do so a five point deduction on the performance

task
 OBJECTIVES
Knowledge: Differentiates language used in
academic texts from various disciplines.
Skills: Compare and Contrast the Academic Text and the
Non-Academic Text from various discipline.

Attitude: Relate concept/s learned to real

life situations.

Values: Conserve our natural energy..

Ask the students about their prior knowledge on the different types of disciplines. Let the
student’s group theirselves according to their favorite light spectrum colors. There are six
(6) light spectrum colors- red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet), as to be six
(6) teams. The group will be given words inside the box and they will categorize these
words into the four main disciplines; Business, Humanities, Natural and Applied Sciences
and Social Sciences. They will be given three (3) minutes to accomplish the task. The
group with a shortest time with a correct answer will be declared as winner.
 Guide Questions
1.What have you written so far?
2.Have you experience writing about your summer
vacation? Or your Calubian Fiesta Experience?
3.Have you experience writing your title for your
research/ thesis?
4.Or have you assigned to do a book review? Or a
reaction paper? Or you are asking to write poems,
skits, or letters?
What are the differences of the various outputs
that you have done?
Poems, skits, letters compositions about
your Christmas and summer vacations
are examples of non- academic texts.
 What is a non- academic text?
Non- academic texts may be considered that writing which is personal,
emotional, impressionistic, or objective in nature. It can be more informal in
tone, and may even rely more on emotional appeal or opinions of the author.
Therefore, anyone can write a non-academic text where giving of citations is
optional and has no rigid structure. Newspaper articles, e-mail messages, text
messages, personal journal entries/ journal writing, memoirs, autobiographical
writing, e-mails, text messages and letters are some examples of non-academic
text. Some features of Non-Academic Texts are less formal (may idioms, slangs,
contractions), casual language, use any point of view, opinion-based, free of
rigid structures and on general topics and the targeted audience are in general.
On the other hand, book
review, reaction paper and
thesis are examples of
academic texts
 What is academic text?
Academic Text is defined as critical, objective, specialized
texts written by experts or professionals in a given field
using formal language. Academic texts are well-focused,
concise, clear, accurate, and well-structured. They are based
on factual information and evidence, free from repetition,
exaggeration, rhetorical questions and contractions and are
always in the third person point of view. Generally,
academic texts debate or provide answers to a specific
question in a field where academic audience are main
target of the text. The main purpose of academic texts is to
enhance the reader’s understanding of a specific field.
 What is academic text?
This mean that academic text is based on facts with solid
basis. Therefore, it is generally quite formal, objective
(impersonal) and technical. It is formal by avoiding casual or
conversational language such as informal vocabulary or
contractions. Examples is “don’t” = “do not”. It is
impersonal and objective by avoiding direct reference to
people or feeling and it is based on facts and not on
opinions. And it is technical by using vocabulary specific to
the discipline. To be a good academic writer, you need to
learn the specific styles and structures for your discipline.
 What are some academic
disciplines?
The different track and strands are part in academic
disciplines like ABM- Business, HUMSS- Social Studies,
Humanities, TVL- Natural and Applied Sciences. You need to
familiar on them because there are words or vocabulary
which are only suited for specific discipline. Example;
The word “VIRUS”, it has different meaning to the ICT, EIM-
TVL students and it has also different meaning to STEM or
Science group or even in Agricrop/ Cookery.
 Examples of academic text
1. LiteraryAnalysis- examines, evaluates, and
makes an argument about a literary works. It
goes beyond mere summarization. It requires
careful close reading of one or multiple text
and often focusses on a specific
characteristics, theme or motif.
 Examples of academic text
2. Research Paper- uses outside information to support
a thesis or make an argument. These are written in all
disciplines and may be evaluative, analytical, or critical
in nature. Common research sources (e.g., historical
records), secondary sources (e.g., peer- reviewed
scholarly articles. It involves synthesizing this external
information with your own idea.
 Examples of academic text
3. Dissertation- is a document submitted at the
conclusion of a Ph.D. Program. It is a book- length
summarization of the doctoral candidate’s research.

4. Other examples are Books and book reports,

translations, conference paper, academic journal,
abstract and explication, essays, theses, case studies.
 ACTIVITY:
Exercises 1:
Direction: In the same group, they will choose at least two representatives
that will go to the school library. The representatives will count the books in
each dewey decimals/ discipline assigned to them. They will list down the
numbers and title of the books/journals and other related reading materials on
how many books are consider as academic or non-academic text within the
disciplines. The data will be sent thru the messenger to their groupmates. The
other team members will gather and record the total number of books using
the table below. They will be given a five (5) minutes allotted time to
complete the task.
 ACTIVITY:
Non-
Type of Discipline academic Text
Academic
Title of the Materials Total Text Total
B N H S
1                

2                

3                

4                

5                

1.In what disciplines has the higher numbers of books?

2.In what disciplines has the lowest number of books?
3.Explain your observation on the table.
 ABSTRACTION:
Guide Questions:
1. Enumerate the different disciplines that used academic
writing.
2. Differentiate the academic and non- academic text.
3. Compare and contrast the types of academic text.
4. As a student, is it vital for you to understand the different
concepts of academic writing?
5. What do you think the possible outcome if you don’t know
the concepts of academic writing?
 Application:
Direction: Each group will be given a five (5) minutes to complete the differentiated
activity.

Enrichment Activity: Construct a one paragraph essay (academic text) consisting a minimum of three to five
sentences. The topic is all about on how will you can conserve our renewable energy.

Reinforcement Activity: Differentiate the articles/books and others in a various discipline as an academic or
non- academic text.
1. Narrative Report of Work Immersion Experiences on Conserving Renewable Natural Energy
2. Editorial Page on the News Paper “Conserving Renewable Natural Energy”
3. Textbook entitled “Conserving Renewable Natural Energy” by Abbas Ghaseni
4. Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Case Studies
5. Argumentation on how to conserve the renewable natural energy.

Remediation Activity: Enumerates five examples of academic text and non- academic text.
 
 Quiz:
Direction: Compare and Contrast Academic Text to Non-
Academic Text by completing the table below with a time
duration of five (5) minutes.
FEATURES ACADEMIC TEXT NON- ACADEMIC TEXT
Text are critical, objective and specialized  
1. Definition texts that are written by experts in a
particular field.
2. Style   Informal and personal
3. Citations   Citations are optional
4. Audience Academic audience  
5. Structure   No rigid structure
6. Language   Informal and casual language
 Assignments:
Direction: Answer the following questions.
1. What is a text structure?
2. What is a text structure in academic text?
3. Identify the two common types of text structure use in
academic text?
4. How text structure is importance in gleaning information in
an academic text?
5. Is non- academic text having a text structure? Defend your
answers.