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Lesson 7 Academic & Professional Writing

The document discusses lessons on academic and professional writing. It begins by recalling the writing process and providing feedback on students' midterm performance tasks, noting areas that needed improvement like missing titles or thesis statements. It then outlines lessons for finals that will focus on academic writing projects like proposals and position papers as well as professional writings like resumes and application letters. The document describes the expected outputs and activities/quizzes for the lessons. It states the objectives are to describe similarities and differences between academic and professional writing and explain the importance of specifying purpose. It provides examples of academic and professional writings and emphasizes being clear, concise and direct in professional writing.

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Lesson 7 Academic & Professional Writing

The document discusses lessons on academic and professional writing. It begins by recalling the writing process and providing feedback on students' midterm performance tasks, noting areas that needed improvement like missing titles or thesis statements. It then outlines lessons for finals that will focus on academic writing projects like proposals and position papers as well as professional writings like resumes and application letters. The document describes the expected outputs and activities/quizzes for the lessons. It states the objectives are to describe similarities and differences between academic and professional writing and explain the importance of specifying purpose. It provides examples of academic and professional writings and emphasizes being clear, concise and direct in professional writing.

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Lesson 7:

Academic &
Professional Writing
Mr. Merboy V. Pangilinan, M.A.
Learning Facilitator, UST Angelicum College
LET’S RECALL
THE WRITING PROCESS
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1. PREPARATION
2. MODELING
3. GENERATING IDEAS
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4. FOCUSING ON A TOPIC
5. OUTLINING
6. DRAFTING
7. FEEDBACK
8. REVISING
9. EDITING
10. PUBLISHING
LET’S RECALL
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Midterm Performance Task Comments:


- Most essays are organized
- Content accuracy
- Grammatically correct sentences
- Well-defended arguments
- Creative graphic organizers
LET’S RECALL
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Midterm Performance Task Comments:


- No title
- Incorrect thesis statement
- Signal words were not identified
- Irrelevant topic sentences
- Incomplete sentence outline
Reading & Writing Skills

LESSONS FOR FINALS


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ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL
WRITING WRITING
§ Project Proposal § Business Letters
§ Position Paper - Application Letter for
College Admission
- Application Letter for
Employment
§ Resume
Reading & Writing Skills

z EXPECTED OUTPUTS
ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL
WRITING WRITING
§ Project Proposal § College Admission
(Group Pre-final Application Letter
Examination § Resume
Requirement) (Final Performance
Tasks)
Reading & Writing Skills

z EXPECTED OUTPUTS
ACTIVITIES QUIZZES
§ Activity 6 § Quiz 4
§ Activity 7 § Quiz 5
§ Activity 8 § Quiz 6
§ Activity 9
§ Activity 10

FINAL EXAMINATION
Reading and Writing Skills

Lesson 7
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Academic &
Professional
Writing
Reading and Writing Skills

OBJECTIVES
Describe the features that make a
piece of writing academic or
professional

Explain the importance of specifying


the purpose in academic and
professional writing
Reading and Writing Skills

Academic & Professional


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Writing
How is academic writing similar to
professional
z writing?

What is your basis in determining


which text is academic and which
is professional?
Reading and Writing Skills

Components of Academic
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& Professional Writing


1. CONTEXT
z 2. MESSAGE
3. LANGUAGE
4. PURPOSE
5. AUDIENCE
6. PRODUCT
Reading and Writing Skills

z EXAMPLE OUTPUTS
ACADEMIC WRITING PROFESSIONAL WRITING
Academic essay Instructional manual
Thesis Brochure
Dissertation Business letters
Library research Business reports
Reaction paper Technical reports
Book review
Literature review
Research report
Project proposal
Position paper
Reading and Writing Skills

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Reading and Writing Skills

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Reading and Writing Skills

The term “professional writing” commonly


refers broadly to texts written for business
purposes such as business letters, reviews
and recommendations, feasibility studies,
progress reports, and application materials.
Reading and Writing Skills

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How to improve your
professional writing skills

BE CLEAR BE CONCISE BE DIRECT


Reading and Writing Skills

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WRAP-UP
Ø Academic writing and
professional writing
consider these five
essential components:
context, message,
language, purpose,
audience, and
product.
ACTIVITY 6
Academic and Professional Writing
A. Type T if the statement is true
and F if it is false. (10 points)
B. Identify whether each text is
academic or professional. Type
A if it is academic and P if it is
professional. (10 points)
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