Name: Date: May 2, 2024

Learning Area: English Time: 9:50 – 10:50am

Grade Level: G-7 4th Quarter Week 1

DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the student should be able to:
a. Define academic writing
b. Distinguish features of academic writing EN7WC-1-C-4.2
c. Show appreciation of the importance of academic writing
d. Apply the features of academic writing through written essays on topics of
interest.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: The features of Academic Writing
Reference: English 7, Q4-Module 1 “The Features of Academic Writing”
Materials: Visual Aids, Pictures

III. PROCEDURES
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
A. Preliminary Activities
1. Greetings
- Good morning class! - Good morning too ma’am!
- How are you today? - Were good ma’am!
- That’s good to hear. I’m
expecting your 100%
participation today.

2. Prayer
So, let us all stand and pray…
Who can lead the prayer? Yes ___ - Ma’am!
3. Classroom Management
Before you take your seats please
pick up all the pieces of papers
under your chairs and arrange it - Yes, Ma’am!
properly and silently. If you have
something to say, just raise your
right hand! Okay!
4. Checking of Attendance
“Ms. Secretary please check the
attendance today” - Yes, Ma’am!

5. Review
“Now who can tell me our topic last
meeting, yes _______ - (Student will give their answer
“Very good! It seems that you regarding their topic last meeting)
really understand our topic last
meeting”.
6. Motivation
Directions: Construct a question to
match the answers provided. The
underlined word is the answer you
wish to know.
Ex. They went to a party.
 Where did they go?
-The underlined phrase is to a
party that would be the answer to
the question that your going to
construct. So, what will be our
question?
- your answer will be where did
they go?
- If you ask anybody, where did
they go? There answer will be they
went to a party.
“So, I hope that it is clear, that
would be the example for our first
activity.”
“Let us now start with the first item.
1. He will buy wine. 1. What will he buy?
2. He has visited Italy. 2. Where has he visited?
Remember to consider the verb
tense or the verb form that was
given by the statement.
No.2 our verb form is has visited,
so it also has to appear too, in the
question that you have created,
that’s why the question in No.2
should be Where has he visited?
3. They are students 3. Who are they?
4. She can come tomorrow. 4. When can she come?
5. We should buy tickets. 5. What should we buy?
7. Presentation
Directions: Guess the words
through the pictures presented.

C D M C
- ACADEMIC WRITING
W T G

- Now we will be discussing this

(Academic Writing) today.
8. Discussion
"You might had heard it before
(Academic Writing) but I know of
course that some of you might
wondering what is it about?
- Is there such thing as Academic
Writing?
- How is it different with the other
forms of writing?
“I know some of you already know
how to write journal, diaries, short
stories and poetry. Now what
about Academic Writing?
“So these are the things that we
need to discuss this morning.”
- Let us proceed this one “What is
Academic Writing?”
 *Academic Writing is ……
1. Formal and unbiased
2. Clear and precise
3. Focused and well-
structured
4. Correct and consistent
- So, these are the 4
characteristics of Academic
Writing. Now, do we follow certain
rules? First thing first you need to
take note of this of what is it?
Academic Writing is NOT …….
1. Personal
2. Long-winded
3. Emotive and impressive
5 FEATURES OF ACADEMIC
WRITING
1. Complexity 3. Accuracy
2. Formality 4. Objectivity
5. Precision
“Let’s discuss this one by one”
1. COMPLEXITY
 The vocabulary used to express
high level of complexity is more
advanced because it requires more
formal words and the phrasing is
noun-based.
 Longer sentences containing
clauses are important, and the
passive voice is essential to
establish the objective style desired
in academic works.
 Academic writing tends to be more
complicated and has longer words.
 The text become more difficult to
comprehend in terms of subject
matter, language, arrangement of
words and grammar.
Example:
 Filipinos are trained to be
continuous from the moment
they are born by utilizing these
basic catch phrases “po and
opo”, which are words that end
sentences when addressing the
elders.
2. FORMALITY
- In Academic Writing, more formal
words and phrases are used. The
following characteristics contribute to
the higher level of formality
 A more formal vocabulary choice
 Correct use of grammar
 Accurate use of vocabulary
 A more objective style
In general this means you should
 avoid the following in your writings:
1. Colloquial words and expressions
(e.g same here, no worries,
gonna, chessy)
Example:
Informal: Eating a lot of sweet
foods can cause person to be ill.
Formal: Eating excessive amount
of sweet foods can cause a
person to be ill.
2. Abbreviated forms
(e.g wouldn’t, don’t, can’t, won’t)
Example:
Informal: Majority of car
accidents occur because of
drivers who aren’t paying
attention.
Formal: Majority of car accidents
occur because of drivers who are
not paying attention.
3. Two-word verbs
(e.g hand in, break up, fill out,
keep off)
Example:
Informal: The police told the
officers to back-off.
Formal: The police told the
officers to retreat.

3. ACCURACY
 It is necessary to use accurate
terminologies in academic writing.
You will be using a lot of technical
language to make sure you are not
using the improper words and
phrases.
Example: assembly, conference,
gathering or meeting.
 The barangay captain called
for general assembly.
 The PNP Chief called for a
conference.
 We had a simple gathering
together with my high school
friends.
 The teachers had a short
meeting in the office.

4. OBJECTIVITY
 Being objective means that you
are concerned with facts rather
than personal feelings or biases.
 Being fair in your work in a part of
being objective. Avoid making
value judgments by using terms
like amazing or horrible to describe
both sides of an argument.
  Being objective also improves the
professionalism and credibility of
your works.
Always remember that …..
 Clear and evidence-based
information should be the focus of
your presentation.
 Your position should be based and
thorough examination of the
evidence.
 Any concept that is not would be
assumed to be your own by the
reader. As the result, it is useless
to state this clearly.
Don’t Write: In my opinion, this
would be a very interesting topic.
Write: This would be a very
interesting topic.
Don’t Write: I believe money and
other tangible incentives have a
limited impact.
Write: Clearly, money and other
tangible incentives have a limited
impact.
 When addressing the reader or
people in general, avoid using the
word “you”.
Don’t Write: You can easily forget
how different things were 30 years
ago.
Write: It is easy to forget how
different things were 30 years ago.

5. PRECISION
 In academic writing, you need to
be specific especially in dealing
with facts, figures and dates
academic content.
 Inappropriate word combinations,
such as “someone said” or “a lot of
people”, are not acceptable
academic content.
 75 thousand, 90%, 2015 miles,
September 11, 2013 – these are
the data that are more appropriate
for academic content.
Don’t Write: There were many
people died in an ambush.
Write: There were 15 people died
in an ambush.
Don’t Write: Pope John Paul II
visited the Philippines sometime in
1995.
Write: Pope John Paul II visited the
Philippines on January 12, 1995.
 9. Application
Directions: Read each statement
carefully. Type TRUE if the
statement is correct and FALSE if
it is not.
1. Logical Organization, precise 1. TRUE
word choice, formal tone and
evidence-based arguments are
important characteristics of
academic writing.
2. In academic writing, it is 2. FALSE
necessary to use clichés and
slangs.
3. Academic writing requires 3. TRUE
precise language that clearly
conveys the author’s ideas and
important concepts.
4. Academic writing is typically 4. FALSE
written in first person point of
view.
5. Proper citation of all the 5. TRUE
sources and inclusion of
bibliographies are required in
academic writing.
10. Generalization
Class please don’t forget that
academic writing should be ……..
 Formal and unbiased “Yes Ma’am!”
 Clear and precise
 Focused and well-structured
 Correct and consistent
Take note also that academic Ma’am it should not …
writing should not ……... 1. Personal
yes ____________. 2. Long-winded
3. Emotive and impressive

“What are the 5 features of Ma’am!

Academic Writing? yes ____. The 5 features of Academic Writing are
…. Complexity, formality, accuracy,
objectivity and precision

Very good! Class if you remember

all of this and how to do it. I know
your going to do good in Academic
Writing.
IV. EVALUATION
Directions: Identify which sentence
applies correct feature of academic
writing. Write the letter of the correct
answer in the ¼ sheet of paper.
1. Which sentence possesses 1. A
complexity?
a. When it was promised that
things would change in the
way, the people in the
community rejoiced.
 b. The people in the community
greeted the promised change
with enthusiasm.

2. Which sentence observes

formality? 2. B
a. The stranger doesn’t know
how to drive in fire truck.
b. The stranger does not know
how to drive a fire truck.

3. Which sentence observes

objectivity? 3. A
a. That was the best practice in
an Ancient Greece.
b. That was the best practice in
an obsolete Greece.
4. Which sentence is precise?
a. Old people must be supported 4. A
by the government.
b. In my point of view, old people
must be supported by the
government.
5. Which sentence is precise?
a. There were many American 5. B
teachers known as Thomasites
who visited the Philippines.
b. There were 240 American
teachers known as Thomasites
who visited the Philippines.
V. ASSIGNMENT
Look for any written essay, research,
reaction paper, journal, book review,
synthesis, or review of literature. Look
for the features of academic writing
that we learned in our lesson today.
Note down and share your
observations in our next session.