English for Academic and

Professional Purposes
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Reading Academic Texts

CO_Q1_English 11_ Module 1

English for Academic and Professional Purposes – Grade 11
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Reading Academic Texts
First Edition, 2020

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English for Academic and
Professional Purposes
Quarter 1 - Module 1:
Reading Academic Texts
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the English for Academic and Professional Purposes Alternative

Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Reading Academic Texts!

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Welcome to the English for Academic and Professional Purposes Alternative

Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Reading Academic Texts!

Academic language represents the language of the discipline that students

need to learn. It helps develop their content understandings and a means to
participate in the content area in meaningful ways. While some features of academic
language may vary, it is also important to note that academic or informational texts
are also different to a certain extent depending upon the author’s purpose, the topic
and the genre.

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 What I Need to Know

This module is solely prepared for you to access and acquire lessons befitted in
your grade level. The exercises, drills and assessments are carefully made to suit your
level of understanding. Concepts like the structure, language used from various
disciplines, ideas contained in various academic texts, knowledge of the text structure to
glean information that is needed, various techniques, and outlining reading text in
various disciplines are discussed in the following lessons:

• Lesson 1 – Academic Language used from Various Disciplines

• Lesson 2 – Text Structure
• Lesson 3 – Techniques in Summarizing Variety of Academic Texts

To accomplish the desired performance stated, please be guided with the

following learning competencies as anchor:
• Differentiates language used in academic texts from various disciplines
• Uses knowledge of text structure to glean the information he/she needs
(CS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Ia-c-4)
• Uses various techniques in summarizing a variety of academic texts
(CS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Ia-c-4)

Learning Objectives:
At the end of the lessons, you will be able to:
1. Differentiate language used in academic texts from various disciplines.
2. Determine the structure of a specific academic text.
3. Explain the specific ideas contained in various academic texts.
4. Use knowledge of text structure to glean the information he/she needs.
5. Use various techniques in summarizing a variety of academic texts.

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 What I Know
To be guided with your journey in this module, let us start by working on this pre-test.

Test I. Direction: Categorize the information based on their characteristics below by filling
in the table to differentiate academic text from non-academic text. Write your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.

Everyday Events To inform and/or validate idea To entertain

Scholarly audience Contains slang and colloquialisms Subjective
Related literature Introduction-Body-Conclusion No fixed structure
Research papers, Reports Diaries, Informal essays Objective
Public Formal

Characteristics Academic Text Non-Academic Text

Audience
Purpose
Structure
Language
Style
Source of content
Examples

Test II. Direction: Read the passages and determine how the information is being organized.
Choose your answer from the list of words below. Write the letter of your choice on a separate
sheet of paper. (ereadingworksheets.com)

a. Narrative b. Cause and Effect c. chronological/sequence

d. Descriptive e. Problem-Solution f. Compare & Contrast

______1. Ice-cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in a many different colors and flavors.
Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Though both of these flavors
are delicious, strawberry may contain pieces of fruit while chocolate usually will not.
Even though more chocolate ice-cream is sold across the country annually than
strawberry, each flavor tastes great inside of a milk shake.

_______2. The ice-cream shop around the corner from my house has the best ice-cream in the
city. When you first walk inside, there is a long chrome counter with matching stools
extending to alongside the far wall. Right where the counter stops, the booth seating
begins. There are lots of old-timey knickknacks on the walls and chrome napkin
holders on all the tables. My favorite part of the shop is behind the counter glass,
where they keep all of the ice-cream flavors. A rainbow of delicious sugary flavors is
kept cool and delicious behind the counter glass.

______3. Freezer burn may have wasted more ice-cream than sidewalks. If you don’t
know, freezer burn is when ice crystals form on the surface of ice-cream. These
ice crystals can ruin the texture and flavor of the ice cream. But you can
prevent freezer burn. Since freezer burn is caused when melted ice-cream is
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 refrozen, rather than eating your ice-cream from the container as it melts,
scoop your ice-cream into a bowl and put the container back in the fridge
immediately. Doing this ought to help you solve your issues with freezer burn.

____4. Have you ever had an ice-cream headache? That’s when a painful sensation
resonates in your head after eating something cold (usually ice-cream) on a hot
day. This pain is produced by the dilation of a nerve center in the roof of your
mouth. The nerve center is overreacting to the cold by trying to heat your brain.
Ice-cream headaches have turned many smiles to frowns.

____5. One time my mom and I made ice-cream. We added sugar and cream into a big
glass bowl. We kept it frozen in the middle of a bigger glass bowl. While it froze,
I stirred the mixture with a hand mixer. It was the first time that had I used one
and it splattered ice-cream mixture all over the kitchen. The rest of the mixture
finally froze, so we ate some ice cream, and then put the remaining portions in
the freezer so that it wouldn’t get freezer burned. That was a good day.

Test III. Direction: Summarize the paragraph below in 2-3 sentences.

“The Northern Lights”

There are times when the night sky glows with bands of color. The bands may
begin as cloud shapes and then spread into a great arc across the entire sky. They may
fall in folds like a curtain drawn across the heavens. The lights usually grow brighter,
then suddenly dim. During this time the sky glows with pale yellow, pink, green, violet,
blue, and red. These lights are called the Aurora Borealis. Some people call them the
Northern Lights. Scientists have been watching them for hundreds of years. They are
not quite sure what causes them. In ancient times people were afraid of the Lights. They
imagined that they saw fiery dragons in the sky. Some even concluded that the heavens
were on fire.

Long Beach City College WRSC

SUMMARY

__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Key to answers on page 27

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 Lesson
Academic Language used from
1 Various Disciplines

What’s In

A. Direction: Read the passages below. Then, identify whether each passage can be an
academic text or non-academic text. Write A if it is academic and N if it is
non-academic.
_____1. Some educators suggest that the distinction between conversational and academic
language is somewhat arbitrary and that it is the situation, community, or context
that is either predominantly social or academic.
_____2. The current study showed that COVID-19 pandemic lockdown affected the
academic performance of most participants with varying degrees.
_____3. In his reverie he remembers how nature marked the season it happened.
_____4. I believe they are the first and last and the closest things I have to say about my
own life.
_____5. The current study showed that the most popular device that students used to
access the online materials was the smart phone followed by laptop, while the
least used tool was the personal computer.

What’s New

Direction: Read and answer the questions below. Write your answers on a separated
sheet of paper.

1. What is the easiest writing assignment you have done so far?

2. How about the most difficult writing assignment you have done?
3. Based on your answer, what do you think is academic writing and its differences
from other kinds of writing?

What is it
Nature and Characteristics of an Academic Text

An academic text is a written language that provides information, which contain

ideas and concepts that are related to the particular discipline. Essay, Research Paper,
Report, Project, Article, Thesis, and Dissertation are considered as academic texts.

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Structure

The basic structure that is used by an academic text is consist of three (3) parts
introduction, body, and conclusion which is formal and logical. This kind of structure
enables the reader to follow the argument and navigate the text. In academic writing a
clear structure and a logical flow are imperative to a cohesive text.

Tone

This refers to the attitude conveyed in a piece of writing. The arguments of others are
fairly presented and with an appropriate narrative tone. When presenting a position or
argument that disagrees with one’s perspectives, describe the argument accurately
without loaded or biased language.

Language

It is important to use unambiguous language. Clear topic sentences enable a reader to

follow your line of thinking without difficulty. Formal language and the third person point-
of-view should be used. Technical language appropriate to area of study may also be used,
however, it does not mean using “big words” just for the sake of doing so.

Citation

Citing sources in the body of the paper and providing a list of references as either
footnotes or endnotes is a very important aspect of an academic text. It is essential to
always acknowledge the source of any ideas, research findings, data, or quoted text that
have been used in a paper as a defense against allegations of plagiarism.

Complexity

An academic text addresses complex issues that require higher-order thinking skills to
comprehend.

Evidence-based Arguments

What is valued in an academic text is that opinions are based on a sound understanding
of the pertinent body of knowledge and academic debates that exist within, and often
external to a specific discipline.

Thesis-driven

The starting point of an academic text is a particular perspective, idea or position

applied to the chosen research problem, such as establishing, proving, or disproving
solutions to the questions posed for the topic.

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Features of Academic Texts:
1. Complex
- Written language has no longer words, it is lexically more varied vocabulary.
- Written texts are shorter and the language has more grammatical complexity,
including more subordinate clauses and more passives.
2. Formal
- Should avoid colloquial words and expressions.
3. Precise
- Facts are given accurately and precisely.
4. Objective
- has fewer words that emphasize on the information you want to give and the
arguments you want to make
- mostly use nouns (adjectives), rather than verbs (adverbs)
5. Explicit
- It is the responsibility of the writer in English to make it clear to the reader how the
various parts of the text are related.
6. Accurate
- Uses vocabulary accurately
- Most subjects have words with narrow specific meanings.
7. Hedging
- It is necessary to make decisions about your stance on a particular subject, or the
strength of the claims you are making.
8. Responsible
- You must be responsible for and must be able to provide evidence and justification
for any claims you make.
9. Organize
- Well-organized.
- It flows easily from one section to the next in a logical fashion.
10. Plan
- Well-planned.
- It usually takes place after research and evaluation, according to specific purpose
and plan.
Purposes in Reading an Academic Text

1. To locate a main idea;

2. To scan for information;
3. To identify gaps in existing studies;
4. To connect new ideas to existing ones;
5. To gain more pieces of information;
6. To support a particular writing assignment; and,
7. To deeply understand an existing idea.

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Factors to Consider in Writing Academic Text
1. State critical questions and issues;
2. Provide facts and evidence from credible sources;
3. Use precise and accurate words while avoiding jargon;
4. Take an objective point of view;
5. List references; and,
6. Use cautious language.

Academic Language

Academic language is the language needed by students to do the work in schools. It

includes, for example, discipline-specific vocabulary, grammar and punctuation, and
applications of rhetorical conventions and devices that are typical for a content area (e.g.,
essays, lab reports, discussions of a controversial issue.) Students who master academic
language are more likely to be successful in academic and professional settings.

Social language is the set of vocabulary that allows us to communicate with others in
the context of regular daily conversations.

Here are some of the differences between social and academic language includes:

Social Language Academic Language

In everyday interactions in In textbooks, research papers,
spoken/written form conferences in spoken/written form
For everyday conversation Used in school/work conversations
Used to write to friends, family, or for Appropriate for written papers,
other social purposes classwork, homework
Informal, such as words like ''cool,'' Very formal and more sophisticated in
''guy,'' ''kidding'') its expressions, such as words like
''appropriate,'' ''studies,''
''implementation''
Can use slang expressions Don't use slang
Can be repetitive Uses a variety of terms
Can use phrases Uses sentences
Sentences don't follow grammar Sentences begin with appropriate
conventions necessarily, with transitions, like, ''moreover'' or ''in
phrases like, ''you're hungry?'' addition'')
(Social & Academic Language Acquisition: Differences & Characteristics, 2020)

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Characteristics of Academic Language
A. Formal
- It should not sound conversational or casual. Colloquial, idiomatic, slang or journalistic
expressions should particularly be avoided.
Examples:
Use… Instead…
Consider, monitor Look at
Revise, review Go over
Solve, repair, amend Fix

B. Objective
- This means it is unbiased. It should be based on facts and evidence and are not
influenced by personal feelings.

C. Impersonal
- This involves avoiding the personal pronouns ‘I’ and ‘we’. For example, instead of
writing ‘I will show’, you might write ‘this report will show’. The second person,
‘you’, is also to be avoided.

Let us see now how well do you know about the structure of an academic text. Below is the
activity that you are going to do.

What’s More
Instruction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if is not.
1. Students who master academic language are more likely to be successful in
academic and professional settings.
2. An academic text makes use of complex jargons to promote a higher
level of comprehension.
3. Academic text uses words which tones up claims expressing certainty.
4. Both academic and non-academic texts can be used to inform.
5. The language used in academic texts should be conversational.
6. In reading an academic text, it helps acquire new information.
7. An academic text needs less concentration and focus because the terms
are simple.
8. It is in academic text that issues are stated to provoke information
discussion.
9. A magazine is an academic text.
10. Academic language should be objective, precise, impersonal and formal.
(Accessed from: https://www.slideshare.net/jellianerosedinorog/academic-text-style-
and-structure
Key to answers on page 27

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 What I Have Learned

An academic text is a reading material that provides information which

include concepts and theories that are related to the specific discipline.
Common text includes introduction, body, and conclusion. On one hand,
students who master academic language are more likely to be successful in
academic and professional settings.
GETTING DEEPER!
Lesson:

_
What I want to say about the lesson:

What I found out:

What I Can Do

Test I. Instruction: Using the criteria given, evaluate the language of the following
sample academic texts from various disciplines. Write your answer on a separate sheet
required by the teacher.

A. This essay intends to investigate whether there is a causal relationship between music
listened to and the mood of individuals. Additionally, it will seek to explore whether
this relationship is used in advertising to encourage people to spend money.
B. This essay intends to investigate whether there is a causal relationship between music
listened to and the mood of individuals. Additionally, it will seek to explore whether
this relationship is used in advertising to encourage people to spend money.
C. This essay intends to investigate whether there is a causal relationship between music
listened to and the mood of individuals. Additionally, it will seek to explore whether
this relationship is used in advertising to encourage people to spend money.

D. This essay is focused on investigating the photo tactic responses of three different
species of fish that occupy different areas of an aquarium: danios (Danio rerio), which

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 group near the surface of the water, black skirt tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi),
which swim in the middle of the tank, and kuhli loach (Pangio kuhlii), which swim
near the bottom of tank. It is anticipated that they will respond differently to light
according to their niche with the tank.
E. This essay is focused on investigating the photo tactic responses of three different
species of fish that occupy different areas of an aquarium: danios (Danio rerio), which
group near the surface of the water, black skirt tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi),
which swim in the middle of the tank, and kuhli loach (Pangio kuhlii), which swim
near the bottom of tank. It is anticipated that they will respond differently to light
according to their niche with the tank.

Characteristics of Academic A B C D E
Language
Does the text use a formal
language? (Yes/No)
Is the language impersonal?
(Yes/No)
Are the choice of words
appropriate for an academic text?
(Yes/No)
Does the text use technical terms?
(If yes, write 1 term found in the
text./No)
Is the academic text objective?
(Yes/If No, write 2 phrases that
indicate subjectivity.)

Test II. Instructions: Using the Venn diagram, compare and contrast the characteristics
of academic texts from non-academic texts.

ACADEMIC TEXT NON-ACADEMIC TEXT

Key to answers on page 27

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Lesson

2 Text Structure

What’s In

From the past lesson, you have learned:

• To differentiate language used in academic texts from various disciplines.
• Academic language is the language needed by students to do the work in
schools.
• Academic language and social language have its own purpose.

Activity 1. Direction: Match the informal vocabulary in the list below with the more
appropriate formal options from the box.

Revise, review Commence, initiate, undertake Solve, repair, amend

Confirm, determine Satisfactorily, positive, favorable Consider, monitor, analyze
Somewhat, fairly Demonstrate, indicate, illustrate A great deal of, many
Reasonable

1. Go over - ______________________________ 6. A lot of - _________________________________

2. Show - ______________________________ 7. A bit - ________________________________
3. Begin - ______________________________ 8. Fix - _________________________________
4. Good - ______________________________ 9. Make sure - ________________________________
5. Look at- ______________________________ 10. Quite good-______________________________
(Research & Learning Online, 2020)

What’s New

In module 1, you have learned that the means to glean information is to

understand the meaning of the words on how it is used in the context. At this point, you
will be learning more techniques of understanding and appreciating academic texts.
Let us begin our journey in learning from Module 2!

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Activity 2. Direction: Classify the signal words given below based on how they are
used. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Since because however for instance

Such as although so that important
powerful due to finally later

Narrative Sequence Cause & Problem/ Compare Definition

Effect Solution & Contrast or
Description

Key to answers on page 27

What is it

Have you ever wondered how are the thoughts in academic texts organized? Now,
let us learn how academic texts are structured.

Common Text Structures

Text structures (WDPI, 2012) refer to the way authors organize information in text.
Recognizing the underlying structure of texts can help students focus attention on key
concepts and relationships, anticipate what is to come, and monitor their comprehension
as they read.

Text Definition Graphic Transitions/ Questions

Structure Organizer Signal Words
Narrative Narrates an Descriptive - Who is the
event/story language narrative
with (adjectives, about?
characters, adverbs, - Where is it
setting, conflict, similes, and set?
point of view, metaphors) - What is the
and plot conflict?
- Who is telling
the narrative?
- What is
happening?

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Chronological, Present ideas - First, second, - What items,
Process, or or events in the third… events, or steps
Sequence order in which - Later are listed?
they happen - Next - Do they have
- Before to/ always
- Then happen in this
- Finally order?
- After - What sequence
- When of events is
- Since being described?
- Now/ - What are the
previously major incidents
- Actual use of that occur?
dates - How is this
structure
revealed in the
text?
Cause and Provide - If/then - What
Effect explanations or - reasons why happened?
reasons for - as a result - Why did it
phenomena - therefore happen?
- because
- What caused
- consequently
it to happen?
- since
- so that
- for
- due to
Problem/ Identify - problem is - What is the
Solution problems and - dilemma is problem?
pose solutions - if/then - Why is this a
- because problem?
- so that - Is anything
- question/ being done to try
answer to solve the
- puzzle is problem?
solved - What can be
done to solve the
problem?
Compare and Discuss two - However/yet - What items
Contrast ideas, events, - Nevertheless are being
or phenomena, - on the other compared?
showing how Difference Difference
hand - In what ways
Similarities
- but/ whereas –
they are are they
similarly
different and similar?
- although
how they are - also/likewise Different?
similar - in contrast/ - What
comparison conclusion
- different does the
- either/or author reach
- in the same about these
way/ just as items?
- What
conclusion

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 does the
author reach
about these
items?
Definition or Describes a - for example - What are the
Description topic by listing - characteristics most
characteristics, - for instance important
features, - such as characteristics?
- including
attributes, and - how is it
- to illustrate
examples being
described
(what does it
look like, how
does it work,
etc.)?
- What is
important to
remember
about it?
©2012 Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction – Form DL-I

Why is Text Structure Important?

The readers can significantly improve their comprehension and retention of information
when they can identify and recognize the text structure of a text. It can also help them:

1. Organize information and details they are learning in their minds while reading.
2. Make connections between the details being presented in a text
3. Summarize the important details shared in a text

At this stage, you should have several ideas on the common text structures used in
academic texts. Keep in mind these ideas because you are going to use your knowledge on
text structures for enhancing your skills in gleaning information.

Let us see how much you have understood about the topic by answering the activity
prepared below.

What’s More
Activity 3. Direction: Identify the text structure based on the given statement. Write
your answers on a separate sheet.

_________1. This text structure is “how are things in the text similar or different.”
_________2. The text structure that discusses what is specifically being described.
_________3. The text structure that is written in a style that tells what happened ang why it
happens.
_________4. This text structure tells what the conflict is, or problem, and how it was solved.
_________5. The text structure that shows events taking place over time or gives steps is…

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_________6. “Similar, same, alike, both, on the other hand, instead” are signal words for…
_________7. Before putting the model car together, we gathered our supplies. Then we
were able to read and follow the directions. Before long, our car was done.
_________8. Which type of text structure answers the question of what happened and
why?
_________9. Which type of text structure shows how two or more things are alike and
different?
_________10. The sentence structure that narrates a story.

Activity 4. Direction: Read the passages and determine what sentence structure is used.
Choose your answer from the list of words below. Write only the letter of your
choice. You may use a separate sheet in writing your answers.

a. Narrative b. Chronological/Sequence c. Cause-Effect

d. Descriptive e. Problem-Solution f. Compare-Contrast

______1. There are two popular sports played at Milton, basketball, and volleyball. Both take
place inside of the gym at Milton. Also, each sport has two teams of people. In
basketball, however, the ball can be played off of the floor, and in volleyball, the ball
cannot touch the floor, or it is out of play. Basketball and volleyball are popular sports
at Milton. What text structure is this?

_____2. Lots of students fail classes. Some students fail because the work is too hard for
them. Other times they may fail because they are lazy, and don’t do any work. Another
reason why students may fail is if they don’t go to school. If you’re not in class, you
may miss a lot. Many students fail classes every quarter. What text structure is this?

_____3. Dr. Knapp doesn’t want people to sit back and let the toad vanish. He believes that
everyone is responsible for restoring the toad species. Dr. Knapp thinks we could help
restore the toad population if we stop mowing parts of our lawns and let the grass
grow wild to reserve space for the toad. He also believes we need to stop using
pesticides and fertilizers. The chemicals kill the insects that toads eat. If we preserve
some spaces in our lawns and stop using fertilizers, Dr. Knapp believes we can save
the toads. What text structure is this?

_____4. Devers experienced the highlight of any sprinter’s career, as she stood on the huge
platform in the giant stadium and received an Olympic gold medal. Eighteen months
earlier she wasn’t thinking about running. She was hoping that she would be able to
walk again. Just four years earlier, in the summer of 1988, as Devers was training for
the Olympic Games, to be held in Seoul, South Korea, she began to feel very tired all
the time and failed to make the Olympic finals. What text structure is this?

_____5 The Eiffel Tower is divided into three sections. I. The lowest section of the tower
contains the entrance, a gift shop, and a restaurant. II. The middle section of the tower
consists of stairs and elevators that lead to the top. III. The top section of the tower
includes an observation deck with a spectacular view of Paris.

Key to answers on page 27

Key to answers on page 27

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 What I Have Learned

Text structure refers on how the information within a written text is

organized. This strategy helps students understand that a text might present
a main idea and details; a cause and then its effects; and/or different views of
a topic. This will help students monitor their comprehension.

GETTING DEEPER!
Lesson:

What I want to say about the lesson:

What I found out:

What I Can Do

Activity 5. Direction: Write an essay about your experience during the COVID -19
pandemic using a specific text structure of your choice. Use a
separate sheet in writing.

Please be guided by the suggested criteria for scoring.

Criteria for Scoring:
Appropriate Use of Text Structure - 20 pts.
Convention - 15 pts.
Creativity and Organization - 15 pts.
Total - 50 pts.

___________________(Title)___________________

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Lesson
Techniques in Summarizing
3 Variety of Academic Texts

What’s In

In the previous lesson, you have learned:

• Text Structure refers to the way authors organize information in text.
• There are six commonly used text structures these are: Narrative,
Chronological/Sequence, Cause & Effect, Problem-Solution, Compare &
Contrast, and Descriptive.
• It helps students monitor their comprehension.

Let’s recall how much you’ve learned in the previous lesson.

Activity 1. Direction: Match the group of words in Column A to their meanings in
Column B. Write only the letter of your choice. Use a separate sheet in
writing your answers.

Column A Column B
1. Compare – Contrast a. Explains how to do it or how it happens
2. Cause – Effect b. Specifies only the consequences of the
action
3. Sequence c. Shows what is in common and what is
different
4. Problem-Solution d. Give the reader a mental picture
5. Descriptive e. Narrates a story or an event
6. Narrative f. presents the action and its result
g. suggests appropriate actions to address
certain issue

What’s New

Activity 2. Direction: Try to recall one of the novels or short stories you discussed in
one of your previous classes in English; choose one selection out of the several you
tackled throughout your school life. Then, on a separate sheet of paper, try to rewrite the
storyusing your own words.

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 Did you find the retelling of the story difficult? Why or why not?
What strategies did you employ in order to retell the story? Did you find these
strategies helpful? Why or why not?

Key to answers on page 27

Key to answers on page 27

What is it

Techniques in Summarizing Academic Texts

Summarizing is how we take larger selections of text and reduce them to their
bare essentials: the gist, the key ideas, the main points that are worth noting and
remembering. Webster's calls a summary the "general idea in brief form"; it's the
distillation, condensation, or reduction of a larger work into its primary notions.
(“Reading Quest Strategies | Summarizing”)

Basic Rules:
A. Erase things that don’t matter. Delete trivial material that is unnecessary to
understanding.

B. Erase things that repeat. Delete redundant material. In note taking, time and
space is precious. If a word or phrase says basically the same thing you have
already written down, then don’t write it again!

C. Trade, general terms for specific names. Substitute superordinate terms for lists
(e.g., flowers for daisies, tulips for roses). Focus on the big picture. Long, technical
lists are hard to remember. If one word will give you the meaning, then less is
more.

D. Use your own words to write the summary. Write the summary using your own
words but make sure to retain the main points.

Techniques:
1. Somebody Wanted But So. The strategy helps students generalize, recognize cause and
effect relationships, and find main ideas.
Somebody Wanted But So Then
(Who is the (What did the (What was the (How was the (Tell how
text about?) main character problem problem solved?) the story
want?) encountered?) ends.)
Little Red She wanted to She She ran away, crying A
Riding Hood take cookies to encountered a for help. woodsman
her sick wolf pretending heard her
grandmother. to be her and saved
grandmother. her from
the wolf.
Kris Bales, “5 Easy SUMMARIZING Strategies for Students,” ThoughtCo, accessed August 4, 2021,
https://www.thoughtco.com/summarizing-strategies-for-students-
Meade PASS training. "Summarizing Strategies." Bath County Schools. Accessed August 4, 2021
https://www.bath.k12.ky.us/docs/Summarizing%20Strategies.pdf.
4582332#:~:text=The%20SAAC%20method%20is%20another,be%20included%20in%20the%20summary.
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 After answering the questions, combine the answers to form a summary:

Little Red Riding Hood wanted to take cookies to her sick grandmother, but she
encountered a wolf. He got to her grandmother’s house first and pretended to be the old
woman. He was going to eat Little Red Riding Hood, but she realized what he was doing
and ran away, crying for help. A woodsman heard the girl’s cries and saved her from the
wolf.

2. SAAC Method. This method is particularly helpful in summarizing any kind of text.
SAAC is an acronym for “State, Assign, Action, Complete.” Each word in the acronym
refers to a specific element that should be included in the summary.

State Assign Action Complete

(the name of (the name of the (what the author (complete the
the article, author) is doing (example: sentence or
book, or story) tells, explains)) summary with
keywords and
important
details)
“The Boy Who Aesop (a Greek tells what happens
Cried Wolf” storyteller) when a
shepherd boy
repeatedly lies to
the
villagers about
seeing a wolf

Use the four SAAC cues to write out a summary of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" in
complete sentences:

"The Boy Who Cried Wolf," by Aesop (a Greek storyteller), tells what happens when
a shepherd boy repeatedly lies to the villagers about seeing a wolf. After a while, they
ignore his false cries. Then, when a wolf really does attack, they don’t come to help
him.

3. 5 W's, 1 H. This technique relies on six crucial questions: who, what, when where,
why, and how. These questions make it easy to identify the main character, important
details, and main idea.

Kris Bales, “5 Easy SUMMARIZING Strategies for Students,” ThoughtCo, accessed August 4, 2021,
https://www.thoughtco.com/summarizing-strategies-for-students-

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Try this technique with a familiar fable such as "The Tortoise and the Hare."

Who is What did When did Where didWhy did How did
the story they do? the action the storythe main the main
about? take place? happen?character character
do what do what
s/he did? s/he did?
The He raced When isn’t An old The The
tortoise a quick, specified in country tortoise tortoise
boastful this story, road was tired of kept up
hare and so it’s not hearing the his slow
won. important hare boast but steady
in this case. about his pace.
speed.

4. First Then Finally. This technique helps students summarize events in chronological
order.

First: What happened first? Include the main character and main event/action.
Then: What key details took place during the event/action?
Finally: What were the results of the event/action?

Here is an example using "Goldilocks and the Three Bears."

First, Goldilocks entered the bears' home while they were gone. Then, she ate their
food, sat in their chairs, and slept in their beds. Finally, she woke up to find the bears
watching her, so she jumped up and ran away.

5. Give Me the Gist. This type of techniques is like giving a friend the gist of a story. In
other words, they want a summary – not a retelling of every detail.

Kris Bales, “5 Easy SUMMARIZING Strategies for Students,” ThoughtCo, accessed August 4, 2021,
https://www.thoughtco.com/summarizing-strategies-for-students-
You are now equipped on how to summarize. Here is what you should do next.
4582332#:~:text=The%20SAAC%20method%20is%20another,be%20included%20in%20the%20summary.

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 What’s More

Activity 3. Direction: Read the text below. Write a 3-5 sentence summary of the
following text using any of the techniques mentioned above. Use a separate sheet in
writing your summary.

Understanding Calories

(1) A calorie, also known as kilocalorie, is a unit of energy. This unit represents
the energy required to heat a kilogram of water on degree Celsius. While people
generally
Link the term calorie with food, it is a unit of measurement that can be applied to any
substance possessing energy. For instance, there are 8200 calories in a litter (about
one quart) of gasoline.
(2) Calories describe the potential energy in food to maintain bodily functions,
grow or repair tissue, and perform mechanical work such as exercise. Food calories
may take the form of fat, carbohydrates, or proteins. Once consumed, enzymes act on
these nutrients through metabolic processes and break them into their perspective
categories of fatty acids, glucose, and amino acids. These molecules travel through the
blood stream to specific cells where they are absorbed for immediate use or sent on
to the final stage of metabolism where they release their stored energy through the
process of oxidation.
(3) The number of calories burned during an exercise depends on various
factors including body weight and the type of exercise. For example, an individual
weighing 59 kilograms (130 pounds) would expend roughly 500calories per hour
swimming or playing basketball. However, this same person would burn an estimated
200 walking or playing table tennis. In order to survive and maintain body weight,
the average individual requires approximately 2000 to 2500 calories per day. Gaining
or losing weight is a simple process. Add and subtract 7,700 calories over the course
of time to gain or lose a kilogram. Nutrition has nothing to do with it. It is all about
calories.

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 What I Have Learned

Summarizing is reducing a larger selection but retaining the main points.

GETTING DEEPER!
Lesson:

What I want to say about the:

lesson:

What I found out:

What I Can Do

Activity 4. Direction: In a paragraph, summarize your personal experiences during

the time of COVID-19 pandemic. Use a technique the best fits the nature
of the summary you are writing.

Please be guided by the suggested criteria for scoring:

Concept - 20 pts.
Convention - 15 pts.
Creativity and Organization - 15 pts.
Total - 50 pts.

___________________(Title)___________________

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 Assessment

Test I. Direction: Read the text entitled “From the Autopsy Surgeon’s Report” and
answer the questions that follow. Write your answers on a separated sheet.

From the Autopsy Surgeon’s Report

Death occurred from the effects of asphyxia, cerebral anemia, and shock. The
victim’s hair was used for the constriction ligature. Local marks of the ligature were
readily discernible: there were some abrasions and a slight ecchymosis in the skin.
But I found no obvious lesion in the blood vessels of the neck.
Cyanosis of the head was very slight and there were no pronounced
hemorrhages in the galea of the scalp. I should judge that very great compression
was affected almost immediately, with compression of the arteries as well as of the
vein, and that the superior laryngeal nerve was
traumatized in the effect of throwing the victim into profound shock…
The lungs revealed cyanosis, congestion, over aeration, and subpleural
petechial hemorrhages…

1. What does the author want to convey to the readers?

2. How does the author present his ideas?
3. What are the signal words used in the text?
4. How do the signal words helped in organizing the author’s ideas?

Test II. Direction: From the same reading text above, titled “From the Autopsy Surgeon’s
Report”, write a 2-3 sentences summary using any technique of your choice. Use a
separate sheet of paper.

Additional Activities

Test I. Direction: Read the following sentence from a student’s essay:

1. Articles on women’s sports were placed on the left page and often at the bottom, which
is a place skipped by many readers.

Which two sentences below express the same idea using more formal language?
a. Articles on women’s sports were placed on the left page and often at the
bottom, which is an area most readers jump over.
b. Articles on women’s sports were placed on the left page and often at the
bottom, which is a less prominent position.
c. Articles on women’s sports were placed on the left page and often at the
bottom, which is an area often overlooked by readers.

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Lesson 2
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Bales, Kris. "5 Easy Summarizing Strategies for Students." ThoughtCo.

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Raymond C. Jones. "ReadingQuest Strategies | Summarizing." ReadingQuest | Main Page.

Accessed August 4, 2021. https://www.readingquest.org/summarize.html.

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