December 1-2, 5, 2016

8:00- 10:00 Grade 11, Rm. 210 TTh

8:00- 10:00 Grade 11, Rm. 301 Fri
10:15- 12:15 Grade 11, Rm. 207 TTh
1:15- 3:15 Grade 11, Rm. 301 Mon
Subject: Reading and Writing
Unit 1: Introductory Unit in Reading and Writing and Thinking Strategies across Text Types
Lesson 2: Critical Reading and Thinking Strategies
Time frame: 2 hours
Lesson Objectives:

Determine the specific reading strategies to use with specific texts

Understand the specific thinking strategies with specific texts

Lesson proper:
A.
Introduction
Such other works or hobbies we have our own strategies in reading in order for us to
understand what we are reading. And good readers use the following reading
strategies: previewing, activating prior knowledge, making predictions, visualizing,
understanding sequence of events, identifying main idea and details, asking questions,
paraphrasing, drawing conclusions, recognizing mood in the poetry, comparing and
contrasting, putting text information in an outline, identifying cause and effect,
summarizing and synthesizing.
B.
Motivation
Ask students what strategies in reading theyre comfortable with.
C.
Direct Instruction
Strategy is a careful plan or method for achieving a particular goal usually over a long
period of time.
D.
Independent practice
All students will define strategy in their own words.
E.
Enrichment/ Generalization
Such other works or hobbies we have our own strategies in reading in order for us to
understand what we are reading. And good readers use the following reading
strategies:
1. Previewing- to preview a piece of writing is to try to get an idea what it is about.
2. Activating Prior knowledge- is using your knowledge and previous personal
experience to create meaning in what you read.
3. Making prediction- you try to guess what will happen next.
4. Visualizing- you make an image of something in your mind.
5. Understanding sequence of events- a sequence of events is the order in which the
events in a story happen.
A narrative has word clues that indicate sequencing:
Then
Before that
After this
And
Next
Later
6. Identifying main idea and details
Main idea- is the most important idea in a text
Explicit main idea- directly stated in sentence form in the text.
Implicit main idea- indirectly stated main idea.
Details- are facts and examples that support the explicit and implicit main idea
7. Asking question- a question is a sentence that asks. Good readers ask question when
they read.
You can combine the skill of asking question and that activating knowledge by using
K-W-L
Know- remember what you already know about the topic at hand.
Want to know- what you want to know about the topic
Learned- specify what you learned about the topic
8. Paraphrasing- you put part of a reading in your own words.
9. Drawing conclusion- writers do not always tell you everything about the characters and
events in a story, instead they give hints or clues.

10.Recognizing mood in poetry- to determine the mood of a poem ask yourself what you
feel when you read it.
11. Comparing and ContrastingComparing- determining how things are the same.
Contrasting- determining how thing are different.
12.Putting text information in an outline- outline helps you put information in order.
13.Identifying Cause and Effect- you identify the event that causes another event.
The first event usually the cause and the second usually the effect.
14.Summarizing- you only give the most important ideas.
15.Synthesizing- you put together the conclusion and other ideas to form new
overall understanding.
A. Evaluation
Activity 1
Select a text from any genre. Go over the text. Identify the text features and the text
structure of the text. Preview the text. Ask two or more questions on the text.
Determine what reading strategies to use to help you understand the text.
Reference: Reading and Writing book pp. 8-13
Mastery:

December 8, 2016
8:00- 10:00 Grade 11, Rm. 210 TTh
8:00- 10:00 Grade 11, Rm. 301 Fri
10:15- 12:15 Grade 11, Rm. 207 TTh
1:15- 3:15 Grade 11, Rm. 301 Mon
Subject: Reading and Writing
Unit 1: Introductory Unit in Reading and Writing and Thinking Strategies across Text Types
Lesson 3: Types of Writing
Time frame: 2 hours
Lesson

Objectives:
Classify different text according to type of writing
Recognize the generic feature and structure of specific texts.
Identify the pattern of development used in a specific text.
Recognize the well written texts and their specific properties.

Lesson proper:
A.
Introduction:
Genres are considered as types or categories of writing, namely: narrative writing,
descriptive writing, expository writing, persuasive writing, responses to literature,
workplace and technical writing, research writing and writing for media.
B.

Motivation
Students answer right punctuations in the given numbers below
1.
Lets eat Grandma
2.
A woman without her man is nothing
3.
Wanted one night stand
C.
Direct Instruction
Asks students what is Genre and give some examples of writing and let them know what
kind of writing is that.
D.
Independent Practice
Let students enumerate types of writing.
E.
Enrichment/ Generalization
Genres are considered as types or categories of writing, namely:
1.
Narrative writing- tells a story.
Forms of Narrative writing
Fictional narrative- a story told from ones imagination.
Forms of Fictional narrative
Realistic fiction
Fantasy
Historical fiction
Mystery
Myths

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Legends
Science fiction
Tall tales
Nonfiction narrative- are any kind of literary text that tells a story about real
people.
Forms of Nonfiction narrative
Personal narratives
Biographical narratives
Diary and journal entries
Blogs
Eyewitness accounts
Memoirs
Descriptive writing- expresses ideas and feelings about real or imagined people,
events, and ideas.
Forms of Descriptive writing
Descriptive essays
Travel essays
Definition essays
Expository Writing- is a type of writing that intends to communicate ideas and
information. It relies on facts to inform or explain.
Forms of Expository Writing
Analytical essay
Compare and contrast essay
Cause and effect essay
Classification essay
Problem solution essay
Pro- con essay
Newspaper and magazine
Internet articles
On demand writing
Persuasive writing- aims to convince the reader to adopt an opinion or a course of
action.
Forms of Persuasive writing
Editorials
Opposite editorials
Letters to the editor
Reviews, evaluate items
Advertisement
Propaganda
Responses to Literature- analyze and interpret an authors work.
Forms of Responses to Literature
Critical reviews
Compare and contrast
Letters to the authors
Blog comments
Workplace and Technical Writing- is writing done on the job or as a part of a job,
often in an office setting.
Forms of Workplace Writing
Business letters
Memos
E-mail
Forms
Instruction
Resume
College application
Job application
Research Writing- is a presentation of evidence in support of a clear thesis
statement. It is based on organized ideas and factual information from outside
sources.
Forms of Research Writing
Research reports
Experiment journal
I- Search
Scientific reports
Historical reports
Health reports

8.

Writing for Media- writers can write for print media such as books and newspapers
and also for a variety of other media.
Forms of Writing for Media
News article
Documentary
Web pages
Scripts
Blogs
Advertisement
F.
Evaluation
A. Write a narrative, descriptive, expository or news about the burial of Ferdinand
Marcos.
B. Write an advertisement that will actually convince people to something or do.
G.
Reference
Reading and Writing pp. 16-23
H.
Mastery of the topic