Department of Education

Region VI – Western Visayas

Lesson Plan in English 7

I. OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1.Distinguish the features of literary and academic writing.
2. Differentiate literary and academic writing.
3. Write a simple paragraph choosing between academic and literary writing.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

a. Topic: Literary and Academic Writing.
b. Materials: Printed Visuals Aids.
c. Reference: Learning Package p.26
III. PROCEDURE: Picture Talk:
Present pictures of cyberbullying and nature.

Activity: Directions: Read the Following Text:

Cyberbullying is one of the disadvantages Natures first green is gold,

of social media. It includes mean text Her hardest hue to hold,
messages or emails , rumors sent by Her early lips flower
emails or posted on social networking But only so an hour.
sites and embarrassing pictures, videos, Then leaf subsides to leaf.
website or fake profiles.

Analysis: Teacher will ask the students the following questions:

1. What are the words in Column 1 that have meanings different from literal
interpretation?
2. Which of the two columns includes line that have meanings the same with literal
interpretation?
3. How are the lines in Column 1 different from Column 2?

Abstraction: > Academic Writing – is rigid, procedural, purposed purely to convey knowledge,
data and information. It is orderly and organized.

Characteristics

 Factual
 Informative, instructional or persuasive
 Clear, Precise and Straightforward
  Objective
 Specialized Vocabulary

Example:
Global Warming is a serious threat to Earth, causing many harmful effect on the
environment and the ozone layer which protect Earth from harmful sun’s rays.

 Literary Writing - is inspired, artistic and entertains with word, concepts and deep meaning.

Characteristics :
 Fictional and Imaginative
 Entertaining, Provocative and Captivating
 Artistic, Figurative, Symbolic or even Vague
 Generalized Vocabulary

Example:

The Dessert

The Thirsty, barren earth sat despairingly beneath the hot, blazing sun.

Application: Present samples of different Literary and Academic text. Then let the students identify
whether its literary or academic writing.

IV. Evaluation
Directions
Identify the sentences below whether it is Literary Writing or Academic Writing. Write LW if
it is Literary Writing and AW if it is Academic Writing.

1.Your smile is as bright as the moonshine,

2. President Duterte visited Iloilo City on Monday.
3. The brains stiffness helps dictate how nerve cells grow, study suggest.
4.Genetics and Climate studies differ on when modern humans left Africa.
5. Nothing gold can stay.

V. Assignment

Journal Number 2

Write a simple paragraph choosing between Academic and Literary Writing about your Barangays most
practice culture.