SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN

READING & WRITING SKILLS (RWS)

I. OBJECTIVE

Learning Competency:
The learner –
1. Identifies the unique features of and requirements in composing composing
professional correspondence (EN11/12RWS-IVdg-13)
2. Resume (EN11/12RWS-IVhj-13.1)
3. Application for Employment (EN11/12RWS-IVhj-13.3)

Instructional Objective:
By end of the lesson, the students will have been able to:
1. The learner defines what a position paper is.
2. The learner identifies the parts of a Position Paper.

II. CONTENT
 Lesson: PURPOSEFUL WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINE / POSITION PAPER
Learning Resources: Internet, PowerPoint presentation, Laptop, TV
References:
Gabelo, N., et. al (2016). Reading-Writing Connection for the 21 st Century Learners for
Senior High School. Malabon City: Mutya Publishing House, Inc.
Fernandez, E., et. al (2013). A Worktext in English 2 Writing in the Discipline.
Quezon City: C & E Publishing, Inc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZxpGj5SIbs

III. PROCEDURE
A. Preparation
1. Prayer, greeting, checking of attendance.
2. Q&A about past lesson

B. Motivation
JIGSAW Puzzle - Group the learners into 3 and solve the jigsaw
pattern and make an arguable caption (7-10 minutes).
C. Analysis
After the activity, the teacher will ask the following questions to the class:
1. What is your group’s stand on the issue presented in the puzzles?
2. Why is it important for citizens of the nation to be able to analyze argument?
3. Do you think it is important to have a viewpoint on a certain topic/issue?

D. Abstraction
The teacher discusses and explains the different parts of a Position Paper AND
How to make your stand strong?

INTRODUCTION
(interprets, analyzes and explains the source demonstrating your knowledge)
BODY (presentation of arguments supported BY evidence)
CONCLUSION (summarize, restate in a forceful manner your position)

INTRODUCTION
a) Analyze the source/quote: pull it apart sentence by sentence and explain the meaning
of the source both in general terms and more specifically
b) Identify the perspective the source/quote reflects:
c) Explain your understanding of that ideology (discuss key underlying beliefs or political
principles or economic principles)
d) state your position. Do you agree with the ideological perspective or not?
NOTE:
If taking a qualified position, state it clearly and precisely.

BODY
a) Explain your first reason to support your position
b) Factual, relevant and accurate evidence to prove your first argument
c) Explain your second argument/reason
d) Factual, relevant and accurate evidence to prove your second argument
e) Explain your third argument/reason
f) Factual, relevant and accurate evidence to prove your last argument
NOTE:
In General, the strongest/best argument should be the last. Others would advise the
first argument by the strongest/best; never the middle argument.

CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH
(summarize, restate in a forceful manner your position)
NOTE: Please remember that the conclusion should not merely be a brief repetition of
your results – in that case your discussion would seem fairly pointless. Focus
instead on what your results may imply after careful consideration
 (consideration that you have outlined in your discussion).

E. Application
Identify the Parts of a position paper from the article, “A Measured Response to the
World” by Marikit Tara Alto Uychoco. Choose sentences that best describe the
introduction, Body and concluding paragraph.

1. The world can be a chaotic place. Often, there seems to be no rhyme or

reason in the events that happen to us. Oftentimes, people despair, and the
modern alienation articulated by Henry Thoreau may be true for many----"The
mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”

2. In order to make sense of the world, people write. In order to create a

semblance of order and understanding of one's experiences people write.
Often enough, they write a measured response to what has happened to them.
This takes on various forms, but for the purpose of this textbook, the forms, but for
the purpose of this textbook, the forms we will explore are the review and the
reaction paper.

3. Of course, some may consider a diary entry to be a reaction paper to the

world. However, diary entries are personal in their significance, while the reaction
paper's significance is societal. The reaction paper is written for the
enlightenment of one's fellow human beings; a diary entry is written for the
enlightenment of the self. Both have their significance, however, only the
reaction paper is considered significantly valuable for the academe.

4. There is also a difference in form: the reaction paper is more formal, more
descriptive, and often uses the rhetorical devices of description and narration in
order to prove a point; while the diary entry is less formal, less descriptive, and
does not endeavor to persuade or to make another person understand; hence,
there is no real effort in using rhetorical devices. Oftentimes, the diary entry is a
way to rage against petty insults and grievances.

5. When one reads a reaction paper, one expects to be informed and amused.
Reaction papers help us in our everyday decisions: from what movie we should
watch, to the clothing that we should wear, and the causes that we should
believe in. It tells us that we are not alone in experiencing the world, and that
there are others before us who care to tell us what to watch out for, and how to
best experience what we are about to go through.

6. Modern interpretations of the reaction paper are the movie, review, gadget
review, trip advisor post, and other travel reviews, restaurant reviews, and essays
that discuss a social phenomenon or a common experience. Many editorials
can be considered reaction papers, if not, position papers. Many of them are
written in newspapers, magazines, and weblogs.

7. Although the modern world can be a lonely and alienating place, the
reaction paper can reach put and tell us that we are not alone. It helps to know
that the other person is going through the same experience as well, and that this
person has something to tell you about how to survive, what to avoid, and
where to seek pleasure. A reaction paper, when done right, can help us process
our own experience, and help us see things that we weren't able to see on on
our own.

8. In today's multimedia world, this stretches across countries and over territorial
borders, where a housewife from Manila can tell a tourist from Tokyo how to best
survive Manila's hot summer. We reach out to one another, in order to make the
world a better place, by mapping the world for others, and letting them know
where beauty and darkness reside.
 IV. EVALUATION
The teacher will ask the learners to choose their partner and begin answering the given
activity below.

Instruction: Write G if the practice is good one; write W if not.

______ 1. Patrick considers all possible views on the issue at hand.
______ 2. Alex says that the issue is crucial component of a position paper.
______ 3. Brendon thinks that an issue is debatable if it cannot be answered by yes or no.
______ 4. Peter conducts an audience analysis to help him write a more persuasive position
paper.
______ 5. Katy boasts about her credentials to establish her credibility as a writer.
______ 6. Jack primarily uses opinions in supporting his arguments.
______ 7. Nicki uses statistical data in supporting her arguments.
______ 8. Brandon believes that the main goal of a position paper is to inform readers.
______ 9. Jamie uses emotional appeal in all of his position paper because it is the best type
of appeal.
______ 10. Matt restates his position in the concluding paragraph.

ASSIGNMENT (optional)

REMARKS

REFLECTIONS (after conducting classes)

Prepared by: Manilyn E. Templo

T-I

Noted by: Mrs. Helen Ogoc

SHS Head Teacher