Category: Reading and Writing Skills

RAWS Topic Guide 2019

TARGET DATETOPIC EXPECTED OUTPUTS
The Written Text 
June 3 – 7, 20191.    The Written Text as Connected Discourse1.       Reading Exercises
 2.    Techniques in Selecting and Organizing Information 
 a.       Brainstorming list 
 b.       Graphic organizer2.       brainstorming list 
 c.        Topic outline3.       graphic organizer 
 d.       Sentence outline4.       topic outline 
  5.       sentence outline
 3.    Patterns of Text Development 
June 10 – 14, 2019a.       narration 6.       Compilation of Annotated Paragraphs & Original Paragaphs
June 17 – 21, 2019 b.       description  
June 24 – 28, 2019c.        definition  
July 1 – 5, 2019 d.       exemplification / classification  
 e.        comparison and contrast  
 f.        cause and effect  
 g.        problem – solution  
 h.       persuasion 
   
July 8 – 12, 20194.    Properties of a Well-Written Text7.       Critique Paper with focus on
July 15 – 19, 2019 a.       Organization
 b.       Coherence and Cohesion
  c.        Language Use
  d.       Mechanics
Text and Context Connections (Critical Reading)  
   
July 22 – 26, 2019A.      Critical Reading as Looking for Ways of Thinking 
 1.       Explicit and Implicit Claims in a Text 1.       Reading Exercises
 2.       Context of Text Development  
   
July 29 – August 2, 2019B.      Critical Reading as Reasoning  
 1.       Formulating Evaluative Statements2.       1000-word critique
 2.       Determining Textual Evidence