Detailed Lesson Plan in Reading and Writing

Learning Competency: Composing text that are useful across disciplines: Book Review & Article Critique

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson
a. Distinguish between a book review and article critique
b. Compose a book review
c. State the importance of knowing how to write a book review and an article critique
II. Learning Resources
a. Content: Book review
b. Preferences: Google: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qJ6kkPRA-I)
c. Material: PowerPoint

III. Procedures

A. Preliminary Activities
- Greeting!

- Okay, let us all stand for a prayer. Missy - Okay, ma’am. In the name of the Father,
kindly lead the prayer. and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
- Good morning, class! - Good morning ma’am!

- Okay. Before we start, kindly pick up the - Okay, ma’am

pieces of paper, and arrange your chairs
properly.

- Thank you. Okay, is anyone absent?

- Class, what was your topic last, meeting - None ,ma’am

with ma’am Trixia?

- Very good

B. Motivation
Guide questions:
 What was the book or an article you have
read most recently?
 How did you find it?
 What subjects in school usually require
you to read a book or an article?
 What do you think is our topic for today?

C. Presentation
A. Distinguish between a book review and
article critique
B. Compose a book review
C. State the importance of knowing how to
write a book review and an article
critique

D. Discussion Composing text following the steps.

What is writing in disciplines?

Correct. writing in disciplines refers to writing

assignments tailored to the genres of specific
discipline or field.

Before we write a text, there are 3 most

important elements that we need to consider in
writing such as, the purpose, audience and the
subject.

Let’s talk first about purpose.

Every time you engage in writing whether it is

academic purposes or for field, it is a
requirement that you need to identify your To enlighten the minds of our readers.
purpose.
To give information
Why do we need to identify first your purpose?

Correct. Generally, you write a paper merely to

inform, or to persuade both. Our reasons on writing something.

Okay, we have purpose statement. What are we

going to write in our purpose statement?

Correct. So in our purpose statement, we will not

only state our purpose, but announces also the
scope, and direction of the paper. It tells to the readers what to expect on this
paper.
Why do we need to announce also the scope and
the direction of the paper? What does it tells us?

Correct. it tells the reader what to expect and

what the specific focus will be.

For example:
“ The goal of this paper is to examine the effects
of Chile’s agrarian reform on the lives of rural
peasants.”

What are the functions of purpose of statements

It is important to know so that we can give

Next is the audience. information and the concepts that they need to
Why do we need to know our audience? understand.

- It is important to know your target

audience because it will help you to make
decisions about what information you
should include, how you should arrange
that information, and what kind of
supporting details will be necessary for
the reader to understand what you are
presenting.
- Also the language and tone you will used
in writing. The common language, ma’am

- For example, your target audience is

second grade students. What language
are you going to use?

- Correct. just like this

Then, some of your audience or readers will not

understand the point you are trying to
What will happen if your will not understand your communicate
target audience?
Your audience will be bored because of too much
information.
Correct. What else?

Correct. here are problems cause by not

understanding your target audience:

No, it is the content of your work.

Okay, next is the limitation of your subject. What

do you mean by subject? is this the subject like
English or math? Or what?

Correct. effective writing depends on the writers’ Because not all reader can absorb a lot of
ability to limit the scope of the subject. information.

Why do we need to limit the amounts of our As a result, your reader will not remember or will
information? forget the important details, or the main point.

What will happen if your information is too much

to absorb?

Correct. our task is to provide important

information in the space we are given.

Okay, here are the texts used across the

disciplines.
1. Book review or article critique
2. Project proposal
3. Position paper.

One of the
 basic school requirement is writing a
book review or an article critique.

The content of your book review is just a review

of what you have read.

- Based from the

picture, what is This is where you give your reaction to certain
your idea about book.
a book review?

Correct, what else?

- Correct. When we say book review, it

describe the content of the book. Book
review is a thorough description, critical
analysis, and/ or evaluation of the book It give a summary of the book.
that you have read. It also gives a
summary of the content and assess the
value of the book focusing or the books’
purpose, content, and authority.

- How do we know that this thing is a book

review? Do you know some features of a
book review? Writing a book review is just the same of writing
an outline. It has 3 basic parts namely; the
- Correct. Here are the following features introduction, body and conclusion.
of a book;
Taking notes of important details, while reading.
 Book review offer a concise plot
summary.
 It offers an evaluation of the work.
 Offer a recommendation for the
audience.

- How do we a write a book review? Do

you know some steps? Because you cannot write a book review without
choosing and reading a book.
- Correct. What else?

- Very good. To write an effective book The things that you want tot include.
review, we must follow some steps.

1. Choose a book.

- Why should we choose a book before

 writing a book review?

- Correct. next is This is the first part of your book review.

2. Planning / Plan- what should we write in? You have to state your topic, and its background
information. Also, your purpose.
- Next. You can now write you
Introduction, body and conclusion.

- Now let’s talk about your ideas and

thoughts about introduction.

- What is your idea about introduction?

- Correct, what else? What should we

include in this part?

- Correct. So these are the thoughts and The statement of the main idea.
ideas that you need to include in writing
your introduction.

- Firstly, introduce the topic of the book.

Secondly, Introduce the title and the
author of the book.
Third, State the purpose of the book,
and;
State your thesis statement.

- What a thesis statement?

- Correct. You have to make it sound

simple but strong.

- For example;

 WEAK: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is

Mark Twains best novel.

 STRONG: Some People think that The

Adventures of Tom Sawyer is Mark The first statement is weak, ma'am, because the
Twains’ best novel. knowledge is very common. The third statement
is the strongest one, because it states the reason
 STRONGER: The Adventures of Sawyer is why The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the best
Mark Twains’ best novel because of its novel.
use of satire, imagery, and symbolism.

Why do you think the first statement is

weak? And the third statement is the
strongest one? This is the part where you state important
information of the book.

Very good. Next is the body.

What should we include in this part?

Because, you are writing a book review, how can
we make a review of a book if we will not cite or
Correct. in writing your body, you need to; make use of 3 or more quotation from the
authors’ novel? You have to give the reader some
1. Use 3 quotations from the authors’ information about this book. Without it, it’s
novel. Summarize the quotation in useless.
your own words.

- Okay, why do you think that we need to

use 3 or more quotations from the
authors’ novel? Why not only 1?

- Very good. Book review is a preview. You

are going to give a glimpse of what do
they see or can expect.

2. Mention your point-of-view of the Conclusion

quotations.
3. Summarize the major points of the
author’s argument. In conclusion, you have to summarize the details
4. Identify key strengths and weaknesses. in your body.
5. Support your claim with evidence of the You also have to restate your thesis statement.
text.
You have to state your overall reaction or rating
- Next. What is the last part your book of the book.
review?

- What should we include in your

conclusion?

- Correct. What else?

- Very good. in your conclusion, you have

 to;

1. Briefly, summarize the quotation and the

explanation.
2. State the things you have learned from
the book.
3. Your overall assessment of the books’
importance.
4. The people who can benefit from reading
this book, and Library ma’am
5. State how future researchers can build
on this book. News articles
6. Does the book make space for new kinds
of research within its field? online resources

- Now let’s talk about article critique.

- Where can we find reading articles?

- Correct, what else? judge

- Examples of an articles , we have library,

newspapers, magazines, scholarly journal analyse
and online resources.

- Okay, what comes into your mind when

we say critique?

Correct, what else?

Correct. Critiquing is a systematic evaluation of a To avoid biases or bias statement.

piece of work and it is important that it doesn't
simply focus on the positive or negative aspects
of the artefact, but presents a balanced view.

Meaning to say, you are going to critique both You are going to evaluate an article.
good and bad parts of an article.

- Why do you think that have to present a

balance point of view?

- Correct.

- How about when I say Article critique?

The writer evaluate both positive and negative

 - Correct. Article critique is a task that parts of a piece of work. Which the writer is going
requires a student to critically read a to give his reasons and evidence to support his
research article and reflect upon it. The claim.
task is to identify the strong and weak
sides of piece and assess how well the
author interprets its resources.

- How do we critique an article?

Very good. here are your checklist in choosing

what article you should choose.

statements yes no
Is there an evidence of bias or a
conflict of interest?
Is the article timely and relevant
or is it outdated?
Did the author/s ground their
research in theory and previous
literature?
Just like in book review ma’am, you have to state
Let’s proceed on your article format. the main point of the author, you also have to
There are 4 parts of your article format. introduce the title and the authors’ name.
1. Introduction
2. Summary
3. Critique
4. Conclusion

What are the things that we need to include in

your introduction?

Correct.
- Here are things that you need to include
in your introduction.
 The Author’s name (s) and the title of the
article The main points of the article ma’am.
 The authors’ main point
 A thesis statement that previews your The findings of the article
analysis
- After your introduction, is the summary.

- What are we going to summarize?

- Correct, what else?

 - Summarize the following in your own
words.
The strength and weaknesses of the article
 The main points of the article
 The arguments presented in the article
 The findings of the article

Next. The Critique part.

- What are we going to critique?

Correct. In this part, you are going to;

 discuss the strength and weaknesses of

the article that you noted.
Restate and summarize the key points in your
 State your informed opinions about the own words.
clarity, relevancy, and accuracy of the
article, using specific examples from the
article to support your statements.

- Next we have the conclusion.

- What should we write in conclusion

- Correct.

 Summarize the key points in the article, as

well as the key points from your analysis.
It is important to study about the book review
 Close with a comment about the significance and how to make it, because it will help us to
of the research or a statement of future determine whether this particular book will be
research needed in the field. the right book for them right now, especially for
young people who are fun reading books.

It can help us reader to understand the main of a

- So why do you think that it is important certain book.
to study about book review? How will
you apply it in a real world situation or as
a student?

- Correct, what else?

- Very good. Book reviews help potential

readers become familiar with what a The summary of the content of the book that
book is about, give them an idea of how involves an evaluation.
 they themselves might react to it and
determine whether this particular book Involves analysing the content of the book.
will be the right book for them right now.

E. Generalization introduction, body and Conclusion

Again, what is a book review?

- Correct, what else?

Reading a piece of research and identify and
evaluate strength and weaknesses.
- What are the three basic part of a book
review?

- Very good.

- How about article critique?

- Very good.

F. Application
Activity: Simple Recall!
Instruction: Choose the letter that corresponds
to your answer.
1. The first part of a book review should
include:
a. the summary of the book
b. the author of the book
c. the title
d. the recommendations

2. What should be included in the

"introduction" part?
a. Background Information
b. Strong thesis
c. Significant Facts
d. All of above

3. A book review...
a. is an essay that only summarizes the
books
b. wants someone to have the same
opinion as you
c. gives only facts and details
d. is a story about a book

4. Which should not be included in your

book review?
 a. summary
b. reasons to read the book
c. reasons to not read the book
d. none of the above

5. A conclusion is important because...

a. it wraps up your writing and gives a sense
of closure
b. introduces the topic
c. gives facts and details
d. gives a title

II. Essay
1. What is the difference between a book
review and an article critique?

IV. Evaluation
Direction: Compose a book review following the steps on how to make a book review.

V. Assignment
a. Adavnce study about article critique, and answer the following question.

1. What is article critique

2. Example of article critique
3. Steps on writing article critique.