Republic of the Philippines

State Universities and Colleges

NORTHERN ILOILO POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE
AJUY CAMPUS
Ajuy, Iloilo
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Date of Revision:
I.
Course No.
: English 102
II.
Course Title
: Writing in the Discipline
III.
Course Credit
: 3 units
IV.
Course Description
: This course deals with effective language, thinking skills and language strategies
necessary for academic studies.
V.

College Vision and Mission:

VISION OF THE STATE COLLEGE

A leading polytechnic institution offering capability and industry-oriented programs deriving its strengths from
the industry partnership in developing competent person responsive to his needs and to the community.
MISSION OF THE STATE COLLEGE
NIPSC, as a state-supported institution established pursuant to B.P. 500, aims to provide education and
training for human to accelerate and sustain the socio-economic transformation of its service area by offering
quality, relevant, accessible and effective polytechnic programs.
Specifically, NIPSC is committed to:
1. Provide education that will promote personal development, social responsibility, technical proficiency, and
professional integrity;
2. Provide responsible professionals/leaders, competent technologists, high-skilled technicians and workers
and dynamic entrepreneurs for rural
development.
3. Undertake research and extension to further knowledge and technology transfer;
4. Enhance its critical role in community development; and
5. Use planning to effectively respond to the changing environment, and to achieve balanced growth.

OBJECTIVES OF THE TEACHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

1. Provide quality instruction to produce teachers with sufficient knowledge and skills necessary for immediate
and gainful employment and in making
them professional;
2. Expose students to varied activities and experiences that will encourage them to think critically so that
they may be able to do their work intelligently;
3. Involve students in research and extension activities that will make them useful and productive members of
the community in particular and the
nation in general;
4. Instill in students desirable values that are necessary in their development as human beings.
VI.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES
At the end of the semester the students can:

1. Articulate the relationship of education to larger historical, social, cultural and political processes;
2. Facilitate learning using a wide range of teaching methodologies in various types of environment;
3. Develop alternative teaching approaches to diverse learners;
4. Apply skills in curriculum development, lesson planning, materials development, instructional delivery and
educational assessment;
5. Demonstrate basic and higher levels of thinking skills in planning, assessing and reporting;
6. Practice professional and ethical teaching standards to respond to the demands of the community;
7. Pursue a lifelong learning foe personal and professional growth.
VII.

Program Outcomes for Bachelor of Secondary Education

1. Demonstrate in-depth understanding of the development of adolescent learners;

2. Exhibit comprehensive knowledge of various learning areas in secondary education curriculum;
3. Create and utilize appropriate to the secondary level to enhance teaching and learning;
4. Design and implement tools and procedures to measure secondary learning outcomes;
5. Construct and utilize appropriate technology supported instructional materials which will enhance teaching
and learning in the secondary level.

Course Name
Course Credits
Course Description
Contact Hours/Weeks
Prerequisite
Course Objectives

Writing in the Discipline

3 units
This course deals with effective language, thinking skills and language strategies necessary
for academic studies.
3 hours
English 101
At the end of the semester, the students must have:
1. utilized the skills in paragraph writing with full knowledge of its techniques and qualities.
2. developed and applied the basic guidelines in writing effective business letters.
3. written coherent research paper using different communicative methodology.
4. integrated the concepts of technical writing with the research paper.

LEARNING PLAN
Desired
Learning
Outcomes (DLO)

Course Content/
Subject Matter

Textbooks/
References

Teaching
Learning
Activities
(TLAs)

At the end of the

unit, the students
must have:
1. identified the
types of sentences
according
to
structure.
2.
distinguished
the strategies in
building
and
improving
sentence
structures.

Part I. Foundation
of Good Writing
A.
Sentences
According
to
Structure
1. Simple sentence
2.
Compound
sentence
3.
Complex
sentence
4.
Compoundcomplex sentence
B. Building Better

Gorospe, E.et al.

(2000).Writing
in
the
Discipline.Philippine
s: Central Philippine
University

Lecture

and

Assessment
Task (ATs)

Resource
Materials

One
Paper

Chalkboard

Minute

Diagram
Think-Pair-Share

Teacher-Made
Test

Manila
paper/cartoli
na

Tim
e
Tab
le

3
hrs

Sentence
Analysis

2 hr
3

3.
constructed
better
sentences
with the aid of
grammar rules.

At the end of the

unit, the students
must have:
1. identified the
qualities of a good
paragraph.
2.
distinguished
the
different
methods
of
developing
a
paragraph.
3. developed a
paragraph using a
specified method.
4. written unified
and
coherent
sentences
in
a
paragraph.

Sentences
C.
Improving
Sentence Structure
1. Participial Phrases
2.
Dangling
Modifiers
3.
Misplaced
Modifiers
4.
Squinting
Modifiers
Part II. Paragraph
Writing
A. Qualities of a
Good Paragraph
1. Unity
2. Coherence
3. Emphasis
4. Variety
5. Interestingness
B. Techniques in
Writing a Paragraph
1. Definition
2. Description
3. Cause and Effect
4. Comparison and
Contrast
5. Analogy
6. Classification
7.
Combination
Method

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

hrs

Gorospe, E.et al.

(2000).Writing
in
the
Discipline.Philippine
s: Central Philippine
University
Dapito, C. et al.
(2014). Writing in
the
Discipline.Manila:
Grandbooks
Publishing Inc.

Lecture

Teacher-Made
Test

Organizing Ideas
Library Work
Paragraph
Construction

Essay/Feature
Writing

Chalkboard
Manila
paper/cartoli
na
Samples
of
paragraphs
using types
of
writing
techniques

3
hrs

4
hrs

At the end of the

unit, the students
must have:
1.
defined
a
business letter and
identified
its
purpose.
2.
distinguished
the essential parts
of
a
business
letter.
3. identified the
different
formats
and types
of a
business letter.
4. written effective
business letters.

Part
III.
The
Business
Correspondence
A.
Definition
of
Business Letter
B. Purpose of a
Business Letter
C. Technical Layout
of a Business Letter
1. Letterhead
2. Inside Address
3. Attention Line
4. Subject Line
5. Salutation
6. Body
7.
Complimentary
Close and Signature
8. End Notations
9. Copy Line
D. Business Letter
Style
1. Format
2. Prose
3. Manner
4. Accuracy
E. Kinds of Business
Letter
1.
Letter
of
Application
2. Letter of inquiry

Dapito, C. et al.
(2014). Writing in
the
Discipline.Manila:
Grandbooks
Publishing Inc.

Lecture
Business
Letter
Composition

Teacher-Made
Test

Handouts
Business
letter
samples

Graphic
Organizers

of

2hrs

4
hrs

2
hrs

7
hrs

At the end of the

unit, the students
must have:
1. determined the
importance
of
research paper.
2. identified the
different methods
of research and
the
steps
in
preparing
the
research.
3. formulated a
thesis statement.
4.
showed
intellectual
honesty
in
documenting their
research work.
5. written coherent

3.
Letter
of
Complaint
and
Adjustment Letter
4. Letter of Request
5. Letter of Sales
6.
Letter
of
Memorandum
7. Letter to the
Editor
8.
Letter
of
Resignation
Part
IV.
The
Research Paper
A.
Meaning
and
Importance
of
Research
B.
Methods
of
Research
1. Library research
2.
Empirical
Research
3. Pure Research
4. Applied Research
5. Experimental or
Laboratory Research
6.Field Research
C.
Steps
in
Preparing Research
Paper
1.
Choosing
an
Appropriate Subject

Dapito, C. et al.
(2014). Writing in
the
Discipline.Manila:
Grandbooks
Publishing Inc.

Lecture
Library research/
net surfing

Teacher-Made
Test
Formulating
research study

Chalkboard
Sample
of
Research
studies/thesi
s

1 hr
3
hrs

Brainstorming
Gorospe, E.et al.
(2000).Writing
in
the
Discipline.Philippine
s: Central Philippine
University

Graphic
Organizer

20
hrs

Research Paper.

Course
Requirements

for Research
2.
Preparing
Bibliography
3.
Reading
and
Taking Down Notes
4. Formatting Thesis
Statement
5. Writing on the
Outline
6. Writing the Draft
7.
Showing
intellectual Honesty
1. Passed the written examinations (prelim, midterm, pre-finals, finals)
2. Business letters
3. Descriptive Research

Grading System

1. Cognitive Domain
Quizzes
20%
Major Exams 30%
Class Participation -----

60%

10%

2. Psychomotor Domain
---------

Midterm Grade

50%
30%

Final Grade

50%
Project/Output Oral Recitation 3. Affective Domain
Attendance RICH Values -

15%
15%

100%
10%

5%
5%

Classroom Policies

TOTAL
100%
1. Five (5) consecutive absences without valid excuse letter, a student will be dropped in her/his subject.
2. Submission of requirements/projects should be on or before the final exam.

Prepared by:
EMMIE ROSE S. LEGASPI
Instructor