Learning Area English for Academic and Professional Purposes Grade Level 12

W5 Quarter 1/3 Date

I. LESSON TITLE Critique Paper

II. MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING Writes an objective/balanced review or critique of a work of art, an event or
COMPETENCIES (MELCs) a program
III. CONTENT/CORE CONTENT Writing the Reaction Paper/Review/ Critique

IV. LEARNING Suggested

Learning Activities
PHASES Timeframe
A. Introduction 30 minutes Still remember the RC Cola commercial? Given a chance to give your
Panimula reaction to it, how will you write it? What critical writing approach will you use?

From the previous lesson, you learned the different critical approaches to
writing. You can use any of these approaches and critique forms of art and
literature to help you and your reader understand or have another perspective
on how to look at these things. Now, how will you do it? How will you proceed in
critiquing the said commercial?

What is critiquing?
Critiquing is a systematic way of highlighting weakness and strengths and
weaknesses and its applicability to practice. Experts affirm that almost every
reader can identify the strengths and weaknesses of a masterpiece.

Why write a critique?

A critique is an exercise in judging the value of a piece of writing or research. It is
also a way of improving your own skills by looking at the way other writers and
researchers work. It is a valuable exercise in the careful reading of text that will
increase your understanding of a particular subject.

What are the functions of being a critic?

1. to introduce the author/work
2. ignite interest on a neglected work
3. show relationship between ages and cultures
4. contribute to better understanding of a work
5. make a study on art and its "making"
6. introduce the relationship of art and life

(Note: A critique is the paper that exercises the value of a piece of writing or
research while a critic is a person who writes a critique)

It needs to be clarified that when one performs criticism, it’s NOT SIMPLY
FINDING FAULT/MISTAKES OR WRONG, but it aims to find excellence and
perfections.

What are the steps that we need to do to write a critique?

It is important that your critique has a definite structure and is easy to follow. You
will need to think logically about how you sequence your work. Below is a pattern
that you might like to use.

1 Analyze the text

This should include some or all of the following:
set out the main purpose of the author’s book or article.
identify the main point that the author is making.
discuss the arguments that are used to support the main point and the
evidence that supports them.
explain the conclusions reached by the author and how they have been
reached.

2 Evaluate the text

You will need to comment not only on the content of the piece but also on the
way in which it has been written. Consider the following:
is the argument logical?
is the text well organized, clear and easy to read?

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 have important terms been clearly defined?
are the facts accurate?
do the arguments support the main point?
is there sufficient evidence for the arguments?
does the text present and consider opposing points of view?
does the material help you understand the subject?
what questions/observations does this article suggest?
what does this text make you think about?

3 Write in standard essay form

A critique should be written in an essay format. It will need an introduction, a
main
body of text and a conclusion. You will need to prepare a rough draft of your
essay.
For more discussion about this, please see Self-Learning Module Grade 12 EAPP
by De Asis J.M., Quarter 1 Module 1 , pp. 41-43

What are the parts of a critique?

The following is the different section of a critique:
I. Introduction
Define the subject of your critique and your point of view
Background to Research
II. Main body
Begin with a brief summary describing the project.
Discuss the strengths of the article
Discuss the weaknesses of the article
III. Conclusion
Re-emphasize your argument/point of view
Make final suggestions and/or positive and negative criticisms on the book or
article you critiqued
What questions/observations does the article suggest? (the final paragraph)
60 minutes Learning Task 1: React to the statements presented below by choosing from the
faces presented to express your feelings regarding the given sentences.

Happy Face Sad Face Neutral Face

1. Getting back to class again.

2. How the government leaders are doing their job?
3. Immediate closure of ABS-CBN
4. Knowing that you have teachers who are concern about you
5. Not having a girlfriend / boyfriend yet
6. Plans of going to college next year
7. Discovery of an effective vaccine against COVID – 19 that is
accessible to everybody
8. Adjusting to the demands of this new normal
9. Increasing number of COVID – 19 recoveries in our country
10. Sarah Geronimo signing a contract in GMA

Learning Task 2: Answer the following questions based on the texts given.

1. Among your responses, which have the most number of faces?

2. How did you feel while giving your reactions?

3. Is it important to always give reactions to everything that’s happening around

us? Why do you say so?

Learning Task 3: Write TRUE if the statement is correct, FALSE if not.

1. A critic is the same thing as a critique.
2. Critiquing allows a person to see the weakness for improvement.
3. There are a variety of ways on how to write a critique.
4. Critique papers can be used solely for arts purposes.
5. Research is needed when writing a critic.
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 6. Performing criticism is finding fault and errors in forms of art and literature.
7. Arguments supporting the main point and its evidences are relevant in a
critique.
8. Author’s background is insignificant to his/her work.
9. Recommendation should be written at the end of the critique.
10. A critique benefits the readers/viewers not the author/creator.

C. Engagement 30 minutes Learning Task 4: Read the story and answer the
Pakikipagpalihan questions below.

Albert Einstein
As a child, Albert Einstein had a great difficulty
in speaking and reading due to his dyslexia.
His teachers thought he was mentally retarded
and anti-social. One teacher even told his
father, “No matter what he does, he will never
amount to anything.” He was forced to take
up a job as a clerk in a Swiss Patent office and
it seemed the teacher’s prophecy was coming
true. But in 1905, while still a clerk, he published
a paper called the Special Theory of Relativity.
The paper became so famous that by 1908, he
was a considered a leading scientist and by
1921, he won the Nobel prize. By the time he
died, he became the most famous scientist of
all time and his name became synonymous
with the word, genius. So, what happened to the critics who said he was
mentally retarded and would never amount to anything? Well, nobody knows
what happened to them, since nobody bothers to remember them!

(adapted from: Inspirational Stories of Overcoming Criticism and Achieving Success by

Anubhav Srivastava)

1. What lesson did you get from this story?

2. What’s the importance of not giving in to the criticisms of other people?

D. Assimilation 60 minutes Learning Task 5: Choose from the items presented below (a painting or an article)
Paglalapat and write your critique paper reaction using any of the given critical writing
approaches. Put your answers on a whole sheet of paper.

1. Work of Art:

Title: Hapag ng Pag-asa

Painter: Joey Velasco

Photo retrieved from https://www.philippinesbasiceducation.us/2013/03/hapag-ng-pag-asa-table-of-

hope.html

2. Article:
PUP grads are employers’ top pick for new hires
By: Faye Orellana

Graduates from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) emerged

anew as the top choice of employers when it comes to hiring fresh graduates, a
latest report by Jobstreet Philippines showed.
According to the data of the “2018 Fresh Graduate Report,” the state-run
university bested the four other big universities in the country, Radyo Inquirer 990
AM reported on Wednesday.
In 2016 report, Jobstreet also found that graduates from PUP are the top
choice of various employers.
Following PUP were the University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila

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 University, University of Santo Tomas, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, and
Far Eastern University.
Both the De La Salle University and Technological Institute of the Philippines
landed at the seventh spot.
The University of San Carlos, University of Cebu, and the University of the East
were also part of the top 10.
Jobstreet report said the employers are highly considering the qualities of the
fresh graduates, particularly their willingness to learn, personal grooming, and
ability to work with others.
The company added that 24 percent of employers coming from the BPO
industry, manufacturing, professional services, retail, and machinery and
equipment said that they were already willing to hire graduates from the K-12
programs, report showed.
Meanwhile, 25 percent of employers said that they were still not yet ready to
hire K-12 graduates.

The following rubric will be used for scoring:

Name:
Title:

Adapted from
Rubric for research paper. (n.d.). Available from
http://www.tenebrae.org/coursework/research-

V. ASSESSMENT 40 minutes Learning Task 6: Multiple Choice

Read and understand the excerpt of Animal Farm by George Orwell.

“Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are
miserable, laborious, and short. We are born, we are given just so much food as
will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are capable of it are
forced to work to the last atom of our strength; and the very instant that our
usefulness has come to an end we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty. No
animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year
old. No animal in England is free. The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is
the plain truth.

“But is this simply part of the order of nature? Is it because this land of ours is so
poor that it cannot afford a decent life to those who dwell upon it? No,
comrades, a thousand times no! The soil of England is fertile, its climate is good, it
is capable of affording food in abundance to an enormously greater number of
animals that now inhabit it. This single farm of ours would support a dozen horses,
twenty cows, hundreds of sheep – and all of them living in a comfort and a
dignity that are now almost beyond our imagining. Why then do we continue in
this miserable condition? Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labour
is stolen from us by human beings. There, comrades, is the answer to all our
problems. It is summed up in a single word – Man. Man is the only real enemy we
have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork
is abolished forever.

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 “Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring
from the tyranny of human beings? Only get rid of Man, and the produce of our
labour would be our own. Almost overnight we could become rich and free.
What then must we do? Why, work night and day, body and soul, for the
overthrow of the human race! That is my message to you, comrades: Rebellion! I
do not know when that Rebellion will come, it might be in a week or in a hundred
years, but I know, as surely as I see this straw beneath my feet, that sooner or later
justice will be done. Fix your eyes on that, comrades, throughout the short
remainder of your lives! And above all, pass on this message of mine to those
who come after you, so that future generations shall carry the struggle until it is
victorious.

Read each statement carefully and write the letter of BEST answer on the space
provided for.

1. Which of the following is the best central conflict for the given excerpt?
A. Man vs. society – society exploited the animals by treating them cruelly; thus,
animals desired freedom
B. Man vs. man – the animals negatively received the advice of their fellow
animal about the evilness of men
C. Man vs. nature – nature ordered that animals be subservient to men while
men lorded over all animals
D. Man vs. self – the animals are hesitant whether to push on the rebellion or
continue being slaves of men

2. The following societal issues are exemplified in the excerpt EXCEPT

A. Economic Exploitation C. Abuse of Power
B. Social Stratification D. Gender Inequality

3. What does the work say about economic or social power?

A. Those with power control the society leading to corruption and manipulation
B. Traditional power structure should be replaced by a new social order
C. The poor has less money while the ruling class is always full in the belly
D. Society ‘s ill practice of living on unearned income is unwelcome

4. What is the relationship between the characters and their society?

A. Oppressed and the oppressors C. Vulnerable and the powerful
B. The Ignorant and the educated D. Gullible and the manipulative

5. Which critical writing approach BEST critique Animal Farm?

A. Biographical Approach C. Reader-Response Approach
B. Psychological Approach D. Sociological Approach

VI. REFLECTION 20 minutes In your journal, write your personal insights about the lesson using the prompts
below:
I understand that .
I realize that .
I need to learn more about .

Prepared by: Jenny C. De Leon Checked by: Andrea C. Señadoza

SHS Teacher –IS of Lawa EPS-Calamba City

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