Deconstructing Academic Texts
English as an Additional Language or Dialect · Year 11 · Academic and Literary Explorations · 4.º Período

Deconstructing Academic Texts

Students analyse the features of academic writing, including objective tone, nominalisation, and complex sentence structures. They learn to extract key information from academic sources.

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About This Topic

Students analyse the features of academic writing, including objective tone, nominalisation, and complex sentence structures. They learn to extract key information from academic sources.

Key Questions

  1. What distinguishes academic writing from other text types?
  2. How is nominalisation used to create an objective tone?
  3. How do we identify the main thesis of an academic article?

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Lesson Plan

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An English Language Arts template structured around reading, writing, speaking, and language skills, with sections for text selection, close reading, discussion, and written response.

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