Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
DIVISION OF DUMAGUETE CITY
RAMON TEVES PASTOR MEMORIAL
DUMAGUETE SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL
INTEGRATED SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

1st Performance Task and Written Output in

English for Academic and Professional Purposes
Performance Standard:
 The student should be able to produce a detailed information gathered from various academic text read.
 The student should be able to produce a written - objective assessment of the academic text.

Instructions:
1. Class will be divided into 8 groups. (by row)
2. The student shall be given a copy of a research article from the Philippine Science High School- Western Visayas
Campus Research Journal Batch 2019.
3. By applying their knowledge on Outlining and Paraphrasing, Foundations in Writing a Review, each group should be
able to write a minimum of 300-word essay and be able to rate the academic paper using the provided rubric. (The
rubric shall also serve as their guide in writing their essay)
4. The content of their essay should at least contain 3 paragraphs. (introduction, body and conclusion)
5. Deadline of Submission is on November 22, 2019 on or before 4:00 PM. Deduction of points shall be observed for
late papers. (note: except for those students who will be representing the school in RFOT, Science Fair and RSPC,
they should be able to submit it before the Christmas break)
6. The subject teacher will collect the outputs from their class president. The class president shall submit a sheet of
paper indicating the list of groups who were not able to submit their output.
7. A rubric shall be used in rating the group’s output.
8. The format of the paper is given below:
a) DOCUMENT HEADING- On the upper left corner of the first page of your book review, you should type
your name, the instructor's name, your class, and the date as follows (single-spaced):
Dela Cruz J., Pilato C.E., Ricarde G., Elizarde K, Bato M.J.,
Mr. Ivan Jayson A. Macabenta
SHS 12- STEM Apollo
18 November 2019

b) DOCUMENT MARGINS- Papers submitted for review or grading should have 1” margins except for the left
with 1.25-inch margin.
c) INDENTATION/TYPESETTING- The first line of each paragraph should be automatically indented.
d) FONT- Papers should be in 12- point Times New Roman font size.
e) ALIGNMENT- The text of your paper should be left aligned, NOT justified. Do not choose "Justify."
f) DOCUMENT SPACING- The entire paper should be single-spaced, including the heading.
g) PARAGRAPH SPACING- Papers should have 1 extra spacing after paragraphs.
h) PAGE NUMBERS- Your last name and the page number should appear in the upper right corner of each
page of your essay, including the first page. (e.g. Dela Cruz et., al 1)
 RUBRIC FOR RATING THE RESEARCH ARTICLE
CRITERIA 20-18
Content  There is one clear, well-
focused thesis.
 Excellent command of
subject matter.
 Evidence of independent
thought.
 Supporting arguments
relate to main claim & are
well organized.
 Thesis stands out and is
supported by details.
Relevant, telling, quality
details give important
information, going beyond
the obvious or predictable.
Organization  Details are in logical order.
 Conclusion is strong and
states the point of the
paper.
Style  Extremely fluent and
articulate relation of ideas;
effective, powerful tone and
language use; structural
design versatile and
complex.
 A variety of thoughtful
transitions show how ideas
are connected.
 Pacing is well-controlled.
17-14 13-10
 Thesis is clear but  Thesis is somewhat
supporting information clear but more
is general. supporting details are
 A reasonable command needed.
of subject matter.  Relative absence of
 A capacity for independent thought.
independent thought,  Inconsistent
though not fully substantiation of
realized. claim.
 Sufficent substantiation  Supporting details and
of claim. information are
 Supporting details are somewhat relevant,
relevant, but one or but key points are
more key issues is unsupported.
unsupported.
 Details are in logical  Significant lapses in
order but may be organization.
presented in less  Some details not in
interesting ways. logical or expected
 Conclusion is order and this is
recognizable and ties distracting.
up almost all loose  Conclusion is
ends. recognizable but does
not tie up all loose
ends.
 Reasonably fluent  Problematic written
relation of voice (possibly halting,
ideas; attempt at tone blunt, confusing,
and language use nonacademic) - ideas
somewhat effective; unclear; inappropriate
 Structure lacks variety and/or mundane tone
and/or complexity. & language use;
 Transitions clearly show  no attempt at
how ideas are sentence variability;
connected, but there is generally repetitious
little variety. tone and language.
 Pacing is well-  Some transitions work
controlled, but there is well; connections
a lack of elaboration in between other ideas
some areas. are fuzzy.
 Pacing is well-
controlled, but
sometimes the same
point is repeated.
9-0
 Vague or unclear thesis.
 Inadequate command of
subject matter.
 Unexamined, cliched
thinking. Inadequate
substantiation of claims.
 Supporting details are a
seemingly random
collection of information,
unclear, or not related to
the topic.
 Poor, hard-to-follow
organization.
 There is no clear
conclusion, the paper just
ends.
 Little or no employment
of supporting evidence -
 Incoherent relation of
ideas; essentially no
thought behind tone and
language use;
 Faulty and inappropriate
structural makeup and
grammatical sense.
 Inadequate transitions
between ideas and
paragraphs.
 Pacing is uneven, same
point repeated, or too
much time on details.