ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

NAME: __________________________________ GRADE/SECTION: ____________________

I. Identification
Direction: Read carefully the following questions and write your answers on the space
provided.
_________________1. It is a book-length summarization of the doctoral candidate’s research.
_________________2. It is defined as critical, objective, specialized texts written by experts or
professionals in a given field using formal language.
_________________3. It is written in all disciplines and may be evaluative, analytical, or critical in
nature.
_________________4. In any kind of academic writing you do, it is necessary to make decisions
about your stance on a particular subject, or the strength of the claims you are making.
_________________5. Written language is, in general, objective rather than personal. It, therefore,
has fewer words that refer to the writer or the reader.
_________________6. It requires careful close reading of one or multiple texts and often focuses on
a specific characteristic, theme, or motif.
_________________7. A well-structured text enables the reader to follow the argument and navigate
the text.
_________________8. it is the responsibility of the writer in English to make it clear to the reader
how the various parts of the text are related.
_________________9. It flows easily from one section to the next in a logical fashion.
_________________10. The written texts are lexically dense compared to spoken language - they
have proportionately more lexical words than grammatical words.

II. Read and understand the essay entitled, “LIFE OF A STUDENT” by Bunty Rane.
Afterwards, extract the most essential details or information of the INTRODUCTION,
BODY, and CONCLUSION of the essay. Write the details on the box provided.

“LIFE OF A STUDENT”
Bunty Rane

The life of a school student is just studies, hard work discipline but it is also fun and the best part of
one’s fife. An ex-student, whom I know, and also my parents, long for the good old days that is their
school life.
School life is generally associated with a lot of studies, homework and examinations.
School is, waking up early in the morning, whether it is hot or cold, putting on one’s uniform, hurriedly
polishing shoes and rushing to the bus stop to catch the school bus and getting used to the words
“Hurry up! you will be late!” You reach school and again the same words “Hurry up!” do not let you
rest in peace.

At home, parents utter them like mantras and in school teachers and prefects do not let you forget
them. Throughout the day, it is a mad rush, one period gets over, the other starts and you are ready
for the second subject the third and so on.

When you forget to do your homework, you try to sit at the back and pretend to be looking for
something on the floor or in your bag hoping that your teacher would not see you. You are lucky if you
are not seen and it is bad luck if you are caught. If you are not lucky, be ready for a good scolding or
detention during break or after school. If you are lucky and your teacher is in a good mood, you may
be left with a warning.

Examination days are tough, you do not have time to play pranks, make fun; you can only study and
at the most pray so that you come out with flying colors.

However, school is not so dull all the time, the games, library period and recess time is a welcome
break, when you can relax, joke and have fun with your friends. There are some teachers, too, who
can make school very exciting for example our Physical Education teacher, Mr. Taneja, who has a
typical style of talking.

Students, who are seen loitering around in school and are on a bunk, are caught by him in a typical
style” Aie ladke kya karta hai. Assembly is also fun with the Physical Education teachers’ making an
effort to talk in good English but often ending up being so funny that the students cannot control their
laughter.

School can be fun, real fun, when picnics and field trips are organized. We wait for them keenly and
keep on requesting our class teacher to organize one for us. Debates, quizzes, cultural progammes
also add luster to an otherwise dull school life which is often restricted to studies. It is not that one
does not enjoy studies but continuous studies of 5 hours can become a little difficult.

One longs for some break in monotony and that we get by playing pranks, needless to say, usually
harmless, making fun of each other and at times of teachers who are very strict and not liked.

Of course, those teachers, whom we like, are never talked about with disrespect. We wait to carry, for
them, their bags and exercise books and on complementing them on looks. If a class is boring then
there are some, who tend to pretend them ill, just to go to the dispensary.
Many a times, it works but at times boomerangs also when the nurse sees through them and they are
March back to the class with their head bowed.

And Oh! I forgot, bunking classes and not being caught, is another adventure in a student’s life
though there are only a few, very daring one who can take this liberty. Majority of students are good
and would never anything which could make them stand outside the Principal’s office.

In short, a student’s life is all about a lot of discipline, hard woe punctuated by ecstatic moments of
fun and enjoyment. Fun increase after real hard work and you tend to enjoy more than those who had
been lazy and have wasted their time. I think this period of your life is most wonderful period – full of
spontaneity, dreams and hope, not a care in the world, except for studying.

MOST ESSENTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE

INTRODUCTION

BODY

CONCLUSION

III. Rewrite the following texts below. Use words to make it more academic in nature.
1. It’s been a couple of months ago since the outbreak of the COVID 19 and we still aren’t
learning to practice social distancing and proper hygiene. I am afraid, this pandemic
might go on for too long,
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2. Students aren’t the same with their teachers, Teachers are opted to teach and conduct
an acid test to know whether the students have learned or not, while student are doing
their very best to prove to their teachers, “We’ve got it right!”
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3. He checked up on his account who went down with a fever yesterday. So, he caught on
very quickly about the situation.
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4. Sorry, I can’t make it today due to the fact that I’m having chills since early this morning.
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5. Many patients don’t listen to the doctor’s advises. It seems they’ve been ignoring it for
countless times.
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