ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND

PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
Quarter 1 – Module 7
Writing the Reaction Paper/ Review/ Critique

CO_Quarter 1_English11_Module 7
 What I Need To Know

For the Learners

Congratulations for completing module 2! You have come to module 3. You are now ready for
the next step of learning English for Academic and Professional Purposes. This module will let
you try to go beyond reading and start writing a reaction paper that will reveal your reflection
and views about an event, a person, a product or a performance. To learn more effectively, do
not forget to enjoy learning. Good luck!

Module Content

This is where you start to do critical reading and write your understanding and
reaction to what you are reading. This will help you appreciate the texts you are
reading and will also develop your critical thinking skills.

These competencies are covered in the following lessons:

 applies the principles of writing effective reviews and critiques

(CS-EN11/12A-EAPP-Id-f-17), and
 writes an objective/balanced review or critique of a work of art, an event or
a program (CS-EN11/12A-EAPP-Id-f-18)

Objectives:
Here are the things that you are expected to learn at the end of this module:
1. identify the contents of a reaction paper, review or critique,
2. express ideas objectively, and
3. write a balanced reaction paper/ review/ critique.

General Instructions
To do well in this module, you need to remember the following:

1. Read texts carefully so that you can easily comprehend what you are
reading.

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 2. Answer questions with all honesty. Success does not come from copying
from others. It is made possible by trying hard on your own so that you
can learn even from your mistakes.
3. Review your answers. It is safe to go back and think about what you have
written. This can help you lessen if not avoid errors.
4. Follow instructions given and ask if there is something that you did not
understand.
5. Do the tasks given and do not delay in submitting your requirements. This
canhelp you avoid having a pile of unfinished activities.
6. Feel free to communicate with your teacher. There is no harm in asking
for clarification so that you will not be lost in confusion.
7. Remember to review every time you are done answering the activities.
8. Have fun as you learn. This course is very important no matter what your
strand is. When you have fun, you can easily learn the lessons.

For the Facilitator

Your role is to help learners be able to do more critical thinking and

apply strategies that will help them express their ideas. Encourage the
learners to create their own outputs and assist them in the lessons that
they may find difficult. Please take note of the following:

1. Explain to the learners the different parts of the module and how it
should be used.
2. Do not give points to their answers in the process questions; rather,
use their responses as your formative assessment. This will give you
an idea of how the learners process their understanding.
3. Monitor their answers and remember to give feedback whenever
necessary. Every time they submit an output, give your feedback so
that they can immediately correct and adjust.
4. The self -review will help you assess how ready they are for the next
lesson. See what they have chosen so that you can help them if they
have chosen the icon that refers to having more difficulty.
5. Use the What’s More activities as scaffolds for them to do the What I
Can Do activity which is the application part of the lesson.

As a facilitator, you do not need to do lectures since the module is

already talking to the learner. God bless!
 What I Know

Let us check your prior knowledge about this module’s coverage.

Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer in your answer
sheet.

1. Which of the following is NOT true about the reaction paper?

A. The writer expresses ideas and opinions about what has been read or seen.
B. It may be informal, two pages long.
C. It has an introduction, body and conclusion.
D. It is a summary of the article.

2. Which of the following should be included in the first part of the reaction paper?

A. Personal thoughts
B. Information about the author
C. Main problem
D. Sources

3. Which of the following are used to learn more about the structure of reaction paper?
A. Examples
B. Opinions
C. Reactions
D. Traditions

4. Which of the following is NOT a form of reaction paper?

A. Appeal
B. Protest
C. Reflection
D. Report

5. Which of the following will help you avoid mistakes in writing a reaction paper?
A. Give a summary of an article.
B. Give an overview.
C. Back your ideas with examples.
D. Do not give your personal opinion.

6. Which of the following is NOT included in the second part of your review?

A. Personal thoughts
B. Information about the author
C. Highlights of the main points
D. Main ideas

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For numbers 7-10, please refer to the following statements:
I. Read or watch the material carefully.
II. Come up with a thesis statement.
III. Write down your thoughts while reading or watching.
IV. Compose an outline.

7. Which of the following must be done first when you are asked to write a review?

A. I
B. II
C. III
D. IV

8. Which of the given steps in number 7 be done next?

A. I
B. II
C. III
D. IV

9. Which will be the third step?

A. I
B. II
C. III
D. IV

10. Which will be done last?

A. I
B. II
C. III
D. IV
 Lesson
Writing the Reaction Paper/
1 Review / Critique

What’s In

Module 3 taught you the appropriate language, manner and critical

approaches in writing views. In this lesson, you will learn what a reaction paper is
and write your own reaction paper. Keep learning with fun!

Take a look at this text. Is this a GOOD reaction paper?

1. Is this how one should write a reaction paper? Why?

2. What is a GOOD reaction paper?

The text above is not the appropriate way of writing a reaction paper. As what
you have learned in Module 3, your views must be based on facts and written in an
appropriate language and approach. How should you write a reaction paper?

What Is It

REACTION PAPER is a form of paper writing in which the writer expresses

his ideas and opinions about what has been read or seen. Reaction paper is
evaluated due to the writer's communication skills and only then due the unique
ideas and the content. This paper writing may be informal, two pages long. As all
essays, a reaction paper comprises introduction, body, and conclusion. In
introduction the writers states the main premise, in a body he expresses his ideas
and in conclusion summarizes the results. The reaction paper is not a summary of
the article although information should be included.
Source: https://www.bestessays.com/glossary/reaction_paper.php

You may be asked to write a reaction paper indirectly, and you have to get the
intention of the examiner fast. A good example is that you may be asked to give a
critique about a certain subject, and this would constitute a reaction paper, or to write
a review about a literature book; it also falls into the same group.

Source: https://www.aresearchguide.com/write-reaction-paper.html

Despite the fact that you are writing about your reactions, thoughts and
impressions, you still need to follow an appropriate structure. So make sure to:
  Read the material carefully

Whether it is a book, article, or a film, make sure to read or watch it very carefully.
Sometimes, you will need to repeat this procedure for a couple of times.

 Mark interesting places while reading/watching

This will help you focus on the aspects that impressed you the most and come
back to them after you are done with reading or watching.

 Write down your thought while reading/watching

Doing so, you won’t forget any important ideas that came to your head.

 Come up with a thesis statement

Use your notes to formulate a central idea you will develop in your further work.
Then put it in one sentence and make it your thesis statement.

 Compose an outline

Every time you write an academic paper, you need to make an outline. Try at
least once and you will see how helpful an outline could be!

 Construct your paper

Only when all the preparations are done, start writing a paper itself.
SOURCE: https://ozzz.org/reaction-paper/

The first part of your paper should contain information on the author and the
topic. You need to write down the main ideas and highlight the main points of the
paper. You can use direct quotations if needed. Avoid your personal opinion in this
section. The second part should contain your personal thoughts on the subject.
Focus on a main problem or address all of them and describe your opinion. Explain
how the material can relate to the modern world, to the society or separate
individuals. Back your statements with sources if needed and make conclusions
whether you support the author or not.

Writing a reaction paper can be quite a challenging task, so many students

use examples to learn more about its structure and key features. Here are a few
recommendations, which will help you complete an outstanding reaction paper:

 Read the original article carefully and highlight the main ideas and points you
want to discuss;
 Describe your point of view and back it with additional information if needed.
Use vivid examples;
 Use various sources to make your statement more argumentative.
 There are also a few tips, which will help you to avoid common mistakes. First,
don’t give a summary of an article. You should perform your personal opinion, not an
overview. You should always back your ideas with examples. However, avoid using
examples, which are difficult to relate to the topic. With the help of these simple
rules, you will learn how to write a reaction paper and will be able to create an
outstanding work!

Source: https://kingessays.com/reaction-paper.php, http://feldschloessel.info/cenyfig

What’s More

Activity 2. Write what is Right

Directions: Summarize your understanding of what you have read by filling in the blanks.
You can use additional sheet if necessary.

A Reaction paper is

To write a good reaction paper, you must

When you write your reaction paper, remember these important points:

Activity 3. Read the Review

Now, that you know what a reaction paper is and how to write it, let us read a
review of a movie entitled, “Miracle in Cell No. 7” and evaluate whether it has the
characteristics of a good reaction paper/movie review or not.

But before you read it, let us define these words first. Get the meaning of
these words from any dictionary.
 WORDS MEANINGS FROM DICTIONARY
1. Handicap

2. Forge

3. Execution

4. Exonerate

5. Perplex

6. Caricature

7. Cronyism

8. Undercurrent

9. Compensate

Miracle in Cell No. 7: Film Review

Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/miracle-cell-no-7-film-479285

A mentally handicapped single father is wrongly accused, tried and sentenced

to death for the rape-murder of an elementary school girl in Lee Hwan- kyung’s
Miracle in Cell No. 7. The miracle of the title is the series of meetings the manhas
with his daughter while in prison in the months that lead up to his execution and the
friendship she forges with his fellow inmates. Years later, the girl grows into a woman
set on exonerating her dad with their help. Oh, this is a comedy.

But then there’s the melodramatic, tragic aspect of the film that gives it its
jarring tone. The prison scenes are told in flashback as an adult Ye-sung ( Park Shin-
hye) addresses a court in an attempt to prove her father’s innocence. Her biggest
ally in the quest is Jang Min-hwan (Jeong Jin-young), warden at the time of Yong-
gu’s detention. In 1997 Jang is a grieving father whose experience and gut instinct
tell him Yong-gu may be innocent. He does his part by looking the other way when
Ye-sung neaks in and by raising the little girl later on. He also digs around police
records and uncovers a pattern of political prosecution, police ineptitude and
corruption that supports their claims. And Lee has a penchant for heavy-handed
imagery (the hot air balloon that gets snagged on barbed wire) and histrionics
(walking the green mile) that could bear judicious editing.
 It is this odd mix of broad comedy and issue-based drama that makes Miracle
so perplexing and logic-defying. It’s hard to tell if Lee has made a social drama (legal
shortcomings and cronyism make headlines in Korea) disguised as a goofy comedy
or a comedy with an undercurrent of righteous anger. Either way, the film wouldn't
work at all if it wasn’t packed with engaging performances by some of Korea’s most
reliable second-stringers. Ryu (War of the Arrows) waffles between caricature and
affecting as the handicapped Yong-gu, and Gal occasionally suffers an
overabundance of cute (though she’s far more interesting than Park), but the rest of
the cast more than compensate for their shortcomings, particularly Oh (The Thieves)
and Jeong (The King and the Clown). Miracle in Cell No. 7 is one of those films you
don’t want to, one you know you shouldn’t, but you just can’t help liking.

Producer Kim Min-ki, Lee Sang-hun

Director Lee Hwan-kyung

Cast Ryu Seung-ryong, Gal So-won, Oh Dal-su, Park Won-sang, Jung Man-shik, Kim Ki-
cheon, Kim Jung-tae, Park Shin-hye, Jeong Jin-young

Screenwriter Lee Hwan-kyung, Yu Young-a, Kim Hwang-sung, Kim Young-seok

Executive producer Kim Woo-taek

Director of Photography Kang Seung-gii

Production Designer Lee Hu-kyoung Music
Lee Dong-june

Costume designer Kim Na-youn Editor

Choi Jai-geun, Kim So-youn

Check your understanding of the text by answering the questions below. Write your answer
in your answer sheet.

1. What does the review say about the film?

2. What important qualities of the film were being mentioned in the review?
3. Explain the essence of the story in the film as stated in the review.
4. What did the review say about the genre of the film?
5. Do you think the review is good? Why?
 What I Can Do

Now that you have learned how to write a reaction paper, you are ready to
write your own.

Write your own review or critique about any book or movie that you would like
to read or watch. Follow the guidelines below:

1. Choose a book that you find easy to read and understand. If you prefer a
movie, choose one that is rated G (General Audiences).
2. Be sure to use appropriate language, manner and critical approach. You may
use the reader-response criticism, structuralism or formalism as an approach
in writing the review.
3. The language should be formal and easily understood by the general public. Use
everything that you have learned in this module.
4. You can also refer to the texts you have read. Those were very good
examples and you can use them as guide as you develop your own book or
movie review.
5. Format: Arial 12 font, short bond paper size, and double spacing.
Are you ready? Start Writing! Good luck! You can use a separate sheet of paper for
the draft.

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 Post Test

Let us check how well you have mastered the lessons in this module.

Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer in your answer
sheet.

1.Which of the following is NOT true about the reaction paper?

a. The writer expresses ideas and opinions about what has been read or seen.
b. It may be informal, two pages long.
c. It has an introduction, body and conclusion.
d. It is a summary of the article.

2. Which of the following should be included in the first part of the reaction paper?

a. Personal thoughts
b. Information about the author
c. Main problem
d. Sources

3.Which of the following are used to learn more about the structure of reaction paper?
a. Examples
b. Opinions
c. Reactions
d. Traditions

4. Which of the following is NOT a form of reaction paper?

a. Appeal
b. Protest
c. Reflection
d. Report

5.Which of the following will help you avoid mistakes in writing a reaction paper?
a. Give a summary of an article.
b. Give an overview.
c. Back your ideas with examples.
d. Do not give your personal opinion.

6. Which of the following is NOT included in the second part of your review?

a. Personal thoughts
b. Information about the author
c. Highlights of the main points
d. Main ideas

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For numbers 7-10, please refer to the following statements:
I. Read or watch the material carefully.
II. Come up with a thesis statement.
III. Write down your thoughts while reading or watching.
IV. Compose an outline.

7. Which of the following must be done first when you are asked to write a review?

a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV

8. Which of the given steps in number 7 be done next?

a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV

9. Which will be the third step?

a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV

10. Which will be done last?

a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV
 Additional Activities

You have read about how to write reaction papers and read a sample
movie review. After doing the activities, review and reflect on what you have
learned. Fill in the blanks of the activity sheet.

After doing the activities:

I noticed

A question I have is

I wonder why

It seems like

I’m not sure

I realized

I discovered

Visit these links to read more about the lessons discussed:

https://kingessays.com/reaction-paper.php

https://essay-lib.com/reaction-paper/

https://justbuyessay.com/blog/reaction-paper

https://writingcenter.unc.edu/esl/resources/writing-critiques/
Module 2 Key Answers