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English · Grade 12

Practical, Academic and Professional Writing

Learners write for life beyond the classroom. They adapt purpose, audience and format across emails, memos, cover letters and résumés written for fictional people; apply plain-language principles such as putting the point first, using headings and lists and preferring active voice; write a personal statement that combines a specific story with reflection in an authentic voice; and learn the academic genres of the abstract and the proposal.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 150 minutes
  • Practical and academic writing check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order, sort into groups and arrange tiles
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What learners will discover

  • Adapt purpose, audience and format for professional genres, including emails, memos, cover letters and résumés.
  • Apply plain-language principles: put the main point first, use headings and lists, prefer active voice and familiar words.
  • Write a personal statement that tells a specific story and reflects on its meaning in an authentic voice.
  • Write and evaluate academic genres, including abstracts that summarize a whole project and proposals that plan one.

Lessons

  1. Purpose, audience and format 6 steps3 practiceabout 40 min
  2. Plain language 5 steps3 practiceabout 33 min
  3. The personal statement 6 steps3 practiceabout 40 min
  4. Abstracts and proposals 5 steps3 practiceabout 32 min
  5. Practical and academic writing check 10 questions at the end

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