Ateneo de Naga University

Senior High School

Humanities and Social Sciences Department

APPL111 – English for Academic and Professional Purposes

Pre-Final Examination
First Semester, S/Y 2019-2020

Writing a Restaurant/Food Establishment Critique Paper

GUIDELINES:
1. This take-home examination is a pair activity.
2. Students must write at most two (2) to four (4) pages worth of critique paper on one food
establishment or restaurant inside or outside Naga City (including the reference list and
documentation).
3. The documentation must present photos of the ocular visit, food tasting, and interview with
the management. It must also include the list of interview questions, transcript of answers
of the interviewee/s and a brief narrative of your visit and critiquing.
4. It must be encoded, and the output must be printed on a SHORT BOND PAPER.
5. Font: Times New Roman, 12
6. Heading (upper left of the paper)
Name of Restaurant: ______________
Name/s: ______________________________
Section: _____________

7. The critique paper shall be submitted on or before September 16, 2019 (Monday) until 5
PM only.

PARTS OF A RESTA URANT/ FOO D EST A BLIS HMENT CRIT IQ UE

• Introduction
• Summary
• Review & Critique
• Response
• Conclusion
• References
• Documentation

INTRODUCTION (around 5% of the paper)

- Name of the Restaurant/ Food Establishment
- Background/General Description of the Establishment
- Overall Impression on the Establishment

SUMMARY (around 10% of the paper)

- objective or purpose
- methods used, if applicable
- major findings, claims, ideas, or messages
 Ateneo de Naga University
Senior High School
Humanities and Social Sciences Department

APPL111 – English for Academic and Professional Purposes

Pre-Final Examination
First Semester, S/Y 2019-2020

Writing a Restaurant/Food Establishment Critique Paper

REVIEW & CRITIQUE (in no particular order, and around 75% of the paper)
The following areas must be the focus of the critiquing with observation and interview:
A. Taste and Food Presentation
B. Ambiance and Location
C. Service
D. Price/Value of Food
E. Cleanliness and Safety

• Based on the given areas above, formulate 10-20 interview questions.

Make sure to be guided by the following in writing the restaurant/food establishment
critique:
• Accuracy of information
• Definition of key terms (or lack of)
• Hidden assumptions
• Clarity of language
• Fairness
• Logic and organization
• No Use of fallacies

RESPONS E
• Would you recommend the place to other people?
• Is the place offering quality food and service?

CONCLUSION (around 10% of the paper)

• overall impression
• general comments on the place, food and service
• recommendation or suggestion

REFERENCES
 all of which must be included using APA format
 Proper in-text citation format must be observed.

DOCUMENTATION
• photos of the ocular visit, food tasting, and interview with the management
• list of interview questions
• transcript of answers of the interviewee/s
• a brief narrative of your visit and critiquing (1-2 paragraph only)
 Ateneo de Naga University
Senior High School
Humanities and Social Sciences Department

APPL111 – English for Academic and Professional Purposes

Pre-Final Examination
First Semester, S/Y 2019-2020

Writing a Restaurant/Food Establishment Critique Paper

Rubric for Critique Paper

Components Proficient Intermediate Developing Beginning

25 points 23 points 21 points 19 points
The main idea is very The main idea and The main idea and The main idea and
clear, the explanation explanation are clear. explanation are not that explanation are
A. Content has depth and is very The supporting details clear. The supporting unclear. The
(25 points) comprehensive. The contribute to the main details are related to the supporting details
supporting details are idea. main idea. do not contribute to
directly linked to the the main idea.
main idea.
20 points 18 points 16 points 14 points
The critique The critique mentions The critique does not The critique does
introduces the title the title and the main clearly state the title not state the title
and the main proponent/s of the and the main and the main
proponent/s of the work, the critique proponent/s of the proponent/s of the
work being critiqued, presents different work, the critique work, the critique
B. the critique presents perspectives about the presents few presents only one
Completeness many different said work, explanations perspectives about the perspective about
of the Output perspectives about the and opinions are said work, explanations the said work,
(20 points) said work, minimally supported by and opinions are explanations and
explanations and evidence, and the somewhat supported by opinions are not
opinions are supported conclusion states the evidence, and the supported by
by evidence, and the only a recommendation conclusion only implies evidence, and there
conclusion states the or a summary about the the recommendation is no conclusion for
overall impression of said work. and/or the summary. the critique.
the work.
20 points 18 points 16 points 14 points
The critique The critique properly The critique uses The critique uses a
effectively and uses cohesive devices, cohesive devices, the minimal amount of
properly uses cohesive the ideas are placed in a ideas are a bit cohesive devices,
devices, the ideas are proper manner, and the organized, and the flow the ideas are not
correctly placed which flow of ideas is smooth. of ideas is not that organized, and the
C.
improves the paper’s smooth. flow of ideas is not
Organization
organization, and the smooth and it is
(20 points)
flow of ideas is very difficult to read.
smooth and very easy
to read.
 Ateneo de Naga University
Senior High School
Humanities and Social Sciences Department

APPL111 – English for Academic and Professional Purposes

Pre-Final Examination
First Semester, S/Y 2019-2020

Writing a Restaurant/Food Establishment Critique Paper

15 points 13 points 11 points 9 points
The critique uses The critique uses The critique uses The critique uses
correct citation and citation, the citation has minimal citations, the very few citations,
reference format, the more than two (2) citation has more than the citation has
citation has less than errors, the sources used four (4) errors, the more than six (6)
two (2) errors, the are reliable, and the sources used are not errors, the sources
D.
sources used are very sources are relevant to that reliable, and the used are not
Documentation
reliable, and the the topic. The photos, sources are not that reliable, and the
and Sources
sources are very narrative and interview relevant to the topic. sources are not
(15 points)
relevant to the topic. questions and answers The photos, narrative relevant to the
The photos, narrative are completely and interview questions topic. The photos,
and interview presented. and answers are narrative and
questions and answers presented. interview questions
are completely and and answers are
clearly presented. incomplete.
10 points 8 points 6 points 4 points
The critique expresses The critique shows the The critique somewhat The critique does
the writer’s voice, the writer’s voice, the shows the writer’s not show the
critique shows a critique uses a minimal voice, the critique uses writer’s voice, the
variety of sentence amount of different only two (2) different critique uses only
E. Style
structures, the writer sentence structures, the sentence structures, the one sentence
(10 points)
uses language that is writer uses language writer uses language structure, the writer
very appropriate to that is appropriate to that is not that uses language that
context, and the writer context, and the writer appropriate to context, is inappropriate to
eliminates wordiness. somewhat eliminates and the critique is a bit the context, and the
wordiness. wordy. critique is wordy.
10 points 8 points 6 points 4 points
Grammar is very Grammar is accurate, Grammar is not that Grammar is
accurate, there are less there are less than five accurate, there are inaccurate, there are
than three (3) errors in (5) errors in the more than five (5) more than seven (7)
the spelling, spelling, capitalization, errors in the spelling, errors in the
F. Grammar capitalization, and and punctuations, word capitalization, and spelling,
and Mechanics punctuations, word choices are appropriate, punctuations, word capitalization, and
(10 points) choices are very and sentences are choices are not that punctuations, word
appropriate, and structured correctly. appropriate, and choices are
sentences are well- sentences are inappropriate, and
structured. somewhat structured sentences are
correctly. structured
incorrectly.