Paragraph Writing Skills and Academic Performance of Grade Nine Students

AUTHOR(S)

Mylene E. Jetohat

ABSTRACT

This study determined the writing skills and academic performance of the Grade Nine high school students in English in Margen National High School, Ormoc City for SY 2021-2022. The findings of the study were the bases for a proposed Enhancement Plan. The paragraph writing skills of the three group of students are expectedly different from each other based on evaluation. The high performing group was evaluated Good in most aspects of writing areas. The average performing group had fair performance in writing and the low performing group were fairly and poorly performing in almost all writing criteria. Convention is a common weak area of the three groups. Grammar and syntax skills could be possibly enhanced.
The academic performance of students in English, the high performing group had very satisfactory grades in English; the average and low performing group had fairly satisfactory grades. In the test of difference in the paragraph writing skills of the three groups of students. The computed F is higher than the table value and so the null hypothesis is rejected. This means that the paragraph writing skills of the three groups of students significantly differ with one another.
All groups were consistent in both writing and academic performances. Hence, expectedly, the three groups differ in their paragraph writing skills and their academic performance in English. Although, high performing students were performing high in writing evaluation, the average and low performing groups can also improve their skills since writing can be enhanced through remediation based on the proposed enhancement plan. The enhancement plan should be utilized by the English teachers and the school.