Good Afternoon! Class.: Welcome To Our E.A.P.P

Good Afternoon!
Welcome to our
E.A.P.P. class.
Let’s see how well you learned
from our topic last week.
In this lesson, you are expected to:
• Identify the components of introductory and body
paragraphs of a position paper;
• enumerate the steps in writing a position paper;
and
• write a position paper about corporal punishment.
Steps on writing a position paper
Directions: Read the following paragraph and fill out the flow chart
below with the correct steps in writing a position paper. Please copy
the flow chart on your answer sheet. (This activity is good for 12 pts.)
The first step in writing a position paper, is to select a
topic. Once you selected a topic, you need to identify at
least two positions; there must be at least a side which is
in favor of the topic and another side which is not in
favor of the topic. For example, the topic is cellphone.
Then the two opposing sides will be, (a) the parents must
allow their children to have their own phone, (b) the
parents must not allow their children to have their own
phone.
Then, you need to find and review sources. After
reading different articles and texts about the topic, you
now need to choose your position. Select which side you
are going to elaborate on your paper. Next step is to start
writing your outline. Your outline will serve as your
guide. Last step is, to write your paper, revise and
submit.
Steps on writing a position paper
Activity 2
Directions: Match the step in writing a position paper
(Column A) with its definition (Column B) Write the
letters of your answers on a separate sheet of paper. This
activity is worth 5 points.
Column A Column B
1. Identify at least two positions to a. Look for references and articles that are
the topic related to your topic. Read them and use them
as basis of your position in your paper.
2. Write your outline b. Choose the topic that you want to discuss in
your paper.
3. Select your side c. Pinpoint if there are at least two opposing

sides of the topic that you chose.
4. Write your paper d. Choose which you will explain in your paper.
Are you in favor of the topic? Are you against
the topic?
5. Find and review resources e. Start writing the skeleton of your paper. It will
help to make your article more organized.
f. Start writing your article.

Position Paper
It is a type of article which presents the facts about a
certain topic or issue and later on will present the side
or position of the author about the topic.
Normally, when reading a position paper, you will
know if the author is in favor or against the topic. The
lawyers often write a position paper to make an appeal
and defense for their clients.
Take note that your answers in activity 2 are all
definitions of a position paper.
Activity 4: This is an example position paper. Read thoroughly and answer the questions
that follow. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper. (This activity is good for 5 pts.)
Death Penalty Danger in the Philippines
Introduction
The reducing human rights situation in the Philippines got
even worse this week as the government began considering bills
to reinstate the death penalty. The move by the House
Committee on Justice came a week after President Rodrigo
Duterte used his State of the Nation Address to call for capital
punishment by lethal injection for drug offenders. For years, the
Philippines put people to death, particularly in cases of so-called
heinous crimes such as rape, and murder. But President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo, under pressure from the Catholic Church,
abolished the death penalty in 2006. Human Rights Watch
opposes the death penalty in all circumstances because it is
inherently cruel and irreversible.
body
The Duterte government’s overwhelming majority in Congress and
continuing efforts to promote its campaign against illegal drugs means
the justice committee is likely to support death penalty bills. Duterte’s
“war on drugs” has resulted in the deaths of more than 6,000 persons
at the hands of the Philippine National Police and thousands more by
unidentified gunmen. Accountability for these police killings,
including those that victimized children, is practically nonexistent.
conclusion
Adopting the death penalty will mean spilling more blood in the
name of Duterte’s “drug war.” It will lead the Philippines to descend
further into a rights-violating abyss. And the government will lose
credibility and leverage to negotiate on behalf of Filipinos who face
execution abroad
Conclusion
Along with the Philippines’ withdrawal from the International

Criminal Court in March 2019 and its human rights
disinformation campaign at the United Nations Human Rights
Council, re imposing the death penalty would only serve to
further cement the country’s growing reputation as an
international human rights pariah.
1. What is the topic of the position paper?
a. death penalty
b. war on drugs
2. What is the position of the author?
a. against the topic
b. in favor of the topic
3. Why is the author against? Not in favor?
a. because it is irrevocable
b. because it involves killing of people
4. On what paragraph did the author explained the background of the topic?
a. paragraph 1 b. paragraph 2 c. paragraph 3
5. Which of the following is the thesis statement?
a. The reducing human rights situation in the Philippines got even worse this week as the government began
considering bills to reinstate the death penalty.
b. Re imposing the death penalty would only serve to further cement the country’s growing reputation as an
international human rights pariah
When you write a position paper, make sure that your audience understands
your topic very well by explaining it in the introduction part of your paper. You
must clarify the definition of your topic so it will be easier to understand for your
audience. It will be a big help for your audience if you will briefly discuss the
background of your topic in the introduction part.
You may start writing your opinion and side about the issue in the body
paragraph of your position paper. This is where you may state your points and
evidences as why do you support such side. For example, if you are writing about
the Valentine’s Day celebration, and you think that it must be cancelled because of
some environmental concerns such as unnecessary cutting of trees to make gift
wrappers, then you must state your reasons in the body paragraph of your position
paper.
Do you know that there are two types of appeal that a writer may
include in his/her position paper? These appeals are called logos
and pathos.
•Activity 5 : Identify in which part of the position paper the following
information are written. Write introduction if it is in the introduction,
write body if it’s in the body, and write conclusion if it’s in the
conclusion.
1.There are more than 6,000 casualties under the war on drugs campaign.
2.The death penalty was abolished in 2006.
3.Monstrous offenders must take lethal injection as part of their death
penalty.
4.The Philippines resigned from International Criminal Court.
5.The Philippine National Police is in charge of war on drugs campaign.
logos
• or an appeal to logic is a way of persuading an audience with
reason using facts and figures.
• Examples:
We need to evacuate soon. There is orange flood warning in our
area.
• Divorce shall be legalized in the Philippines because the census
says that hundred thousands of children are suffering from
emotional stress because of their parents’ conflicts.
pathos
• or an appeal to emotion is a way of persuading an
audience by creating an emotional response and
arguments based on emotions
Examples:
We need to evacuate soon. I am totally afraid of
flashfloods.
• Divorce shall be legalized because it is very
saddening to see children suffering from emotional
stress because of the parents’ conflict.
•Activity 7 : Tell whether the following appeal is a logos or pathos.
Write capital letter L for logos and write capital letter P for pathos.
1.Adopting the death penalty will mean spilling more blood in the name
of Duterte’s “drug war.”
2.Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo abolished the death penalty in 2006.
3.The government began considering bills to reinstate the death penalty
4.Re imposing the death penalty would only serve to further cement the
country’s growing reputation as an international human rights
pariah.
5.It will lead the Philippines to descend further into a rights-violating
abyss.
For all who attended our class today, you required to
answer just the ASSESS WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED part
of module 3. Do not forget to write the class code
4sh3r
Thank you!

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3. Select your side c. Pinpoint if there are at least two opposing

f. Start writing your article.

Along with the Philippines’ withdrawal from the International

2. What is the position of the author?

a. against the topic

b. in favor of the topic

3. Why is the author against? Not in favor?

b. because it involves killing of people

a. paragraph 1 b. paragraph 2 c. paragraph 3

5. Which of the following is the thesis statement?

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