Name: __________________________ Grade & Section: 11/12_____________________ Score: __________

School: ______________ Teacher: ____________ Subject: English for Academic and Professional Purposes
LAS Writer: BERLYN MAE V. SAGRADO______________________________________________________
Content Editors: ZYNAFE V. CAIJO ROMEL V. MAT-AN RAFFY G. HERRERA
Lesson Topic: Analyzing arguments used by the author Quarter 4 Week 1 LAS 3
Learning Target/s: Analyze the arguments used by the writer/s in manifestoes (CS_EN11/12-EAPP-IIa-d-3)___
Reference(s): Almasol, Sarah Mae D. “English for Academic Professional Purposes Quarter 2 Module 1:
Analyzes the Arguments Used by the Writer/s in Manifestoes”, Department of Education, Region
V Bicol, p. 5.

Analyzing Arguments Used by the Author

An author provides reasons with evidences, called arguments to prove the belief he/she wanted
his/her reader to believe in. But how will you know the arguments presented? To do that, let’s take a look at
these steps below.
Steps in Analyzing an Argument

Step 1 Take note of the statement that the author wants you to believe.

Step 2 Make a note of the first reason the author used to support his/her argument.

Step 3 Write down all the other reasons and evidences stated.

Step 4 Underline or highlight the most important reason.

Using the sample manifesto from Quarter 4 Week 1 LAS 1 entitled “What We Have Learned from COVID-
19” let us analyze the argument of the author.

Step 1: The argument that the author wanted the reader to believe in is that, COVID-19 pandemic has brought
about positive effects.
Step 2: The first reason the author used to support his argument: Solidarity among neighbours, to the bravery
of health and other key workers in facing down risks to their own health to serve their communities, to countries
working together to provide emergency relief or to research treatments and vaccines.
Step 3: List of other reasons and evidences stated:
a. Pollution levels have dropped where people have breathed fresh air, have seen blue skies, and clean
waters.
b. Reduced time spent commuting and flexible ways of studying because of digital connecting with each
other.
c. Spending a lot of time with families.
d. Raise awareness of environment conversation.
Step 4: Since all the other reason fall under a single main reason which is the positive effect brought about by
COVID-19, there is no need to select the most important reason.

Activity. Directions: Read the manifesto in Quarter 4 Week 1 Attachment 1 and analyze the writer's points
using the steps for analyzing an argument.

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Step 2: __________________________________________________________________________________
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Step 3: __________________________________________________________________________________
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COVID-19’s Remedy is with Us

Business Mirror
September 22, 2020

WE have entered the sixth month of community quarantine, imposed at various levels across the
archipelago, and still we are seeing the highest number of Covid-19 cases in Southeast Asia.

As of September 20, the total number of infected persons in the country had reached 286,743, with the
daily reported new cases averaging above 3,000 this month. While painfully recognizing that every single death
is a tragedy for all, the one mitigating note in the Philippines’s Covid situation is the relatively low death rate. As
of September 20, the death toll stood at 4,984. And yet, the danger is so real to the vulnerable populations that
businesses have had to tiptoe around imposing strict protocols—sometimes revised at a dizzying pace—as they
try to reboot.

Blaming the government and concerned state institutions has become the favorite pastime of many
Filipinos on social media. People tend to look outward and put blame on others, instead of focusing on what they
can do on their own to help curb the spread of the disease. Despite the consistent public calls of local and
international government and health agencies, some people still choose to ignore protocols in practicing the
minimum health standards. It has not helped that the safeguard deniers have clothed their defiance of protocols
with the apparent double standard—certain powerful people were not sanctioned for their own breaches of
quarantine rules.

Beyond enforcement, we also must consider the violations as a reflection of the nation’s health-seeking
behavior and attitude; nay, a combination of several factors, not least of which is the overwhelming need of those
impacted by lockdowns to go out and do something, anything, to earn something to feed families forced into
begging the past months.

Meanwhile, it is good to note that some groups have already risen above the blame game and elevated
the Covid-19 discussions to what every individual can contribute while the world scrambles for medicines to cure
the infected and vaccines to end this pandemic.

Just recently, the Acting President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, Bishop Pablo
Virgilio David, said that a more holistic approach to the responses to the pandemic should consider proactive
promotion of a positive mindset that gives flesh to the values of love, compassion, prudence and patience. This,
most especially at a time when many people are experiencing uncertainty with the unprecedented loss of lives,
jobs and economic slowdown. While some would probably question the relevance of the church in the pandemic
issue, recall that even Justice Secretary Menardo Jimenez acknowledged the capability of the faith-based sector
in helping Filipinos undergoing mental health and psychosocial problems. “Pananagutan sa bawat isa [Looking
out for each one],” David had said, will give rise to the consciousness of accountability; that our actions, or
inaction, will affect other people. Every Filipino can help by channeling the spirit of bayanihan (concerted effort
and heroism) and our demonstration of malasakit (concern) to each human being. In fact, these core values
were actually communicated in a public service ad by Filipino company Unilab with the tag line, “Malasakit ang
kailangan upang Covid-19 ay mapigilan.” The simple but powerful campaign constantly reminds the people
around us—from family members to strangers—to always practice the minimum health protocols, and to gently
nudge anyone who fails to comply. With a smile that conveys an earnest desire to protect the other—and not to
impose—one can simply signal even a stranger in a public place to put on a mask or face shield, or at least wear
this properly, and to practice physical distancing. In a word, the message is simple: “I protect you, you protect
me.”
We sink or swim in this country so we have no other choice but to move as one. And we cannot simply
pin all our hopes on the discovery of a vaccine that is supposed to provide immunity. This is the best time to let
the Filipino spirit take us through this pandemic. As one Facebook post said, “Pandemic ka lang, Pilipino kami.”
Directions: Look for a sample manifesto and make an analysis of the argument/s used by the author using the
steps discussed.

Source: 2021. Editorial: Covid-19’S Remedy Is With Us | Businessmirror. [online] Businessmirror.com. Available at
<https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/09/22/editorial-covid-19s-remedy-is-with-us/> [Accessed 15 April 2021].