QUOTE FOR THE

WEEK
REFLECTIONS
 MELCS:
Content Standard
The learner understands the requirements of
composing academic writing and professional
correspondence
Performance Standard
The learner produces position paper following
the properties of a well written text.
 TODAY’S GOALS
1. Define Position Paper
2. Identify the steps and guidelines in
writing a position paper
3. Apply the tips in writing a position paper
4. Validate or Invalidate revelant statements
on Position Paper
LET’S LISTEN TO How do you see yourself in the song?
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 What is a Position Paper?
A kind of academic writing in which the
writer researches a controversial issue
and writes a paper explaining his/her
stand or point of view on it.
 Descibes a position on an issue and rationale for
that position
 Purpose is to generate support on a particular
issue
 Based on facts that provide a solid foundation for
an argument
Steps in Writing a Position Paper
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 GENERAL GUIDELINES
1. Use evidence to support your position
2. Validate your position with authoritative
references or primary quotations
3. Examine the strengths and weakness of your
position
4. Evaluate possible solutions and suggest
courses of action
 GENERAL OUTLINE
1. Introduction
2. Development ( Body)
3. Conclusion
  Identification of the issue
Introduction  Statement of the Position
  Background information
Body  Supporting evidence or facts
 Discussion of both sides of the issue
  Summary of Main concepts and ideas
Conclusion  Suggested courses of action
 Possible Solution
 How are you going to start?
TIPS IN WRITING YOUR POSITION PAPER

1. Don’t be afraid to be argumentative

2. Look at all sides of the issue and base your position on a thorough examination of all the
relevant evidence.
3. Convince the readers that you have critically read the text or analyzed the issue.
4. Express your thoughts clearly and concisely.
5, Use vivid verbs and nouns.
FACT OR BLUFF?
 I can only select an issue
for a position paper if I feel
that almost everyone agrees
to it.
 I have the right to express
my arguments if I know
that I have solid reasons of
doing so.
 Conducting a research is
insignificant in writing a position
paper since most of the statements
that in my position paper are based
on my wonderful insights on my
chosen topic.
 If I fail to convince the
readers on my arguments,
then it means that I am a
weak position paper writer.
 As a writer, I have to
challenge my own topic