Name: Charlize Jeneah V.

Medina Date: January 20, 202

Grade & Section: 10- ALAGCT Teacher: Ms. Doris Aspiras

Assessment
DIRECTIONS: Compose a one-paragraph essay about how you should continue learning
despite this pandemic. Use modal verbs and modal adverbs in your composition.

Learning while suffering from the pandemic was a challenge for us as students. To

ensure a bright future, we must remain committed to our aspirations. Taking daily

online courses is one approach or alternative to keep studying in this circumstance.

Although technology was the safest way to learn throughout these problematic

situations, we should still suggest learning physically so that we wouldn't lose how it

seemed to be a regular student when the pandemic wasn't around. However, we should

not immediately give online classes priority; there will be modules presented to make

sure we comprehend the subject at hand. Never forget that merely because you study

online does not in itself guarantee you can cheat a lot because nobody is monitoring. In

order to remember the lessons, we must be genuine with ourselves.

 1. In this zone, you must wear safety goggles since sharp things could get into your eyes.
2. You must not access this spot since there was equipment that might drop and result in
an injury.
3. You should not loiter here, this is an unsafe area.
4. You should walk carefully, the floor is slippery.
5. You should buckle up your seatbelts, something unexpected might happen.
6. You should be aware of the pieces of information mentioned by the office.
7. Smokers could smoke in this area, this is the labeled place for smoking.
8. You should not enter the room unless you are a worker.
9. You must not go inside other people’s territory.
10. We must conserve energy to lessen the pollution in our country.
11. This door is for exiting only, no people should enter here.

F. Assessment
PART I . Analyze the essays below by Christine Sarikas (2019) and highlight those statements
in each paragraph that you think are claims of fact (yellow highlight), claims of value (light blue
highlight), and claims of policy (light green highlight).

ESSAY 1
As online learning becomes more common and more and more resources are converted to digital
form, some people have suggested that public libraries should be shut down and, in their place,
everyone should be given an iPad with an e-reader subscription.

Proponents of this idea state that it will save local cities and towns money because libraries are expensive
to maintain. They also believe it will encourage more people to read because they won't have to travel to a
library to get a book; they can simply click on what they want to read and read it from wherever they are.
They could also access more materials because libraries won't have to buy physical copies of books; they
can simply rent out as many digital copies as they need.

However, it would be a serious mistake to replace libraries with tablets. First, digital books and resources
are associated with less learning and more problems than print resources. A study done on tablet vs book
reading found that people read 20-30% slower on tablets, retain 20% less information, and understand
10% less of what they read compared to people who read the same information in print. Additionally,
staring too long at a screen has been shown to cause numerous health problems, including blurred vision,
dizziness, dry eyes, headaches, and eye strain, at much higher instances than reading print does. People
who use tablets and mobile devices excessively also have a higher incidence of more serious health issues
such as fibromyalgia, shoulder and back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and muscle strain. I know that
whenever I read from my e-reader for too long, my eyes begin to feel tired and my neck hurts. We should
not add to these problems by giving people, especially young people, more reasons to look at screens.

Second, it is incredibly narrow-minded to assume that the only service libraries offer is book lending.
Libraries have a multitude of benefits, and many are only available if the library has a physical location.
Some of these benefits include acting as a quiet study space, giving people a way to converse with their
neighbors, holding classes on a variety of topics, providing jobs, answering patron questions, and keeping
the community connected. One neighborhood found that, after a local library instituted community events
such as play times for toddlers and parents, job fairs for teenagers and meeting spaces for senior citizens,
over a third of residents reported feeling more connected to their community. Similarly, a Pew survey
conducted in 2015 found that nearly two-thirds of American adults feel that closing their local library
would have a major impact on their community. People see libraries as a way to connect with others and
get their questions answered, benefits tablets can't offer nearly as well or as easily.

While replacing libraries with tablets may seem like a simple solution, it would encourage people to
spend even more time looking at digital screens, despite the myriad issues surrounding them. It would
also end access to many of the benefits of libraries that people have come to rely on. In many areas,
libraries are such an important part of the community network that they could never be replaced by a
simple object.

ESSAY 2
As college sports continue to be hugely popular and the National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) brings in large amounts of revenue, people have revived the debate on whether college
athletes should get paid. There are many ways payments could work. They could be in the form
of a free-market approach, where athletes are able to earn whatever the market is willing to pay
them, it could be a set amount of money per athlete, or student-athletes could earn income from
endorsements, autographs, and control of their likeness, similar to the way top Olympians earn
money. Proponents of the idea believe that, because college athletes are the ones who are
training, participating in games, and bringing in audiences, they should receive some sort of
compensation for their work. If there were no college athletes, the NCAA wouldn't exist, college
coaches wouldn't receive (sometimes very high) salaries, and brands like Nike couldn't profit
from college sports. In fact, the NCAA brings in roughly $1 billion in revenue a year, but college
athletes don't receive any of that money in the form of a paycheck. Additionally, people who
believe college athletes should be paid state that paying college athletes will actually encourage
them to remain in college longer and not turn pro as quickly, either by giving them a way to
begin earning money in college or requiring them to sign a contract stating they'll stay at the
university for a certain number of years while making an agreed-upon salary. Supporters of this
idea point to Zion Williamson, the Duke basketball superstar, who, during his freshman year,
sustained a serious knee injury. Many argued that, even if he enjoyed playing for Duke, it wasn't
worth risking another injury and ending his professional career before it even began for a
program that wasn't paying him. Williamson seems to have agreed with them and declared his
eligibility for the NCAA draft later that year. If he was being paid, he may have stayed at Duke
longer. In fact, roughly a third of student-athletes surveyed stated that receiving a salary while in
college would make them "strongly consider" remaining collegiate athletes longer before turning
pro. Paying athletes could also stop the recruitment scandals that have plagued the NCAA. In
2018, the NCAA stripped the University of Louisville's men's basketball team of its 2013
national championship title because it was discovered coaches were using sex workers to entice
recruits to join the team. There have been dozens of other recruitment scandals where college
athletes and recruits have been bribed with anything from having their grades changed, to getting
free cars, to being straight out bribed. By paying college athletes and putting their salaries out in
the open, the NCAA could end the illegal and underhanded ways some schools and coaches try
to entice athletes to join. People who argue against the idea of paying college athletes believe the
practice could be disastrous for college sports. By paying athletes, they argue, they'd turn college
sports into a bidding war, where only the richest schools could afford top athletes, and the
majority of schools would be shut out from developing a talented team (though some argue this
already happens because the best players often go to the most established college sports
programs, who typically pay their coaches millions of dollars per year). It could also ruin the
tight camaraderie of many college teams if players become jealous that certain teammates are
making more money than they are. They also argue that paying college athletes actually means
only a small fraction would make significant money. Out of the 350 Division I athletic
departments, fewer than a dozen earn any money. Nearly all the money the NCAA makes comes
from men's football and basketball, so paying college athletes would make a small group of men
who likely will be signed to pro teams and begin making millions immediately out of
college--rich at the expense of other players. Those against paying college athletes also believe
that the athletes are receiving enough benefits already. The top athletes already receive
scholarships that are worth tens of thousands per year, they receive free food/housing/textbooks,
have access to top medical care if they are injured, receive top coaching, get travel perks and free
gear, and can use their time in college as a way to capture the attention of professional recruiters.
No other college students receive anywhere near as much from their schools. People on this side
also point out that, while the NCAA brings in a massive amount of money each year, it is still a
non-profit organization. How? Because over 95% of those profits are redistributed to its
members' institutions in the form of scholarships, grants, conferences, support for Division II and
Division III teams, and educational programs. Taking away a significant part of that revenue
would hurt smaller programs that rely on that money to keep running. While both sides have
good points, it's clear that the negatives of paying college athletes far outweigh the positives.
College athletes spend a significant amount of time and energy playing for their school, but they
are compensated for it by the scholarships and perks they receive. Adding a salary to that would
result in a college athletic system where only a small handful of athletes (those likely to become
millionaires in the professional leagues) are paid by a handful of schools that enter bidding wars
to recruit them, while the majority of student athletics and college athletic programs suffer or
even shut down for lack of money. Continuing to offer the current level of benefits to
student-athletes makes it possible for as many people to benefit from and enjoy college sports as
possible.
PART II. Formulate your own statement of opinion and assertion, and claims of fact, claims of
value, and policy thru an argumentative essay. Your essay must be composed of three(3)
paragraphs observing the criteria in the rubrics.

Internet is becoming the most generally adopted modality for safety regulations. Because

many persons prefer to stay at home rather than bother going outside during a pandemic,

technologies are evolving. It is advocated by the green highlighted term that academic libraries

be close by and that people tend to focus more on their E-reader or IPad. The downside of

shutting libraries and being habituated to using just iPads is that when kids interact with

technology, it may conflict with their academics due to distraction. Another proposal argues

that by closing the library, we would save more income, while on the other hand, we will

spend more money with the technology being used caused by the internet.

To be honest, the iPad or technology is an excellent concept for us to acquire as learners, but as

a regular person, I do not encourage developing technology all day. There are numerous

serious repercussions of consuming too many devices, the most severe among which is

radiation. As indicated in the writing, "people who use tablets and mobile devices excessively

also have a higher incidence of more serious health issues such as fibromyalgia, shoulder and

back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and muscle strain." I also struggle from back discomfort as

a result of excessive bending and tiredness. I understand that novels are not as thrilling to read

as iPad apps, but they actually assist us in learning and with books we are more focused to

read because it has a reliable information.

I can say that both Ipad and Academic libraries are helpful for a student like me, but when it
comes to studying i would prefer to use books more so i can avoid distraction, cheating and

many more. Aside from that the advantages of using books is that we don’t get too much

exposure from radiation because we only face the paper everyday. One of the disadvantages of

using an E-reader or an Ipad is that when you lost your connection you can’t follow what your

classmates are doing. In my opinion, it is not effective to close the libraries because if we use

the internet, not all in the internet is reliable. There are misinformations in the internet that’s

why i don’t recommend using iPad or E-learner.

F. Assessment
Write an argument pointing out your position about the question:
What is the Role of women in the Iliad? Does the poem contain any strong female
characters, or do the acts and deeds of males dominate the work?

As I've witnessed in the movie, women are misused as instruments of men's

delight and property. Women, on the other side, explored sex to control all men.
The poem does have a strong female characters which could be hera and
aphrodite. Hera was a major character in Homer's Iliad's description of the Trojan
War. The divinity reinforces the Spartans and constantly collaborates with other
goddesses to bring Troy destroyed, as she has not forgiven the Trojans ruler Paris
for choosing Aphrodite as the most goddess rather her.