identifying claims of value, fact and policy and its usage

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English for Academic &
Professional Purposes 11&12

2. • How do you define Claim of fact?
• Who can give example of claim of fact?

3. Now that you are done with the review of
your past lessons, you are going tell your
judgment on the following topics.
A. Death Penalty
B. Anti-Terrorism Law

4. • Now, write three (2) statements or
claims about the given issues by
answering the following questions.
1. Do you agree that death penalty is
morally correct? Why?
2. Is the Anti-Terrorism Law beneficial
to the Filipino people? Why?

5. •Group 1
•Group 2
•Group 3
•Group 4

6. Wearing of helmet is for everyone safety and
goodness.
Dishonesty in relationship is not a love.

7. Define the term claim of value and its characteristics;
Appreciate the importance of good values in a statement or
claim; and
formulate claim of value about current issues.
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8. • Claims of value involve judgments, appraisals,
and evaluations.
• Everyone has a bias of sorts, often embedded in
social, religious, and/or cultural values.
• At this point, you can OPEN UP your topic by
comparing and contrasting your problem with a
similar one in another time and/or place.
• When you “fight” with friends and colleagues
over intellectual issues, you are usually debating
claims of value.

9. • 1. It is good to stay at home to avoid
getting infected with the disease.
• 2. Washing of hands is the best way
to keep ourselves healthy.
• 3. Drug abuse is not an option if you
have problems.

10. Directions: Identify whether each statement shows a
claim of fact or otherwise. Write the
word value if it’s a claim of value and an X if it is not a
claim of value. Write your answers on your answer
sheet.
1. Bullfighting is cruelty to animals.
2. We should exercise our freedom of speech and
expression
3. Cutting of classes is unfair.
4. The best way to be healthy is to maintain a balance
diet.

11. 5. Participating in voluntary suicidal is an act of evil.
6. Excessive drinking of alcohol can cause diseases.
7. Discriminating someone on the basis of his/her race
is very wrong.
8. It is cruel to hurt someone because they don’t look
like you.
9. Curtailing other’s rights because of his color is
unjustifiable.
10.Playing mobile games is not good to minors.

12. What is the importance of claim of
value statement in the field of
academic text?

13. Directions: Write your own claims of value. Be
guided by the rubrics below.
Fake News
Claims of Value
a. _____________________________________
b. _____________________________________
c. _____________________________________

15. • This time you will make your own claim of
value about the given issue.
Topic -------- Political Corruption
a. ________________________________
b. ________________________________
c. ________________________________