Archdiocese of San Fernando Educational System

St. Augustine Academy of Pampanga Inc.

Floridablanca, Pampanga
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Academic Year 2020 – 2021

ORAL
COMMUNICATION

Name of Student: Garcia, Angeline Mae C.

Gr. & Section: 12-St. Athanasius

Subject Teacher: Mrs. Margery M. Valdez

 The Learner designs and performs effective controlled and uncontrolled oral communication
activities based on context.
The Learner writes 250-words essay of his/her objective observation and evaluation of the
various speakers watched and listened to.

Goal Make an evaluative essay of the late senator Miriam Defensor Santiago based on the video clip.

Role As an editor-in-chief, you will write 250-word evaluative essay based on the video clip of the late senator.

Audience Your essay will be read by the readers of the said magazine.
Situation The Time Magazine needs its editor-in-chief who will evaluate a prominent public speaker (Miriam Santiago).

Your article (product) should be complete, convincing, consistent, and it must present the good qualities of the
Product
public speaker
Standards Your output will be graded using the rubric:

Scoring Rubric
Category 4- Excellent
The writer completes the
Completeness
250-words essay.
All information to support the
Content evaluation is accurate
Accuracy
Observes effective
complex/simple constructions
throughout the piece and
Style/Languag adheres to the language
e Use demands of the projected
audience
All paragraphs and sentences
are logically structured and
Organization employ appropriate
transitional devices and
signposting strategies
Punctuations and mechanics
are adequately employed.
Mechanics and
Grammar
The essay is neat and no
Neatness
erasures were found
Date of Submission will be on September 25,2020(Friday)
3- Very Good
The writer completes 200-
249 words essay.
Almost all information to
support the evaluation is
accurate
Observes effective
complex/simple constructions
in majority of the piece with
few minor lapses in some
sentences and generally
adheres to the language
demands of the projected
audience
Occasional lapses in logical
structuring of ideas and
sentences
Few lapses in punctuation
and mechanics are observed
but do not cause problems in
understanding the text.
There are one to two
erasures found in the essay
2- Good
The writer completes 150- 199
words essay.
Some information to support
the evaluation is accurate.
Observes effective
complex/simple constructions
in certain sections of the piece
with few minor lapses in
several sentences and
generally adheres to the
language demands of the
projected audience
Frequent lapses in
constructions and loose logical
structuring of ideas in
paragraphs and sentences
Some lapses in punctuation
and mechanics are observed
and causes misunderstanding
in certain sections of the text.
There are three to five
erasures found in the essay
1- Developing Score
The writer completes 100-
149 words essay.
There are several
inaccuracies in the
information to support the
evaluation provided.
Observes dependence on
simple constructions
throughout the piece,
several lapses in sentences
and generally does not
address the demands of
the projected audience
No logical structuring of
ideas is observed in the
work.
Major lapses in
punctuation and
mechanics are observed
and impede understanding
of the text.
There are many erasures
found in the essay.
Total

A Lesson from Senator Santiago

By: Angeline Mae C. Garcia

Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago served as one of the judges in the impeachment trial
of Chief Justice Renato Corona, that was held last 2012 in the 26th day of trial court. As Senator
Santiago was known for her wit and brilliance in the political field, she got mad in the middle of
the trial court because of the Prosecutors and Senators who didn’t follow the rules of the court.
The Senator preached the Prosecutors about etiquettes and manners as she said to them,
"Ngayon lang ako nakarinig na we are resting our case and making a formal offer with a
reservation, pag sinabing resting your case tapos kana, that's an oxymoron," this means that
after a Senator/Prosecutor already gave his/her point of view and evidences, he/she should just
lie down, start to listen and look down again for other evidences. This is true because in my
opinion, as Prosecutors and Senators who are knowledgeable in their field, they should do their
part and give respect to the other group. They should not present new witnesses just because they
are not satisfied with their presentation since that was one of the rules of the court. As we, simple
citizens know these simple facts, the people in the hearing deserves to be lashed out by Senator
Santiago as they acted out of the line. Added the fact that while she is still talking, private
Prosecutor Vitaliano Aguirre III was caught on camera covering his ears. It seemed that Aguirre
didn’t want to listen to Senator Miriam and that was literally disrespecting a member of the court
– which is I think was very unprofessional. Further, she also mentioned "To be able to deserve
your appearance fee, you have to prepare every appearance in court." As lawyers, they should
do their best to win every case they prepared to the possible outcome. I think what was best is
that they need to follow the rules of the court and not to violate it; as they are working not only
to get their wages but also to help constituents of the Philippines. They entered it, so they should
do their best to deserve every peso of the Filipinos.
To sum it up, this impeachment trial has significant lessons not only to political people
but to us normal citizens of the country. Senator Santiago thought us the following: First, when
you aspire to become a lawyer you need to know the rules of the court and respect the other
panellist and judges. Same with us, as we need to know every basic rules of the career we wanted
to take since this will help us in every way in our professional life. Second, (as what I've said in
the upper part of my essay) is that to deserve every peso of our future customers/clients in work,
we should do our best to make them feel satisfied, content and happy with what they pay us.
Lastly, if we follow and take into heart and mind these two simple rules of Senator Miriam
Santiago, then we are ready for our future career as fellow professionals of the Philippines.