Aprecio, RC Jane V. Prof.

Wahinee Cruzada

BSE-English 3A EL 120

ACTIVITY 1

1. Look for examples that suit the types of columns based on purpose and
content.
 The Philippines Star
 How to do or Advice Columns
 Be wary VS. Fake Leader
 Marichu A. Villanueva on April 13, 2022
 Philippine Daily Inquirer
 Opinion Column
 Some thoughts about the West Philippine Sea
 Joey Sarte Salceda on April 14, 2022
 The Manila Times
 Opinion Column
 Politics and Betrayal from friend and family
 Antonio Contreras on April 16, 2022
 Manila Bulletin
 Editorial Column
 To an IP tribe, hope to save their ancestral land started from
squash
 Pinky Concha-Colmenares on April 12, 2022
2. Whose columns have longer paragraph?
 Manila Bulletin
 Editorial Column
 To an IP tribe, hope to save their ancestral land started from
squash
 Pinky Concha-Colmenares on April 12, 2022
 3. Who among the columnist motivated you to contemplate further about an
issue?
Marichu A. Villaneuva, from Philippines Star wrote an advice column
about the being wary towards the Presidential candidate. Most of candidates are
aware of the potential power of issue and try to use it to their advantage. Marichu
motivates us to have knowledge about the presidential candidates and if we
watch news coverage of campaigns, we must be aware of staged events and try
to focus on what the candidate is saying about the issues. This column motivates
the reader to do his or her own research about the Presidential candidate.
4. Whose columns are filled with criticism and bitterness?

Antonio Contreras a columnist of Manila times, his column entitled

“Politics and Betrayal from Friend and Family”. His writings shows bitterness and
criticism from his friends and family towards his political perspectives.

5. Which columns are truly entertaining and thought provoking?

Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Joey Sarte Salceda, his column entitled
“Some thoughts about the West Philippine Sea”. The content of the column
provokes the reader’s interest toward the West Philippines Sea issue. Moreover,
the column also shows the possible solution of Presidential candidates towards
the issue, which could influence the reader to think thoroughly and vote for the
better leader of the country.

ACTIVITY 2

1. Write your comments about the columns you have read.

These columns show different style of colorful and different standard styles of
writing. These writing contains the writer's opinion and point of view about the specific
topic or subject. The column provides the writer with an opportunity to give his or her
opinion freely. As they wrote about the hot issues in society or politics, it displays their
experiences about the specific subject. Moreover, most of these experiences go in a
 right direction and their sources bring up the correct information, which reveals the
hidden facts.

2. Write an opinion column regarding the requested academic break.

ACADEMIC BREAK: Is it acceptable for all?

Due to CoVid-19 pandemic, we are now in a new normal set up of education that
brings a lot of struggles not only for students, but especially to teachers and parents. It
caused a huge impact on the process of education wherein not all individuals are able
to cope up with.

There are a lot of factors to consider in this online class education like gadgets,
internet, environment, and the awareness in using digital resources. It has advantages
and disadvantages, but most people affected by this are mainly focusing to its
disadvantages, because not all of them has enough resources in participating in the
sudden changes in education. Having an academic break can somewhat contribute to
our struggles, however, as to my experienced in having the first academic break this
year in URS-Angono last January 17-29, 2022, declared due to the alarming surge in
Covid-19 cases and in consideration of the health and wellness of the faculty and
students, it caused to have the classes extended, conducting make-up classes just to
chase the academic calendar planned, and it can caused too much to some students
and teachers depending on their own status and struggles.

Now there’s another request for academic break, and as a working student, I
somewhat disagree with this because it can cause classes to be extended and it can
affect the schedules I had for my personal work and lifestyle, it’s much better to follow
the first plan for academic calendar rather than having it extended and the vacation or
personal break will be reduced. It’s much better to have only two to three days online
class in a week instead of having it every day!