CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING Task 7: Taking Responsibility It's time for you to practice the use of verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in persuasion through writing an open letter. Read the different situations in the three task boxes. Select one and write an open letter according to your chosen task box. Write your letter on the space provided. Be guided with the given rubric as you write your open letter. An open letter is a published letter of protest, appeal, opinion, or praise usually addressed to an individual or group but intended for the general public in order to solicit support. For example, people wrote letters and posted them online to show appreciation for the frontliners during the pandemic. Another example is a letter written by people addressed to the government calling for immediate mass testing for suspected COVID-19 cases. (Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary Website) Task Box A You are a student volunteer to different indigenous communities. You learned that in 2019, the Department of Education ordered the closure of 55 Lumad (indigenous peoples in southern Philippines) schools, affecting almost 1,500 students. A government fact- finding committee found that those schools didn't meet requirements and were allegedly being used as training centers for the communist New People's Army. To promote the rights of Lumad kids to be educated, you are going to write an open letter for DepEd and the public. (Source: Magsambol 2020) Task Box B You are an active Public Information Officer of the Supreme Student Government in your school. You found out that there are fast food chains in Manila and in Pasay that hire senior citizens as their crew. With much appreciation, you realized that this could provide more job opportunities to the elderly citizens of Caloocan. To raise awareness on the equality in the workplace regardless of age, you are going to write an open letter to the Caloocan City government and the public. (Source: Gierran 2020) Task Box C You are an LGBTQ+ rights advocate. Despite the efforts to promote equality among genders, you are aware that gender discrimination still exists. Due to the strict measures on mass gatherings implemented by the government in response to the pandemic, the in- person activities of the Metro Manila Pride March 2020, a celebration of all genders in order to spread equality, was cancelled and shifted to various online engagements. To enlighten the public's views on different genders, you are going to write an open letter. (Noriega 2020) CRITERIA Idea and Message Writing Conventions Voice ******* Criteria for an Open Letter (Adapted from Tech4Learning, Inc. 2020) DESCRIPTION Interesting & informative details The letter includes information based on real events. Details are unique, interesting, and related to the chosen situation. Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, & usage Sentences are all well-formed. Proper spelling. grammar (including the correct usage of verbs, adjectives and adverbs), capitalization, and punctuation are applied in the letter. Gives reader a sense of author's opinions Personal style and feeling are used to engage the readers and communicate the message. Opinion is clearly expressed in the letter. TOTAL WRITING LEVELS AND SCORES (Check one per criterion) Distinguished Proficient Apprentice Novice 5 points Yoones 3 pants 2 poin 4 points points/15 points​