Write a 150-word essay on a topic about “Social Media: Benefits and Drawbacks”. In this essay, you are REQUIRED to use claims such as claim of fact, value, and policy. INDICATE the claim(s) you used and write it separately from the essay. A rubric is provided for your reference on checking the essay. The highest point that you can get for each criterion is five (5). Otherwise, if the description for each criterion is not met, you will get four (4) points. This writing activity will have a total score of 20.

| CRITERIA | Highest Possible Score | SCORE |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Use of Claims |  |  |
| Did you use 3 or more arguable claims? | 5 |  |
| Content |  |  |
| Does your paragraph show focus on the central idea? and Did you provide evidences to support your claim?  | 5 |  |
| Structure |  |  |
| Did your paragraph show smooth and logical transition? and Is it organized with a good flow of thought? | 5 |  |
| Conventions |  |  |
| Does your paragraph show little or no errors in sentence structure, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation? and Did you use formal vocabulary with appropriate tone? | 5 |  |
| TOTAL | 20 |  |

Information about Claim of fact, policy, and value:
Claim of Fact
- Claims of Fact are pieces of information which are grounded on reliable authority such as science or history.
- Claims of Fact relate to statements that can be easily verified and not dependent on a person's preference. It also asserts that a condition has existed, is existing, or will exist and is based on facts or data.
- Facts that are universally accepted are not considered claim of fact but instead a statement of fact
EXAMPLES OF CLAIMS OF FACT
- The oldest known disease in the world is leprosy.
- Generally, obesity causes health problems.
- Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the moon.

Claim of Policy
* The Claim of Policy calls for some form of action.
* It states what the reader should or ought to do about a particular situation /topic.
The Claim of Policy advocates a specific course of action. It asserts that specific policies should be instituted as solutions to problems.

Claims of policy argue that certain conditions should exist. Almost always "should’ or "ought to" or "must" are included in this claim.

Claims of Policy are specific statements on procedures or laws that need to be modified based on certain issues or conditions. Most of the time, claims of policy ask for plans of action to solve current problems.

EXAMPLES OF CLAIMS OF POLICY
* The mayor should suspend the classes today.
* You must send your children to public schools.
* The government should legalize medicinal marijuana.
* The Boy Scouts should not have to include gay scout leaders.
* Local Malls should not open during the general community quarantine.

Claim of Value
- Claims of Value refer to statements that appeal to a person’s taste and morals or the sense of what’s good and what’s bad.
- This type of claim weighs the values according to which is more desirable. Claim of value deals with topics concerning moral, philosophical, or aesthetic aspects.
Claims of Value involve judgments and evaluations. It judges whether something is good/bad, right/wrong, just/unjust, ethical/non-ethical, and others. We judge the worth of something. It attempts to prove that some things are more or less desirable than others.

Some claims of value are simply expressions of taste, preferences, and prejudices. The most important in proving claim of value is by establishing standards of evaluation.

EXAMPLES OF CLAIMS OF VALUE
* It is better to be feared than loved.
* Cheating is not good.
* Gay marriage is immoral.
* Buying a house is a lot better than building it.
* Rock music sucks.
* The government is doing a great job during the Covid-19 pandemic.