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    Responding To Authentic Texts: Week 4

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    This editorial text discusses several problems facing the Philippines' COVID-19 vaccination program. It notes that while the government is negotiating vaccine purchases from multiple companies, only the Pfizer vaccine has received FDA approval so far. Other challenges include the need for adequate cold storage, as the Pfizer vaccine must be kept at -70 degrees Celsius. The biggest current problem is limited vaccine availability, as wealthier countries have purchased most initial doses. The text estimates the earliest vaccines may arrive in the Philippines is May 2021, so health protocols will need to continue to be followed until vaccinations begin.

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    This editorial text discusses several problems facing the Philippines' COVID-19 vaccination program. It notes that while the government is negotiating vaccine purchases from multiple companies, only the Pfizer vaccine has received FDA approval so far. Other challenges include the need for adequate cold storage, as the Pfizer vaccine must be kept at -70 degrees Celsius. The biggest current problem is limited vaccine availability, as wealthier countries have purchased most initial doses. The text estimates the earliest vaccines may arrive in the Philippines is May 2021, so health protocols will need to continue to be followed until vaccinations begin.

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    This editorial text discusses several problems facing the Philippines' COVID-19 vaccination program. It notes that while the government is negotiating vaccine purchases from multiple companies, only the Pfizer vaccine has received FDA approval so far. Other challenges include the need for adequate cold storage, as the Pfizer vaccine must be kept at -70 degrees Celsius. The biggest current problem is limited vaccine availability, as wealthier countries have purchased most initial doses. The text estimates the earliest vaccines may arrive in the Philippines is May 2021, so health protocols will need to continue to be followed until vaccinations begin.

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    Responding To Authentic Texts: Week 4

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    Darla Byrne Camongol
    This editorial text discusses several problems facing the Philippines' COVID-19 vaccination program. It notes that while the government is negotiating vaccine purchases from multiple companies, only the Pfizer vaccine has received FDA approval so far. Other challenges include the need for adequate cold storage, as the Pfizer vaccine must be kept at -70 degrees Celsius. The biggest current problem is limited vaccine availability, as wealthier countries have purchased most initial doses. The text estimates the earliest vaccines may arrive in the Philippines is May 2021, so health protocols will need to continue to be followed until vaccinations begin.

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    Responding to

    Authentic Texts
    Week 4
    Authentic text
    Authentic text is any text that is written
    and published for the public. It refers to
    texts which provide real-life examples of
    language used in everyday situations. An
    example of an authentic text is editorial
    text.
    Editorial Text
    An editorial text is an article that expresses the
    editor’s opinions about a current issue.
    There are four steps on how to read an editorial text.
    1. Know the meaning of unfamiliar words. Highlight or
    copy the words that you are not familiar with. Know
    their meanings and re-read the paragraph/s where they
    are found. This will help you understand the meaning of
    every paragraph.
    2. Read for the message of the text.
    3. Determine the writer’s opinion.
    4. Express your own reaction about the writer’s opinion.
    So many problems in our vaccine program
    Published January 9, 2021, 12:06 AM
    by Manila Bulletin

    The need for anti- COVID-19 vaccines is so great that the national government can not
    hope to meet it all by itself. President Duterte has thus approved a tripartite agreement among
    the national government, local government units, and private pharmaceutical firms for the
    acquisition of the millions of vaccine doses needed by our people.
    The national government is now negotiating with vaccine companies Pfizer,
    AstraZeneca, Novavax, Johnson and Johnson, Sinovac, and Gamaleya, according to Carlito
    Galvez Jr. of the National Task Force against COVID-19.
    The government plans to purchase 148 million doses from these manufacturers. That
    would be good for some 70 million, at two doses each person. The Philippines also expects to
    receive doses for 23 million Filipinos from COVAX, a global initiative to ensure rapid and
    equitable access to vaccines for all countries, regardless of income level.
    Several Philippine LGUs, among them Manila, Quezon City, Baguio City, Ormoc City, and
    Candon City, have announced that they have already appropriated funds in the hundreds of
    millions of pesos and are now negotiating on their own with various vaccine manufacturers
    It must be pointed out, however, that of all the possible sources of
    vaccines named by Task Force COVID chief Galvez, only Pfizer-
    BioNTech of the US and Germany has received approval from our
    Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use of its vaccine.
    Last Wednesday, the British firm AstraZeneca filed an application
    with the FDA and the Food and Drug Administration for emergency
    use authorization of its vaccine. Processing of applications takes
    three to four weeks, depending on completeness of submission, FDA
    Director General Eric Domingo said.
    Another firm, Belgium’s Janssen Phamaceutica, which is under
    Johnson and Johnson, is due to start its clinical trials for its vaccine
    this month, Domingo said. It will take months before these final trials
    are completed.
    Still another problem has to be faced. This is the need for adequate
    storage for the vaccines while waiting to be injected, especially in some
    remote provinces. The Pfizer vaccine, for example, needs to be kept at
    minus-70 degrees Celsius. Moderna needs only minus-20 degrees.
    There are yet no figures for the other vaccines.
    All these are aspects of the big problem facing the country today –
    a problem of funding, availability, and storage. We are getting local
    governments to help in the funding, while some private pharmaceutical
    complanies have been found that can provide proper storage.
    Right now, the biggest problem is availability of the vaccines. The
    richer nations like the US and UK have been able to purchase the
    vaccines they need. This is fortunate for them since they also have the
    greatest need for vaccines because of their still rising number of
    cases.
    We are more fortunate in the Philippines because our cases are
    much lower. We must accept that the earliest we can get our first
    vaccine supply is about five months from now — around May. Most
    of our vaccines will be coming in the later part of 2021 and early in
    2022.
    This means we will have to continue relying on our health
    protocols to protect ourselves from COVID-19. Fortunately, our
    people have mostly accepted this call for “Mask. Hugas. Iwas.” It is
    right now our best shield against COVID-19 until we get our
    vaccines.
     
    An editorial text has a caricature. A caricature symbolically
    pictures the writer’s opinions about an issue
    .
     each figure stands for a concept or a character
    (person, agency, country, and the like relevant to the
    issue being discussed).
     the sizes of the figures/images signal the degree of
    power or authority.
     each figure must be interpreted as a symbol of
    something else. It must not be interpreted literally.
    Jupiter

    Saturn
    Which is better?
    GRAPHIC
    ORGANIZE
    RS
    Graphic Organizers
     are visual and graphic displays that organize ideas and
    demonstrate relationships between different information and
    concepts. They are designed to improve learning outcomes for
    learners, review information, and are especially helpful to
    learners who struggle with arranging information.

     have many different forms. Each has its own unique way of
    organizing and displaying specific bits of information.

     have the following examples that can help you organize


    thoughts and develop reading strategies.
    Venn Diagram
     used to compare and contrast two or more
    groups of things by visually displaying their
    similarities and differences in two or more circles
    that overlap. Similar information between topics is
    presented where a circle from one category overlaps
    with a circle from another category. Features that do
    not fit in both categories are placed where the two
    circles do not overlap. Venn diagrams can serve to
    increase understanding of a relationship between
    two or more concepts.
    T-Chart
     helps you organize ideas into two
    columns and examine two components of an
    object, concept, or events. It can be used in
    any content area to examine the pros and
    cons of something, advantages and
    disadvantages, and facts and opinions. It can
    be utilized to select and compare two things
    such as ideas, characters, events, etc
    Concept Map
     shows relationships between the main idea and
    other information. Concepts or ideas are represented
    in circles or boxes and are linked to related ideas
    with arrows. Most concept maps represent a
    hierarchical structure with the most general
    concepts or ideas presented at the top of the map
    and the more specific or sub-ideas presented below.
    Another feature of a concept map is the inclusion of
    cross-links to demonstrate relationships between
    concepts in different segments of the concept map.
    Main Idea Web
     starts with a central idea and
    branches out into related ideas and
    details (or sub-ideas). Sometimes
    referred to as spider or semantic maps,
    this type of graphic organizer is used
    primarily for brainstorming and
    generating ideas for planning or writing
    purposes.
    Sequence Chart
     presents a series of steps or events in
    order. Many learners need a visual aid to help
    clarify a sequence of events in a story or to
    come to conclusions about different cause and
    effect (or problem and solution) relationships
    between multiple events in a text. You can use
    this type of organizer as a flowchart to
    organize thoughts as a prewriting activity.
    A Happy Home
    I could never forget my summer vacation this 2020. Our
    barangay was put under Enhanced Community Quarantine
    (ECQ) and I was not allowed to go out. My mother assigned me
    some household chores like fixing my bed, sweeping the floor,
    washing dishes and watering the plants. I enjoyed doing my
    tasks every morning. My father told me I could rest every
    afternoon and I loved it because I could do my favorite hobby
    which is reading. I usually sat on our bamboo chair reading
    different reading materials like story books, newspapers, comics
    and magazines.
    This was not my usual summer vacation. But I never felt
    bored though I stayed home. I was home and happy.

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