. [Improve Your School] The local school committee is seeking ideas to improve your school. These ideas will be discussed during meetings with students, teachers, parents, administrators, and other interested parties. The changes proposed by students will be seriously considered since students are the reason for the schools existence. Choose one change that might improve your school for all students. Write a persuasive essay explaining why your suggested change is an improvement. Give at least three reasons to support your suggestion.
1. [School Uniforms] Write a persuasive essay stating whether or not the students at your school should be required to wear uniforms to school. Give at least three reasons to support your position. Remember, you must argue in such a convincing manner that others will agree with you.
2. [Locker Searches/Personal Searches] The principal at your school has instituted random locker and backpack/bookbag searches to check for guns, knives, and other weapons. Anyone caught with these weapons will be immediately suspended. The principal argues that the random searches will not only guard against illegal weapons at school but will also will help students feel safer. What is your position on this issue? Write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper stating your position and supporting it with three convincing reasons.
3. [Censorship] Write a persuasive essay stating whether certain television programs that are considered to be unsuitable should be censored for children under 16 in your community. Give at least three reasons to support your position.
4. [Censorship] Your local public library has come under criticism for allowing patrons under the age of 18 to check out books considered unacceptable. The books are either explicit, describe graphic violence, or use questionable language. What is your position on this issue? Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper stating your position and supporting it with three convincing reasons.
5. [Too Much Homework] Some of the parents at your school have started a campaign to limit the homework that teachers can assign to students. Teachers at your school have argued that the homework is necessary. What is your position? Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper stating
Use the following to explore possible topics.
- There should be no smoking in public places.
- Smoking harms one's health.
- Save the planet by saving trees.
- Save the planet by saving clean water.
- Save the planet by saving clean air.
- Dealing with hunger in America.
- Dressing right brings success.
- Drinking alcohol can harm one's health.
- Drinking and driving causes pain.
- Drinking alcohol can destroy a family.
- Planning and setting goals leads to success.
- Body piercing can be very harmful.
- Students have freedom of religion on campus.
- Team sports benefit kids.
- Team sports can be harmful to kids.
- Fast food is hurting kids.
- Books in school libraries should be censored.
- Books in school libraries should not be censored.
- Good oral hygiene saves teeth.
- Kids should have curfews in communities.
- Kids should not have curfews in communities.
- Penalties for use of drugs should be harder.
- Drugs can kill.
- Kids should have cell phones on school campuses.
- Kids should not have cell phones on schools campuses.
Examples of Persuasive Writing
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