Opinion Essay-Should Students Do Activities to Improve

Schools?

Having students doing activities to improve schools can bring many benefits, from forming stronger bonds with classmates to learning how to do different tasks.

First of all, I think that students should do activities to improve their school, so they learn how to take care of the places and things they use daily. Also, there would be a sense of community where everybody in the school helps making it a better place. If the authorities do things correctly, this sense of community can be implemented in their neighborhood and help their society and take care of their surroundings by being more conscious of their actions.

Also, teachers and trained people should guide the students in different tasks, such as painting, repairing desks or doors, take care of the garden, or clean the classrooms. The students will be learning how to do different tasks that can apply outside the school. Besides, they can make new friends or work on strategies to finish an activity quickly,  improving the interaction and group work.

I believe every school should have a program where their students do activities to improve the school for all the benefits mentioned above.

Explanation:

In this opinion essay, we talk about our opinion about students doing activities to improve the school. In the introduction, we state our point of view. In the following paragraphs, we give reasons to support what we think. Then, we write a conclusion where we restate our point of view and write a summary of the essay.

To express our opinion, we should use expressions such as I believe, I think, from my point of view, I consider, etc. Also, we can use words to list our reasons such as first of all, firstly, secondly, besides, what is more, etc.

no

explanation:

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)