Friday 6 January 2017

Blogging homework due Friday, 13th January

This week we have been learning about persuasive language. We enjoyed debating some interesting topics in class! Have a look at the statements below:


WATCHING  TELEVISION  IS  GOOD  FOR  CHILDREN.

WATCHING TELEVISION IS BAD FOR CHILDREN.

Which statement do you agree with? Please can you write a persuasive paragraph that will convince the reader to agree with you.

Maybe you could include:

-Persuasive sentence starters (Surely you agree that.......Everybody knows that.....)
-Rhetorical questions (How would you feel if......? Don't you think that......?)
- Conjunctions to add points to your argument (In addition, furthermore, also, another reason is....)
- Good reasons to back up your argument

47 comments:

  1. Surely everyone knows that television is good for children! Don't you? Well, I have a number of reasons to back up my answer.
    The main reason why watching television is good for children is because they have a chance to grow their imagination and explore the world through their TV. In addition, they also get to learn facts about things all around the world , as I know that Chichen Itza is 75 feet tall! If we don't watch television, how are we to know what is going on around the world? Furthermore, it is a chance for people to watch programs they like to watch! Now, you should know that watching television, is good for children!

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    1. Everybody knows that television is destroying children's minds! Don't you agree that children would be better off doing more physical activity, like sports and games?

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    2. Surley you agree that television is good for children because they can learn new things everyday.Don't you agree that children can study nature, history,and many more!

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  2. WATCHING TELEVISION IS GOOD FOR CHILDREN
    Watching television is good for children because:for example,if there was an education channel the children could learn about maths or English or Geography or whatever the channel is about and,what if the children didn't know about anything?They could learn from what the channel was teaching them.Furthermore,they could rest whilst watching it because if they just came back from school and they were tired,they could rest by watching television.What if you were a child with a stern mum who never let you watch T.V. and you just wanted to slouch on the couch and watch T.V. but your mom shouted at you saying"your not aloud to watch television,how many times do I have to tell you!" Wouldn't you feel depressed wouldn't you feel angry,sad,upset?

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    1. There are many reasons to believe that television is not as good for children as you think! Did you know that there are many educational books that children could read instead of learning from the television? Wouldn't it be better for children to learn from books? In addition, reading would improve their language skills.

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    2. Surely you agree that television IS good for children?There are loads of educational books but,they don't have as many challenging questions in them as the television does!In addition,television is also relaxing for children and if the children don't watch T.V. it can ruin their social life and their relaxation!

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  3. As TV is known for entertainment and information but I believe that if children watch more of the "terrible TV" they will become less active and have health problems. Another reason is most but not all TV shows are violent so, once watching the violent show children may become violent. Don't you think after children look at some toys on TV they want to buy them regardless. Most importantly, effects children performances in their homework/schoolwork.

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    1. I am absolutely certain that watching television does not have to be bad for children! Don't you think that if parents are careful about what children watch, it could be beneficial to their learning and relaxation?

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    2. Television is not as good as you think it is!Furthermore, parents can't keep an eye on what children are watching because they have lots of things to do. Don't you think, children can learn things from educational books, practice papers and by exploring nature?In addition, rather than watching the treacherous TV children can PLAY for relaxation.

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  4. Why television is bad for children.

    I strongly believe that television if bad for children because if children watch to much they will have to wear glasses.You wouldn'the want your child to have glasses,would you?In addition your child wouldn'the have time to learn. Your child has to finish there homework at the right time. Would you want your child to be in detention if they didn't not finish there homework on time just because they were watching television.
    I hope you agree with my opinion. By Arjun

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    1. I am absolutely certain that watching television does not have to be bad for children! Don't you think that if we are careful about what children watch, it could be beneficial to their learning and relaxation?

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  5. Jakub
    evrybody knows that watching tv is bad for children because watching to much tv mite mean you will have bad eye site in addition it is a gigant timestealer also all though your imagination growes all your over topics rott I am sure you will agree with this?

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    1. It is clear to see that watching television would not be bad for children's eyesight as long as they sit a reasonable distance away from the screen. How would you feel if you couldn't watch any television?

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  6. Every knows that television is bad for children becouse it hurts their
    eyes really badly. in addition it might be a horror one and make them
    nightmeres . another reason is that if you watch it to much it might get them so in their mind that they can't get it of from their minds.

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    1. It is clear to see that watching television would not be bad for children's eyesight as long as they sit a reasonable distance away from the screen. How would you feel if you couldn't watch any television?

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  7. I agree with the statement “watching television is bad for children.”

    My personal opinion is that television is bad for children’s learning because it is a major distraction from studies. Would you like it if you have a test and television distracts you from practising? When children are unsupervised whilst watching scary movies they can get nightmares! This makes the children not get a good night’s sleep which leads to a bad start of the day. These children can’t focus, think properly and will be tedious throughout the day. Furthermore, I strongly believe that watching violent cartoons or movies will turn them heinous. In addition, watching a lot of television can damage the eyes. Would you like it if your eyesight becomes bad? Also, watching a lot of television can cause a diversion in a family and may reduce quality family time. Another reason is, watching too much television can make a child additive towards it, and as a result children don’t move around which means no exercise, an unhealthy lifestyle.

    I hope I have been successful in persuading you that “watching television is bad for children.”

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    1. An awesome paragraph Fareeha!Can you use some emotive launguage?

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    2. I strongly believe that watching a reasonable amount of television can be good for children. Surely it is good for them to learn how to manage their time between studies, fun, relaxation and other interests. Did you know that some television programmes are very educational and can inspire children?

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  8. Surely you will agree that watching TV is good for children. Don't you think? Firstly, I THINK WATCHING TV IS GOOD FOR CHILDREN because when the day has gone and they've done work all day they need a break from all that hard work. Another reason is that their programme might start and they don't want to miss that, do they? Surely you will understand all this. What if they want something but don't know what they want? Well they've got the brilliant and smart tv. Most importantly, some programs
    can be very educational and it can really help the children in their learning at school.

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    1. It is my personal opinion that watching too much television is bad for children. Surely you can see that if children watch fun television before bed it can stop them from becoming sleepy. Furthermore, scary television shows can give them nightmares. How would you like to be tired at school all day because you have watched TV instead of going to sleep?

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  9. TV is very good for you and I say it because some
    programs can be scary but you do not need to be afraid
    some times be strong anyway TV is you see what i mean
    is because people can focus on there behaver OKAY!!!!!!! next up ....

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    happy new year

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    1. There are many reasons to believe that watching television is bad for children. Surely you agree that scary films and programmes can give children nightmares. Don't you think that children would be better off doing other, more creative activities?

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  10. WATCHING TELEVISION IS BAD FOR CHILDREN

    Surely you agree that watching too much TV will strain your eyes. If you were watching a scary movie it can give you NIGHTMARES!.
    This may affect your sleep.
    Everybody knows that if you are unable to get good sleep, you will always feel tired. Furthermore this will adversely affect you health.


    You can forget all the things you have learnt in school if you watch too much TV and another reason is you can not concentrate in school which could lead you to lower progress. Lower progress may get you trouble like "Detention"
    Furthermore the program will keep on playing in your head because of that you may not be able to work properly.


    When you are watching TV and someone approaches you,you can ignore the person easily which would imply that you are a rude person.
    Watching TV for limited time could be good if you watch with your
    family. You should watch educational program that will help you to enhance your knowledge.
    Sometimes when you watch inappropriate programs it may encourage
    improper behaviour don't you think that?


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    1. I strongly believe that watching a reasonable amount of television can be good for children. Surely it is good for them to learn how to manage their time between studies, fun, relaxation and other interests. Did you know that some television programmes are very educational and can inspire children?

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  11. WATCHING TELEVISION IS BAD FOR CHILDREN.

    The reasons I believe watching too much television is bad for children is because their brain won't work properly. Another reason is that if they watch television for more than 3 hours they will forget about work and furthermore they will have a"f" on a test.How would you feel if you got a "f" on a test in school? Spending too much time will destroy their eyes and you would have to waist money to buy glasses. Every body knows that if children get their eyes damaged and watch even more they won't even recognise it is night time.If they damage their eyes even more they won't be able to see.

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    1. I strongly believe that watching a reasonable amount of television can be good for children. Surely it is good for them to learn how to manage their time between studies, fun, relaxation and other interests. Did you know that some television programmes are very educational and can inspire children?

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  12. Why television is good for children:

    Surely you agree that children should watch TV because it helps their imagination grow. If you watch TV you can watch things like Mr Maker were you learn to get creative in art. In addition, you can learn about animals, the world and see animals do things that we never knew about in programmes like Planet Earth. You wouldn’t normally see lots of flamingos running across the water in the UK but you can see the funny flamingos on TV! Some TV programmes like thunder mans, and those TV shows makes us laugh and be happy especially when they do silly stories. If we watch sport then it encourages us to play some and watch competitions in other countries that you can’t go to; Rugby, Olympics in Rio and the World Cup.
    That’s why I think TV is good for children!

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    1. You have argued persuasively and have given some great reasons for your opinion.

      However.....

      There are many reasons to believe that television is not as good for children as you think! Did you know that there are many educational books that children could read instead of learning from the television? Wouldn't it be better for children to learn from books? In addition, reading would improve their language skills.

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  13. Everybody knows that watching television is bad for you because it could strain your eyes a lot. It is clear that watching television is bad for children because you could learn very rude things from it if its not child friendly. The truth is that watching too much television is bad for children because it stops you from spending quality time with your friends and family. I strongly believe that watching television is bad for you because it stops you from studying properly and concentrating. My personal opinion is that watching television is bad for children because you can get distracted by it so when your parents ask you to stop, you might not be listening. I am absolutely certain that watching television is not good for you because you might also learn swear words from them if not watching child friendly programmes.

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    1. Lots of persuasive techniques, Anish!

      It is clear to see that watching television would not be bad for children's eyesight as long as they sit a reasonable distance away from the screen. How would you feel if you couldn't watch any television?

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  14. I think that watching television is good for children.

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    1. well done Raghav!Can you add some reasons WHY watching television is good for children?

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  15. Watching television is bad for you.
    I strongly believe that watching television is not good for you it can make you lazy and inactive in addition research has found time and time again that programmes can affect and encourage children's behaviour.How would you feel if you displayed bad behaviour after watching a programme which has taught you to do that?
    I am sure you can all agree that television is a bad influence.

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    1. I am absolutely certain that watching television does not have to be bad for children! Don't you think that if we are careful about what children watch, it could be beneficial to their learning and relaxation?

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  16. Everybody knows that watching too much TV is bad for children,
    Surely you will agree that it is far more interesting to get out the house see and learn about plants and nature all the birds and animals around us, do you think you will be able to experience this on a ps3 or a Wii?
    Try going outside you will have a blast playing in the park and making new friends.
    Furthermore, children should not be watching too much TV because they might not go to bed and get enough sleep. How would you and your parents feel if you? Started doing bad in your classwork and falling behind. so try and watch less TV

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    1. I am absolutely certain that watching television does not have to be bad for children! Don't you think that if we are careful about what children watch, it could be beneficial to their learning and relaxation?

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  17. Everybody knows that watching TV is good for children because they can learn a lot of interesting things.

    surely we agree that watching TV is bad for children because you might get a bad eyesight and you might get a very bad headache.
    By habib

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    1. There are many reasons to believe that television is not as good for children as you think! Did you know that there are many educational books that children could read instead of learning from the television? Wouldn't it be better for children to learn from books? In addition, reading would improve their language skills.

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  18. Surely you agree that watching television is bad for children because it can damage their eye sight.Everybody knows that watching television is bad for children because it can waste their time.I am absolutely certain that TV is bad for children because there might be bad films and they might copy the badness.How would you feel if your eyes got damage?Don't you think that watching TV is bad for children?Another reason is that watching too much TV makes children sitting and eating which let them put on weight and unhealthy.That is why watching TV is not good for kids and they should spend less time on it.

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    2. I am absolutely certain that watching television does not have to be bad for children! Don't you think that if we are careful about what children watch, it could be beneficial to their learning and relaxation?

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  19. why watching television is good for children:

    Surely you agree that watching TV is good for children because it gives you ideas. If you are watching Mr Maker or drawing programmes which you can practise and improve your skills. Furthermore,it is really FUN to do so. If you're playing football on the ground you may get tired,but you can play the same football game on TV without getting tired. Also, we can play video music on television and dance to them with your brothers and sisters. Moreover you can watch funny people doind funny things and you can laugh forever. How would you feel if you had to worry about whether to watch TV or not...

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    1. There are many reasons to believe that television is not as good for children as you think! Did you know that there are many educational books that children could read instead of learning from the television? Wouldn't it be better for children to learn from books? In addition, reading would improve their language skills.

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  20. Watching TV debate.

    Surely you agree that it is hard to avoid television if you are a child.

    Watching TV is not Good.

    The truth is that TV is not having a good effect on children because of all the negative information like violence in movies or from the news and use of bad language, even songs have some adult images that are a bit too much for children. Furthermore, these are having a negative influence for children because they can be more aggressive and don 't behave so well. Watching TV too much it can affect children's attention to family and teachers because it is hard to swap from learning by watching to learning by listening. Sometimes when watching TV children can have junk food and it's not good for health.I believe we should be playing, running or jumping or any other outdoor games, if not reading books is awesome.

    Watching TV is Good.
    The good thing about TV is that some programs can inform ,educate and inspire, even better than books. For example, showing how plants grows or how to bake a cake. I like "daVinci Learning" or "Finger Tips", because I can learn many crafting ideas and find out interesting things about everything in this world.

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    1. Some persuasive comments for both sides of the argument- well done.

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  21. surly you agree that watching TV is bad because it can make your eye sight bad. furthermore,you can hear bad language. surly you agree that you can have scary NIGHTMARES and they can read books instead so they can lean more.They can play outside with there friends it is going to be much fun then watching TV

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  22. There are many reasons to believe that watching TV is bad for children.Firstly it could strain your children's eyes.How would you feel if your child woke up in the middle of the night and said that he had a really bad nightmare.TV should not be watched by children because if a really cool TV show is about to start your child would not want to sleep he would want to watch the show.If children watch to much TV they won't concentrate on there studies so i am sure you will agree with me that children should not watch TV!

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