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QUESTION 2
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STAND

The Ministry of Educations decision to lift the ban on mobile

phones in schools has generally caused uproar. While many
thanked the government for making mobile phones legal in
school, this move has upset many.
You are of the opinion that mobile phones should not be
brought to schools. You would like to give reasons why
mobile phones should be banned in schools.

THESIS STATEMENT

Thesis
statement
Topic
sentence 1

Topic
sentence 2

Topic
sentence 3

Mobile phones
should be banned
in schools

Topic sentence 1

Topic sentence 2

Topic sentence 3

Mobile phones should

be banned in schools

Students may not

concentrate in class
when their teacher are
teaching.

Students may misuse or

abuse the use of the
mobile phone.

Might be made a
symbol of financial
status and cause
jealousy among
students.

PARAGRAPH 1: INTRODUCTION
Introductory
line (s)

Stand
Thesis
statement

Many argue that mobile phones have

become a necessary gadget among
young adults nowadays but its uses in
school remains debatable.
I am of the opinion that mobile phones
should not be brought to schools.
Mobile phones should not be legalized in
schools for three obvious reasons.

PARAGRAPH 2
Topic
sentence
Supporting
Details

Students may not concentrate in class

when their teachers are teaching.
-Students will be engaged to their mobile
phones.
-Mobile phones come with a myriad of
functions and are highly addictive.
-Students play games, texting, access to
Internet, listen to songs, etc. via mobile
phones when the teaching and learning
process takes place.
-Students do not respect their teachers.
-Students could not concentrate and
therefore did not learn anything in school.

PARAGRAPH 3
Topic
sentence
Supporting
Details

Students may misuse or abuse the use

of the mobile phones.
-Mobile phones have a wide array of
functions or applications that are easily
misused.
-Students being at a vulnerable age overlook
the consequences of their actions.
-Students cheat during exams by taking
photos of notes to be referred.
-Students send answers to their friends or
receiving answers from their friends.

PARAGRAPH 4
Topic
sentence
Supporting
Details

Might be a symbol of financial status

and cause jealousy among students.
-Create a lot of disciplinary problems
-Students like to show off what they have to
their friends.
-Some students will hide stolen mobile
phones in flower pots or dustbins in the
school compound
-Mobile phones might go missing or being
stolen.
-Blaming and pointing fingers at each other.
-Students who do not have mobile phones
will feel inferior to those who have.

PARAGRAPH 5: CONCLUSION
Concluding
line(s)
Suggestion(s)

It is clear that bringing mobile phones

to school has more disadvantages.
Schools to install more public phones for
students to use.
Advice(s)
Parents should cooperate by not allowing
their children to bring mobile phones to
school.
Hope(s)
Students themselves will understand why
mobile phones should not be brought to
school.
Recommendat School authority especially the discipline
ion(s)
board to conduct more spot checks.

As a counselor in your school, you are asked to give a talk to

Form Six students in the school assembly on the topic
Mobile phones should be banned in schools, in not less
than 25 words, write out your script.
Thesis statement :There are many reasons why mobile phones
should be banned in schools.
Topic sentence 1

: Students may not concentrate in class when their

teacher are teaching.

Topic sentence 2

: Students may misuse or abuse the use of the mobile

phone.

Topic sentence 3

: might be made a symbol of financial status and

cause jealousy among students.