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Essay writing time (Individual work)

On the foolscap paper,

1) Copy down the sample introduction provided in the padlet. (You can write your own intro if you want.)

2) Write 3/4 body paragraphs for your topic.

3) Submit the essay at the end of 1 hour.

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Social media has become an integral part of the lives of today's youth, influencing their social interactions, mental health, and worldviews. Platforms such as Instagram and TikTok, provide young people with opportunities for connection, self-expression, and access to information. As these platforms continue to evolve and embed themselves deeper into daily routines, it is crucial to understand their multifaceted impact on young people. In this essay, I will examine the various ways social media affects youths today, highlighting both the positive and negative consequences of its widespread use.

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The debate over school uniforms is a long-standing and multifaceted issue in the field of education. In this essay, I will explore the benefits and drawbacks of wearing school uniforms, examining the various impacts on students, parents, and the educational environment.

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Group work is a common approach in classrooms, designed to harness the collective skills, knowledge, and perspectives of students to achieve a common goal. However, like any collaborative method, group work comes with its own set of benefits and drawbacks. In this essay, I will expound on the pros and cons of group work.

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With your partner, write down

1 Peel for the benefit and 1 PEEL for the drawback of each essay topic. Write in complete sentences. Each pair should write 2 paragraphs.

Each paragraph should contain:

Point (Topic Sentence)

Explanation

Examples

Link (Summarise)

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Jethro

Genevieve

Aiden/Dave

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Jun Kai/Poh Heng

Regan

Bernice/Carina

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Reanne

Kye

Tze Xuan/Denzel

Jamie/Jandelle

Cyrius/Scarlett

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Ezek/Alvez/Iann

Deon/Jake

Seth/Wellie

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Group work is extremely beneficial as Having extra help from other individuals can be extremely helpful. Let’s say that you don’t know what 10+9 is, a group member who is more knowledgeable in that subject can assist you. That’s how more people can help you.
However,there are also extremely bard downsides such as: slackers. Slackers are people who do not help in the group project but still get marks for it. Let’s say you have 2 people in your group, you and someone else. You could do all the work while the other just does nothing and still gets credit for it.
As such, groups are filled with advantages and disadvantages.

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A benefit of group work is that you dont have to do as much work and the work is split. For example, when doing slides for group work, each student has 1 or 2 slides to do compared to if it was single work where one student would have to do 5 slides. Therefore, less work needs to be done by each student and makes the work more manageable. On another hand, group work sometimes causes you to work with people you are not used to. Sometimes those you do not want to do work and end up in your group and are unwilling to do work or play a part which makes it unfair for others. These people are called free loaders as they rely on the rest of the group to do their work which does not work out well and can affect the overall work marks eventhough others in the group have done their work.

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Students often have debates where one group of people prefer school uniform while the other prefers to wear home clothes to school. In this essay i will discuss the pros and cons of wearing school uniforms

Firstly, the benefit of wearing the school uniform improves focus in class. By removing these fashion distractions, school uniforms can help create a more focused and productive learning environment, where students can concentrate on their studies and achieve their academic goals. Example, a student is wearing a pair of trendy shoes that have just been released, and several students can't help but stare and ask questions about them. This causes them to lose focus.

Secondly, the disadvantage of wearing a school uniform is that the uniform tend to be uncomfortable and very hot. It also requires a lot of time to make it look presentable by ironing and washing.

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Social media helps youths connect with other people online. Social media is very popular around the youths. I will expound on the impact of social media on youths today.

Social media help youths make online friends but they can not meet up face to face.

However, another disadvantage is that they might get addicted and glued to their devices causing them to not go out and or spend time with family.

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Celebrities hold a significant influence in modern society, shaping trends, opinions, and behaviors across various aspects of our lives. With the advent of social media, this influence has only intensified, allowing celebrities to reach global audiences instantly and personally. While some argue that this can lead to positive outcomes, others caution against the potential for unhealthy idolization and the propagation of unrealistic standards. In this essay, I wil explore how celebrities influence our lives, considering both the beneficial and detrimental effects of their pervasive presence in our culture.

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Exposure to social media can overstimulate the brain's reward center and, when the stimulation becomes excessive, can trigger pathways comparable to addiction. Excessive use has also been linked to sleep problems, attention problems, and feelings of exclusion in adolescents

Social media may reduce ur attention span and have you neglect ur studies or any responsibilities you have because of a possible addiction to social media.

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They serve as role models and sources of inspiration. One of the celebrities who is a good role model and a source of inspiration is Naomi Neo. She is a good role model and sources of inspiration because of the way that she acts. Naomi Neo helps people of different ages whether she knows who they are or not. For example, there was this old lady who was in need of money and asked her for money, she gave the old lady money even without any hesitation. She is showing all of us that helping others are a good thing and she’s encouraging others to help others that are in need whether they are your family members or not. Naomi Neo is inspiring because she works very hard to earn money and put food on the table for her family. Celebrities are normally someone teens will be influenced by. They change the way they act and think. Well, some of them change their attitude to a bad one if they follow a good role model, they will change their attitude for the better.

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For the benefits,wearing school uniforms would not cause distractions compared to if students could wear whatever they wanted to school. Secondly,it would be more recognisable to see school students in a crowd in case you go out in a public setting.

The drawbacks being,the school uniform could be uncomfortable for the student and that they would prefer to wear their own clothes instead of the uniform. The uniform could also trap heat,leading them to sweat which could make them lose focus during lessons.

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Firstly, celebrities sometimes influence us in negative ways like how beauty standards change based on what you see on social media. Even without bad intentions on post they put online, it can affect some people’s insecurities. For example, celebs sometimes post their healthy meals and their bodies to show that their exercise ands healthy lifestyle seems to be working. This makes people on the internet feel envy and makes them feel as though they wish to look like them too which makes people feel insecure about the way they look.

On another note, it can also affect others positively. For example, influencers sometimes post about topics like fashion and this that express their styles. This makes users of social media find out about more styles which helps us find ways that we like to express ourselves.

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Celebrities are usually seen as role models and a source of inspiration for some people. Many teenagers are often influenced by celebrities and their lifestyles. Many reasons why teenagers are they say they act, think and perceive themselves is because of mainly celebrities. Through many social media platforms such as music, videos and more, celebraties are able to profound impact

on shaping values, attitudes and lifestyles of teenagers. Many celebraties advocate of a green lifestyle, sport and healthy families. Such highly figures will impact on individuals or communities. In addition, many people have influenced in healing in organisations or on political matters. Different celebrities will have different impacts on everyone, some celebraties have a good impact. However, there are also many bad influences online that may perceive in some peoples eyes that they are doing the correct thing, but they are actually putting on a bad influence online. This can impact many young teenagers to turn out rebellious and thinking that they are right all the time. This make one lose their values and people around that person may subconsciously start to dislike one because of his/her behaviour. To conclude, celebrities have good and bad impacts, but it is up to us to choose which to follow.

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Group work is very beneficial ,as we can work in pairs if we do not have any ideas of what to do or you can’t understand the meaning of this word. For example ,your friend could search up the meaning of the word on google they could also gives words that also have the same meaning another example is that for. Group work can have different roles as different people can research, write the things that are the most relevant to the topic assigned.

In group work there can be certain drawbacks such as disagreements and conflict. As certain people think may have different good ideas and creative and they do not have the decision and communication will be complicated. One reason is that some people will argue non stop as both of the ideas can be good

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(Point/TS) Social media enables youths to stay connected with friends and family.

(E1) It helps to build relationships and youths are able to communicate regardless of where they are.

(E2) Social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok allow youths to share their daily lives and new interests with their friends and followers. This helps youths stay connected as their followers will comment or react when a new video is posted online.

(L) Hence, social media is a good way for youths to communicate with their friends and family.

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Celebrities often use their social media accounts to raise awareness about social issues and support charities.Celebrities’ involvement in charities can help inspire and motivate their fans to follow in their footsteps.

One of the biggest celebrities that everyone knows is taylor swift. She donated to local food banks and helped provide meals to over 500,000 people in the community.