Persuasive Essay Subject
Should Physical
Education classes be a
required course in
middle school?
Should Physical Education classes be a required course in middle school?
Period A
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Pros – “yes”
Football is fun
Staying Fit
Mental Break
Easy class to skip
Get to run miles
Get to run
Get to be outside
Basketball is fun
Hang out with friends
No homework
Obesity
Cons “no”
Running mile
Smelly
To much axe
Injury
Locker room smells
Bullies
Girls scream in locker rooms
Guys throw stuff
Guys pants pulled down
Forgetting cloths
Weather issuses
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pro reasons:
 1st reason –
 2nd reason  3rd reason –
 4th reason  5th reason 
Per. A
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con reasons:
1st reason
2nd reason –
3rd reason –
4th reason –
5th reason –
Body Paragraphs
 Thesis
– Physical Education should
be a required class in middle school.
 1st
reason: P.E. allows students to stay
fit.
 2nd reason: During P.E. students get to
be outside.
 3rd reason: P.E. gives students a mental
break from academic courses.
Per. A.
Reason opposition – Helper Sheet
Per. B
TS – Instead of having P.E., we should use
that time period to offer academic assistance.
 CM: Students become stressed when they
have too many academic courses.
 CD: Students are already getting academic
assistance through study hall, enrichment,
homeroom, study skills, and tutors.
 CM: If students have more academic
courses they will have more homework and
less free time.
 CS: Students should have P.E. in middle
school.
t-chart – 1st reason – P.E. allows
students to stay fit.
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CDs
Students run.
They strengthen their
muscles.
They stretch.
They do push-ups.
Play different sports.
They complete state
testing.
Per. A
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CMs
Students enjoy
exercising.
Students like receiving
compliments about
how they look fit.
They like feeling
healthy.
Students enjoy playing
their favorite sports.
They enjoy the bikes in
the fitness room.
Reason # 1 – Shaping Sheet
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Ts: P.E. allows students to stay fit.
Cd: Students play different sports and
complete drills.
Cd: They strengthen their muscles by liftinh
weights.
Cm: Students enjoy staying fit by playing their
favorite sports.
Cs: To stay fit students must have P.E. daily
in their lives.
Per. B
t-chart – 2nd reason – During P.E. students
get to be outside.
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CDs
Sunlight enables the brain
to think.
Sunlight gives students Vitamin
D.
More space to do activities.
During P.E. students can talk.
Students are able to stretch.
Students can run during P.E.
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CMs
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It is very fun and enjoyable to
most students.
Students get to play their
favorite sports.
Students like the outside air in
the morning and afternoon.
It is more interesting than a
classroom.
Students do not have to sit in
uncomfortable chairs or at a
desk.
Being outside allows students
to think strategically.
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Reason # 2 – Shaping Sheet
Ts: During P.E. students get to be outside.
Cd: They have more space to do activities.
 Cd: Sunlight enables the brain to think,
and it gives students Vitamin D.
 Cm: Students like the outside air in the
morning and afternoon because it is more
interesting than a classroom.
 Cs: Getting to be outside is one of the
privileges of having a P.E. class.
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Per.B
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t-chart – 3
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reason:
TS: P.E. gives students a mental break from academic
courses.
CDs
P.E. does not have homework.
P.E. is physical exercise and not
mental.
Students do not have to think about
academic homework.
Students do not need textbooks.
Students do not have to carry textbooks
or materials.
Students have more mental freedom.
Students have independent time.
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CMs
It is a great time to daydream
and relax.
Most students enjoy P.E.
Students do not get bored in
P.E.
They are more care free.
They like playing soccer and
not worry about homework.
Students are more social with
their friends and participate in
teamwork.
Students get time to play
around and be pre-teens.
Reason # 3 – Shaping Sheet
Ts: P.E. gives students a mental break from
academic courses.
 Cd: They have more mental freedom.
 Cd: Students do not have to think about
academic homework.
 Cm: Students are more social with their
friends and participate in teamwork.
 Cs: As you can see, P.E. gives students a
mental break.
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Introduction – all CM
 #1-
Over many years there has been
a great increase of obesity because
of the lack of P.E. in school.
 #2 – Today many schools have
required the class P.E. to minimize
obesity.
 #3 – P.E. should be a required class
in middle school.
Conclusion Paragraph 6 – all CM
#1 – I want to persuade my reader that
P.E. should be a required course in middle
school.
 #2 – P.E. helps students stay healthy and
fit because of exercise.
 #3 – In the final analysis, P.E. gives
students mental breaks, and it should
stay in their daily schedule.
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PE Planning Sheet Packet (9 papers)
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Pro/Con List
Thesis / Topic Sentence Chart
Introduction shaping sheet
Opposition Helper Sheet
Reason 1 t-chart / shaping sheet
Reason 2 t-chart / shaping sheet
Reason 3 t-chart / shaping sheet
Conclusion shaping sheet
Rough Draft
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Final Draft NOT stapled in packet.
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