Expressing Personal Opinions

Expressing Your Opinions

Topic: Corporal Punishment

Definition:
School corporal punishment refers to the physical punishment of students by teachers or school staff.

My Opinion

I think corporal punishment is bad for the following reasons:

1. It creates enmity between teachers and students, which can cause poor performance in school.
2. It may lead to severe injuries to students.
3. It causes fear among students, making school an uncomfortable place for learning.

My Advice

1. Corporal punishment should be prohibited.
2. Instead, students should be advised and counselled to correct their behaviour.

Stating One's Health Condition

Jackie's Health Condition

1. Name: Jackie
2. School: Patience Secondary School
3. Health Issue: Frequent and painful headaches

Symptoms

1. Headaches are often very painful
2. Feelings of dizziness when the headache occurs
3. Headaches typically occur on sunny days

Treatment

1. Jackie was drinking water and getting some rest for the headaches

2. Doctor's Visit: The doctor conducted a medical checkup and discovered:

   • Eye problems
   • Malaria

Doctor's Advice and Prescription

1. The doctor prescribed pills for malaria
2. Advised Jackie to get spectacles for the eye problem

Vocabulary for Describing Health Conditions

Health Condition	Symptoms/Actions	Treatment/Advice
Headaches	Painful, dizziness, sunny days	Water, rest, medical checkup
Eye problems	Vision issues	Spectacles, medical checkup
Malaria	Fever, weakness	Pills, medical treatment

Expressing Feelings
This requires students to express their feelings about hunger, anger, thirst, sadness and happiness.

or

Express feelings - give verbal or other expression to one's feelings. Express emotion. Express joy, express mirth, and laugh

Example

1. I feel unwell.
2. I feel sad about the death of the actor.
3. I usually feel thirsty when I eat cassava.