The Government Should Provide Schools With Hot Lunches

This week, the class worked more on persuasive writing.  We each chose a topic we wanted to write about.  I chose "The Government Should Provide Schools With Hot Lunches" and listed 3 reasons on why.  Before we began our real writing, we did a persuasion map to help us with our writing.  A persuasion map is you write your topic and then put down your 3 reasons in the 3 boxes.  Each box has 3 boxes connected to it and we had fill in to justify our reason.

What I enjoyed:  I enjoyed being to talk about my reasons and justifying them.

What I found difficult:  I found finding reasons why the government should provide lunch because it took me some time.

What I could do next time:  Next time I could maybe add a little bit more or even the other side of the argument.


Students around the world sometimes don't have enough to eat. They starve due to parents not being able to afford much food, skipping meals, or having light meals. If you were a student who lived in a low-income family and always have little to eat, what would you do? 

Firstly, students are starving. Sometimes, students have enough to eat, and one of the reasons why is they probably cannot afford much food for themselves. Us students can skip meals because when we're running late, we often forget to eat or bring our lunch with us to school.

Secondly, the students can rely on the school for food. For example, if a student forgets their lunch, they can depend on the school to provide for them. They won't have to worry about starving throughout the day if they have skipped breakfast. Other students would no longer need to share their lunch and wouldn't need to worry about breaking the "no sharing" rule.

Lastly, it would take the financial pressure off parents. Parents won't have to worry about buying food for their children's lunch that costs more than their income. If the government provides schools with lunch, parents would have a little bit more money saved aside for bills and other basic needs.

In conclusion, I think that the government should provide schools with hot lunches because it will feed the children who don't have lunch, children can rely on the school, and it will help parents who have financial pressure. Do you think the government should provide schools with hot lunches?