Group #

Names of members (include only those who contributed):

PRACTICE TASK 3
Instructions: This activity will allow you to practice your skills in spotting the thesis
statement and topic sentence in the essay provided to you in the LMS. It will also test
your skills in outlining and note-taking. For this activity, your task is to accomplish the
outline below by supplying the blanks with the correct info from the essay.

Note:
For home-based/modular students, you would have to answer all the items below.
 Submit your worksheet in our class Google drive in the folder “Module 4 -
Practice Task 3” with the file name “SURNAME – Practice Task 3” until October
11 at 11:59am.

For FOL students, work with your groupmates to accomplish the assigned parts:
 Groups 1 & 2 – Introduction & Counterclaims
 Groups 3 & 4 – Introduction & Claim 1
 Groups 5 & 6 – Introduction & Claim 2
 Groups 7 & 8 – Introduction & Claim 3
 Submit your worksheet in our class Google drive in the folder “Module 4 -
Practice Task 3” with the file name “Group# - Practice Task 3” (ex. Group5 –
Practice Task 3) until October 11 at 11:59am.

Title: Required school uniforms in private institutions

I. Introduction
A. Attention grabber / hook: Uniforms are found agreeable by a majority due
to its benefits, particularly its imposition of belonging and identity.
1. However, there remains a handful of individuals who oppose the idea
of uniforms in educational institutions, including the president,
Rodrigo Duterte, himself, as indicated in an article by Mateo (2016).
2. Nevertheless, the benefits of having uniforms in the said institutions
still outweigh the president’s claims.
3. _______________________________________________
B. Background information about the topic
1. _______________________________________________
2. the requirement of school uniforms began in England
3. _______________________________________________
4. by an archbishop in Canterbury
5. _______________________________________________
 C. Thesis statement: _______________________________________

II. Counterclaims (Topic Sentence):

_________________________________
A. Supporting detail 1: ___________________________________
1. Teenagers are on the stage of establishing their unique identity in
wearing garments that will complement their personality.
2. Walker (2019), stated that the uniforms prevent this by uniting
students thus, the essence of being an individual is lost.
B. Supporting detail 2: Secondly, uniforms infringe on religious dress
standards at times.
1. _______________________________________________
C. Supporting detail 3: __________________________________________
1. _______________________________________________

III. Claim 1 (Topic Sentence): ___________________________________________

A. Supporting detail 1: it plays a valuable role in contributing to the ethos of
a school
1. _______________________________________________
B. Supporting detail 2: uniform also plays a role in creating an equal playing
field for teachers and students
1. Barret (2018)
a. __________________________________________
b. __________________________________________
C. Supporting detail 3: the regalia is a preventive measure for the envy and
dissatisfaction that may potentially spark up among the pupils
1. _______________________________________________

IV. Claim 2 (Topic Sentence): ___________________________________________

A. Supporting detail 1: Kouzmine (2019)
1. _______________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________
B. Supporting detail 2: Regoli (2019)
1. _______________________________________________
C. Supporting detail 3: Spencer (2013)
1. _______________________________________________
2. The same source also quoted that wearing such attire means “We
are all in this together,” and advocates students to be united as one.

V. Claim 3 (Topic Sentence): ___________________________________________

A. Supporting detail 1: Gillin (2015) indicated that school truancy is
prevented.
1. _______________________________________________
 B. Supporting detail 2: Also, Kelly (2016) gave an emphasis to how the
uniforms keep students from creating trouble
1. stealing
2. ___________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________
C. Supporting detail 3: Finally, uniforms provide more security within
institutions since all students are wearing their regalia.
1.
2. This also includes the removal of their pack affiliations (fraternities
and sororities) by wearing certain hues or vestments.

V. Conclusion (Topic Sentence): To sum it up, school uniforms in a private

institution must remain necessary since it assists in reducing discrimination, guarantees
consistency, and promotes the security of the understudies among the pariahs.
A. Reiteration of main points:
1. First, it prevents bullying and socioeconomic discrimination between
the pupils.
2. Second, it ensures uniformity in the sense that it makes the children
behave uniformly as it imposes that a person is a part of a whole.
3. Last, uniforms lessen the risk of crimes caused by outsiders and
students as it would be easy to pinpoint those who belong to the
institution.
B. Reiteration of overall argument: And with all of the claims that has been
listed, it is made clear that the requirement of uniforms in private institutions
must be kept alive due to its benefits.
C. Resolutions and proposed actions:
1. However, the designers and dressmakers of the said garments must
take the beliefs and claims of the members of an institution into
consideration in order to mitigate the possible infringement of social,
cultural and religious beliefs.
a. This also includes the removal of their pack affiliations
(fraternities and sororities) by wearing certain hues or
vestments.
b. The designs of the uniforms must be timeless, cost wise and
comfortable in order to prevent the people from worrying
about the design, cost, and comfort in the long run.
2. Additionally, the members of a certain school may help other
members who cannot afford the uniform.
a. They may start fund-raising programs and even collaborate
with their parents for financial support.