Starter quiz
- Which of these best describes the conclusion of our essay?
- Polar regions are threatened and we are doing enough to protect them.
- Polar regions are threatened and we are not doing enough to protect them. ✓
- Polar regions are threatened, but there is nothing we can do to protect them.
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- Which point is not appropriate to include in our essay?
- The polar regions help regulate the climate.
- If the polar ice caps melt further, the sea level will rise.
- Arctic sea ice is also an important animal habitat.
- My main concern is that polar bears' habitats will disappear. ✓
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- Which idea would come last in our logical argument?
- These regions help regulate the world’s climate.
- The polar regions are Antarctica and the Arctic.
- Not enough progress to tackle climate change is being made. ✓
- They are threatened by climate change.
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- Which linguistic features are included here? 'The sea ice, which is a habitat for polar bears, is melting rapidly; as a result, their population has declined 40% in some areas.'
- fronted adverbial of cause ✓
- relative complex sentence ✓
- semi-colon to connect closely-related sentences ✓
- adverbial complex sentence
- fronted adverbial of manner
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- What punctuation might be missing from this sentence? 'Greenpeace is campaigning to stop oil drilling in the Arctic in addition, hunting for polar bears was banned in 1973 after a WWF campaign.'
- a comma
- a semi-colon ✓
- a colon
- brackets
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- What type of connection has been made between the ideas in the following passage? 'Although Antarctica is not part of any country, it is home to scientists from 29 countries (at 70 scientific bases).'
- 'adding on'
- cause and effect
- contrast ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which of the following language features help to create a formal tone?
- contractions
- serious, factual language ✓
- subject-specific vocabulary ✓
- addressing the reader
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- Which of these sentences uses an appropriately formal tone for our essay?
- The Arctic might be very cold, but loads of people live there.
- The Arctic is very cold; however, many people still live there. ✓
- The Arctic's cold, but it's not completely uninhabited.
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- Which paragraph of our essay is not likely to include evidence?
- the introduction ✓
- the first main paragraph
- the second main paragraph
- the conclusion
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- What type of evidence is used in this sentence? 'Because their snow and ice reflect the Sun’s heat back into space, the polar regions play an important role in keeping the Earth’s temperature down.'
- explanation ✓
- statistic
- expert opinion
- reference to official report
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- Which of these linguistic features are included here? 'These polar regions are unique: they are largely uninhabited, they are completely treeless and they are so cold that even the sea freezes over.'
- semi-colon to connect sentences
- colon to introduce explanation ✓
- compound sentence ✓
- adverbial complex sentence
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- Which of the words in the following sentence could be considered subject-specific vocabulary? 'The Arctic permafrost also plays an important role: it traps carbon in the ground.'
- traps
- permafrost ✓
- carbon ✓
- ground
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Our essay gives a logical argument that builds towards a conclusion.
- The introduction gives the context of the polar regions while the first main paragraph begins to build the argument.
- Throughout the essay, we connect ideas using a range of linguistic features and support ideas with evidence.
- It is useful to orally rehearse our ideas before writing to reduce our cognitive load.
- We use a formal tone in an essay because we want to sound authoritative.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to connect ideas with appropriate linguistic features.
When completing shared writing, show how the same ideas can be connected in different ways; focus on looking at the relationship between the ideas being connected.
Keywords
Logical argument - an argument that follows a series of steps that lead clearly towards a conclusion
Linguistic features - language structures that are used within a text in order to connect ideas together
Formal tone - the effect created by choosing serious, factual language
Evidence - information or facts to show something is true
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