Starter quiz
- Which products contribute to deforestation in the Amazon?
- mahogany wood ✓
- beef ✓
- soybeans ✓
- oak wood
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- What type of evidence is shown here? 'Large areas of deforested land are used for growing soybeans.'
- statistic
- fact ✓
- expert opinion
- reference to official report
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- What type of evidence is shown here? 'A 2006 report stated that soybean farming was contributing to deforestation.'
- explanation
- statistic
- reference to official report ✓
- expert opinion
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- What can we do to sound authoritative when writing an essay?
- include lots of evidence to support our argument ✓
- use subject-specific vocabulary ✓
- give our own opinions
- present the argument in a logical order ✓
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- Which linguistic feature is used here? 'Because soybeans can be used as cattle feed, they are also widely grown in the area.'
- fronted adverbial of cause
- adverbial complex sentence ✓
- relative complex sentence
- parenthesis in brackets
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- Which linguistic features are included here? 'In 2006, a study found that farming soybeans, which are fed to cattle, was also contributing to deforestation.'
- fronted adverbial of time ✓
- relative complex sentence ✓
- fronted adverbial of cause
- adverbial complex sentence
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Exit quiz
- Put the logical steps of our argument so far in the order that they appear in our essay.
- 1⇔Deforestation is affecting the Amazon a great deal.
- 2⇔Deforestation in the Amazon is driven by agriculture and logging.
- 3⇔Deforestation contributes to climate change.
- Which of the following is the main point of the second main paragraph?
- Deforestation contributes in a small way to climate change.
- Trees are helping to prevent climate change.
- Deforestation contributes in a significant way to climate change. ✓
- We should plant more trees to combat climate change.
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- What type of evidence is used here? 'Trees remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, storing it as carbon. This helps to reduce high greenhouse gas levels that drive climate change.'
- statistic
- explanation ✓
- expert opinion
- reference to an official report
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- Which linguistic feature is used here? 'Trees remove carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere.'
- adverbial complex sentence
- relative complex sentence ✓
- parenthesis in brackets
- non-finite (-ing) complex sentence
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- Put these sentences in order to show the cause and effect.
- 1⇔Human activity has raised greenhouse gas levels.
- 2⇔As a result of this, the greenhouse effect has been strengthened.
- 3⇔Consequently, more heat is being trapped in Earth's atmosphere.
- 4⇔Due to this, global temperatures have risen.
- Which sentence correctly combines these ideas using a non-finite (-ing) clause? 'Deforestation causes 20% of global emissions. It contributes to climate change.'
- Deforestation causes 20% of global emissions, contributing to climate change. ✓
- Deforestation causes 20% of global emissions contributing to climate change.
- Deforestation causes 20% of global emissions, it contributing to climate change.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Our essay will give one side of an argument, using a logical order and supported by evidence.
- Evidence can take many forms, including explanations, facts and statistics.
- In the second main paragraph, we will explain how deforestation can drive climate change.
- We will include subject-specific vocabulary and a range of linguistic features.
- Within a paragraph, the points we make must be in a logical order and connect to one another.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to adopt the formal tone required for an essay.
You may wish to provide a bank of 'essay phrases' like 'contributes to', 'has strengthened' and 'is driven by' to support some pupils.
Keywords
Subject-specific vocabulary - vocabulary that relates to a particular subject
Evidence - information or facts to show something is true
Climate change - a long-term change to global temperatures and weather
Linguistic features - the language structures that are used within a text
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