Starter quiz
- Which statements about the Amazon rainforest are true?
- It rains a lot there. ✓
- Some areas of it are still unexplored. ✓
- It grew very recently.
- It is home to anacondas and jaguars. ✓
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- Which of the following are major drivers of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest?
- creating farmland for cattle ✓
- logging for wood ✓
- creating farmland for growing soybeans ✓
- building new cities
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- Which of these products is not linked to deforestation in the Amazon?
- leather
- corn syrup ✓
- beef
- soybeans
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- What creates the greenhouse effect?
- the sea's reflective surface
- greenhouse gases in the atmosphere ✓
- oxygen in the atmosphere
- deforestation
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- Which of the following are effects of deforestation?
- habitat loss for animals and plants ✓
- reduced levels of greenhouse gases
- increased levels of greenhouse gases ✓
- poor soil quality and increased flood and drought risk ✓
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- True or false? The UK has experienced deforestation in the past.
- True ✓
- False
Exit quiz
- Which of the below are features of an essay?
- a logical argument ✓
- paragraphs ✓
- subheadings
- a title ✓
- evidence ✓
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- Which is the most likely conclusion of our essay?
- We should reduce deforestation to help tackle climate change. ✓
- We should reduce car use to help tackle climate change.
- We should buy more beef to help tackle climate change.
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- What makes an argument logical?
- it has lots of parts
- it has lots of details
- each step builds on the last ✓
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- Put these questions in a logical order for our essay.
- 1⇔What causes climate change?
- 2⇔How does deforestation worsen climate change?
- 3⇔How would reducing deforestation help tackle climate change?
- Which of these points might come first in our essay?
- It is often done using the 'slash and burn' method.
- We can also try to buy fewer products that are linked to deforestation.
- Deforestation is when trees are cleared from an area. ✓
- Deforestation has been driven by cattle farming.
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- Where might we find the following sentence in our essay? 'If we can reduce deforestation by avoiding buying these products, we can help tackle climate change.'
- introduction
- paragraph 1
- paragraph 2
- conclusion ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Our essay will give one side of an argument, with a logical argument building to a conclusion that mirrors the title.
- Writing is best when we are sure of the ideas we are trying to communicate and how they relate logically to one another.
- We can organise a set of ideas into a logical order in order to make our argument most effective.
- We also need to organise ideas into paragraphs that build logically on from each other towards the conclusion.
Common misconception
Pupils may notice that you could start off by discussing climate change, instead of deforestation, in this essay.
This is correct - we could come at it from either angle; however, since we are emphasising the Amazon rainforest in particular, it makes sense to start by referring to deforestation first.
Keywords
Essay - a piece of writing that explores arguments about a particular issue
Logical argument - one that follows a series of steps that lead clearly towards a conclusion
Subject-specific vocabulary - vocabulary that relates to a particular subject
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