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WRITING

Model text

1Read an extract of a text about global warming.

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Today, one of the biggest environmental problems is global warming. Its effects on human population, animals and agriculture will be severe.

Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans.

Some of the factors that cause global warming is greenhouse gases.

Organizing ideas

The increase of global temperatures is causing many effects in the climate. Sea levels are rising and patterns of precipitation are changing. When this happens, it increases the frequency, duration, and intensity of other extreme weather events.

Other effects of global warming are:deforestation, massive crop failures, extinction of species, and disappearance of coral reefs.

8 Identify a problem that is affecting your town, city or area. Then copy and complete this diagram.

Write sentences describing the environmental problem you identified, its causes and effects. Use the information you collected and the underlined parts in the model text as an example.

Drafting

Put the sentences together into a short text about an environmental problem.

Revising and editing

88 Check your text. Correct spelling and grammar, if necessary.

Writing

Write the final version of your text on a separate piece of paper.

Publishing

888 Publish your text on a visible place in your classroom.



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