In today’s lesson we will be reviewing change over time essays, we will be focusing our writing topic on climate change and weather which is a theme we have been covering over the past few days.
Pre-wrting
Watch the following videos and take notes, use your notes to respond to the following question:
How has the weather changed in Africa? What are the causes of this change and how has it effected Africa?
Share your ideas on the following link: https://padlet.com/philipgelwell/vgjtksnmi899
Using keynote work in your groups to create a short presentation discussing the following question:
How has the weather changed in Africa? What are the causes of this change and how has it effected Africa?
Now present your ideas with the rest of the class
Writing task:
Review through the following essay structure:
Introduction:
| Sentence 1: | General information |
| Sentence 2: | Paraphrase Topic |
| Thesis statement: | This essay will outline the changes in _____and highlight the causes for these changes. |
Body 1: Describe the changes
| Topic sentence: | Many changes have taken place in _________. |
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Change 1: · First, ….. · Explain · Example (For example ….) |
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Change 2: · A second change is that ….. · Explain · Example (For instance ….) |
Body 2: Causes of the changes
| Topic sentence: | There are various/several reasons why ________ has / have changed. |
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Cause 1 · The main reason is that ….. · Explain · Example |
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Cause 2 · Another important reason for….. is that … · Explain · Example |
Conclusion:
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To sum up, …. (summarize the changes) |
| Future: | I believe that these changes will (not) continue in the future because …… |
Using the above structure write a suitable response for the following writing task:
Over the past twenty years the weather in Africa has changed greatly? How the weather changed during this time?
Use pages to write your response once you have completed your essay use the checklist below to review through your writing and then email me a PDF copy of your writing
Essay Check List
- Do you have an introduction
- Are there three sentences in your introductory paragraph : General statement; your opinion; thesis statement
- Do you have two body paragraphs
- Does each body paragraph have a supporting reason and three examples
- Do you have a conclusion
- Does your conclusion include a concluding phrase
- Have you restated your opinion in your conclusion and summarized your reasons
- Have you used the past tense
- Have you re-read what you have written to make sure it makes sense
- Have you used punctuation
- Do your sentences have full stops and capital letters
- Are your paragraphs clear
Extra Grammar work
Please complete the following grammatical worksheet : Compartives