P. gases like CO2 and methane that trap heat and contribute to global warming
NOTE! Cause and effect essay Cause and effect is a rhetorical style that discusses which events lead to specific results. A cause and effect essay is structured around the goal of discovering and discussing events that lead to certain results. When writing a cause and effect essay, you should be sure that you have researched the specific causes and are confident that you’re demonstrating why they lead to particular results.
The structure of a cause and effect essay: Introduction Paraphrase the question
Introduce the specific topics that will be discussed in the main bidy
Main Body Paragraph 1 Introduce the cause (topic sentence)
Explain/give detail
Example
Main Body Paragraph 2 Introduce the effect (topic sentence)
Explain/give detail
Example
Conclusion Summary of the main points
What you think is most important about this topic/give a recommendation
Activity 2. Read the essay and define elements of its structure using the information above.
Global warming and climate change is the major threat our world has faced throughout recent times. The considerable increase in the surface temperature had a massive effect on the natural climatic variation and thus completely changed the standard conditions of the world.
Climate change due to global warming is being studied and discovered for over a couple of centuries and the scientists are vigorously trying to find the best way to control the crisis. The mutual linking of global warming and climate change has created a tone of concern among the intellectuals that these may cause a big change in the world’s day to day affairs. This has been proved from the climate variations and the untimely season changes that have been occurring very recently in different parts of Mother Earth.
Global warming is majorly due to the disruption of the natural balance of energy that comes and goes out of the Earth’s surface. This is well maintained with the incoming solar energy that is divided into visible light and non-visible infrared and ultraviolet radiations.
Due to many human activities like deforestation, it has resulted in several changes in the atmospheric temperature wherein the major part of the heat and invisible radiation reach the Earth and stay on it thus, increasing the heat energy on the Earth’s surface. Thus, global warming directly results in the climatic change of our Earth.
There have been campaigns and other efforts taken by many people across the globe to bring awareness to the communities about the growing crisis of our world. Emission of Greenhouse gases including nitrous oxide, methane and carbon dioxide has played a vital role in making the situation worse.
Some of the very common impacts of Global Warming and Climate Change are wildfires, droughts, heavy snowfall, frequent hurricanes, heavy rainfall leading to floods, heat waves, retreating of glaciers, ocean acidification and much more as the list keeps on increasing with every passing day. It is also one of the major reasons for the extinction of some species due to an unexpected change of temperature in their habitats.
It is high time that the world unites together to curb the rising hazards of Global Warming and Climate Change. Every single step taken by each individual counts for creating a world that stays for the generations to come!
Activity 3. Write a cause and effect essay (250-300 words) on the topic “Climate change”. Include words and expressions from the Activity 1. Follow the structure given in the NOTE! section. You can use the following table as a guide to writing your essay.
· start writing
· write the thesis statement
· write the main ideas for each paragraph
· write the supporting details for each paragraph
· write the conclusion
Activity 4.Re-read your story, make sure sentences make sense. Add phrases to make the story flow smoothly (cohesion markers, pronouns, conjunctions).
Activity 5.Change papers with your partner and provide feedback using correction codes from the box below.
Peer editor’s key
CORRECTION CODES TO BE USED
Grammar C = Case
F = Form
T = Tense
Punctuation P = Punctuation
Spelling SP = Spelling
Vocabulary WC = Word Choice
^ = Add a word
? = Unclear
Coherence/cohesion [] – this part needs to be rearranged as it lacks logical connection with other parts of the text
- this part lacks cohesive devices for a better connection of the parts of the text
* = Other problem or concern
!!!If you mark your friend’s paper by hand, use a different color pen than the writing. If you mark it on the computer, use a different color font.!!!
PEER FEEDBACK CHECKLIST After reading your partner’s essay evaluate his work (circle an appropriate number) according to the following criteria, where “1” is “need to work hard on this aspect” and “7” stands for “no need to make changes”
o spelling o vocabulary o grammar o relatedness to the topic o cohesive devices
