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Year 6

Polar regions: essay writing

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  • Developing essay writing
  • Reading and writing texts that inform

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In this unit, pupils learn about how climate change is affecting the polar regions. They organise their knowledge into a clear essay structure with an introduction, paragraphs and a conclusion. They then write an essay that outlines how climate change is negatively impacting the polar regions.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of how to write a clear, well-structured essay from the previous Year 6 unit, 'The Empire Windrush: essay writing'. The question for this essay requires pupils to write a single line of argument, maintaining that rising global temperatures affect the polar regions negatively. Pupils write with credibility, using statistics, facts, evidence bases, logic, passive voice, persuasive techniques and structure. This unit prepares pupils for further essay writing in the Year 6 unit, 'Ancient Islamic civilisation: essay writing'.

  1. Understanding the structure, features and purpose of an essay
  2. Researching the polar regions and their importance
  3. Researching the threats to the polar regions
  4. Preparing to write an essay
  5. Writing the first half of an essay
  6. Writing the second half of an essay
  7. Making a speech about the effects of climate change on the polar regions

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