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Communication Lesson 4
Worked Example for the Main activity
Challenge topic: Sustainability
Claim: Urgent action is needed to combat climate change and its impacts.

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Stress that the example text is far from perfect (e.g. there could be more transition words; a
reference is incomplete and there is a lack of evidence in some places) and learners should look at
the strengths and the areas that need developing. You might like to ask learners to compare this text
with the Worked Example for the Main activity in Lesson 3 (which is better). The learning is in the
review of the texts and the discussion, which will help learners create and improve their own
structured arguments.

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Suggested answers:

Claim: Urgent action is needed to combat climate change and its impacts.

Title: Is urgent action needed to combat climate change and its impacts?

Is/are there …? Yes No Notes

an introduction ✓ clear title and clear introduction about what the report will cover.
(including title)

a conclusion (including ✓ Gives personal perspective but not how and why it has developed or
personal perspective) changed according to the evidence presented. References some of the
evidence in the middle part of the report (link to consumption of animal
products). Brings in other information not presented in the middle part
of the report. Does answer the question but lacks details (evidence
explaining why).

a middle with claims ✓ There are no sub-headings (apart from the introduction and conclusion)
but there are claims, which include ‘Climate change is a global challenge
that affects everyone everywhere and is happening much faster than
previously suggested’; ‘The impacts of climate change are many’;
‘The main reason for this alarming rate of climate change is increasing
greenhouse gas emissions’; ‘Action needs taking to help combat climate
change and its impacts’.

reasoning to justify the ✓ ‘because of an increase in the burning of fossil fuels for energy,
claims in the middle deforestation and farming’; ‘Changing weather patterns are responsible
for damaging property and infrastructure, and they also negatively affect
sectors of the economy like forestry, fishing, agriculture and tourism’;
‘due to the world’s reliance on burning fossil fuels’.

supporting evidence for ✓ Some supporting evidence but some evidence not cited (which makes it
the claims in the middle less reliable/trustworthy), e.g. the last paragraph before
the conclusion; United Nations (reliable, global perspective); report in a
Canadian Newspaper (Choo, 2019) (reliable, national perspective);
Wikipedia (unreliable, global perspective and could have been mentioned
in the conclusion to change/develop
personal perspective).

transition ✓ Not only …but…; also; as; in summary. Could add more, e.g. however,
words/phrases (e.g. whilst (to compare); as seen; in addition; furthermore, etc.
therefore, so, in
summary)

relevant topic-specific ✓ Climate change; greenhouse gas emissions; fossil fuels; animal
words and phrases agriculture; etc.

different perspectives ✓ Global and national – some implicit contrast (need transition
words for comparing).

a logical structure ✓ Each point follows the next with some transition words linking
and making it fairly easy to read.

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Claim: Urgent action is needed to combat climate change and its impacts.

Title: Is urgent action needed to combat climate change and its impacts?

Team: A

Introduction clearly sets out what the report is about.

Some accurate citation and referencing of information sources.

More transition words, especially to contrast the global and national perspective,
e.g. However; On the other hand; In contrast, etc.

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