Sample Writing to Unit 6.4

Exercise:

Fill in the following blanks with the possible effects of global warming first, and then write a cause­and­effect paragraph. Your paragraph should be more than 120 words in length.

Cause Global warming
Effect 1 _________________ _________________	Effect 2 _________________ _________________	Effect 3 _________________ _________________

SAMPLE WRITING

 

Effect 1: major wildfires

Effect 2: severe changes to the earth’s climate

Effect 3: the ice surrounding the North Pole and the South Pole has begun to melt

Global warming has already affected our planet in many serious ways. It is actually making the world’s weather conditions much worse. For one thing, unusually hot weather has caused major wildfires in the United states, Indonesia, and Australia. For another, as the planet warms up, the ice surrounding the North Pole and the South Pole has begun to melt, causing the planet’s sea level to rise. If this continues, some big cities like London, New York, and Taipei might be underwater by the end of this century. In addition, global warming may also be responsible for causing many severe changes to the planet’s climate and for killing so many people at a time. Scientists think of all the recent huge floods and droughts as evidence of this severe climate change. Thus, it is essential that we take immediate action to deal with global warming before it is too late to save the earth.