Unit 9. Nature in danger

Unit 10: Endangered species Writing I.. Unit 10: Endangered species Writing I.. Sample writing:• 1.The table shows the deforestation situation in southeast Asia Cambodia, Indonesia and L

Unit 9: Nature in danger

Writing Describing tables comparison and contrast

I Pre writing

Examine the table and study the sample writing and find out the structures comparison and contrast

• more/fewer/less + N … than

• a difference of

• nearly the same…

• almost/about + number…

Unit 10:

Endangered species

Writing

I Pre writing

II While writing

- Describe the table 1: deforestation in Southeast Asia between 1990 –

2005 and table 2: total fires and acres burned in the USA between

1980 – 2000

• Introduction: introduce the table

• +Name of the table +place+ date:

• +The table shows/summarizes… in + place + date.

• Body: Make a comparison

• - more/fewer/less + N … than

• - a difference of

• - nearly the same…

• - almost/about + number…

Unit 10:

Endangered species

Writing

I Pre writing

II While writing

III Post writing

Sample writing:

• 1.The table shows the deforestation situation in southeast Asia (Cambodia, Indonesia and Laos) between 1990 and

2005 In general, Laos had larger forest cover than

Cambodia, and Indonesia had the largest of the three

countries In 1990, there was a difference of nearly 103

million hectares of forest cover between Cambodia and

Indonesia - 12.9 million in Cambodia and 116.5 million in

Indonesia Meanwhile, the difference was about 99 million hectares between Laos and Indonesia Within 15 years

(from 1990 to 2005), the overall figures showed that

Indonesia had the highest percentage of total change or

forest loss while Laos had the lowest -24% in Indonesia and 6.7% in Laos

• 2 The table summarizes the number of total fires and acres burned in the USA between 1980 and 2000 There were

fewer fires in 1990 than in 1980, but more acres of forest were destroyed The number of fires was almost the same