Unit 7: World Population writing

AIMS: • Help students compare the figures in the chart and give their comments • Help students write a paragraph about the world population Warm up Answer the following questions: What continent has the most people? What continent has the least people? Is the world population distributed evenly? Pre- writing Look at the chart carefully and work in pairs America Latin America 6% Oceania 2% Northern South Asia 8% 32 % Africa 11 % Europe 15 % East Asia 26 % •Students can use some structures: comparative, superlative… Examples: - The population of Europe is higher than the population of Africa - The South Asia has the largest population While –writing -Explain these phrases: it can be seen that distributed unevenly account for … per cent more than double the population of half as much as / nearly half of rank first / last -Make topic sentence: The world population is not distributed evenly -Have students work in groups of four -Go round the class and provide help when necessary Post writing • Have students exchange their writings • Call on two students to write down their friends’ writings on the board • Make necessary comments and corrections  ... comparative, superlative… Examples: - The population of Europe is higher than the population of Africa - The South Asia has the largest population While writing -Explain these phrases: it can... continent has the most people? What continent has the least people? Is the world population distributed evenly? Pre- writing Look at the chart carefully and work in pairs America Latin America... account for … per cent more than double the population of half as much as / nearly half of rank first / last -Make topic sentence: The world population is not distributed evenly -Have students