Messing

With
Mother
Nature

To refresh your understanding of

persuasive writing in connection to
some of the ideas present in the
novel, The Declaration and to
improve your essay skills.

In The Declaration by
Gemma Malley there is a
central message for the
reader that messing with
Mother Nature and
changing the natural way of
society is wrong.

HOW DOES THE

AUTHOR SHOW
THIS?
The Surplus problem- enslaving young
people who have been born illegally
People living forever
Use of stem cells- taking from the young to
give to the old
Longevity drugs
Embedded time

In this unit we will look at how some of these

ideas are already in our world today and use
this for a basis to practice Persuasive writing
for NAPLAN

Everybody knows that ..

Persuasive words to help

Here are
some
phrases
you could
use when
connecting
your
paragraphs