UPM-CALC/LPE2501/SEM 1/2022-23/WP/TASK 1

LPE2501 ACADEMIC WRITING

WRITING PORTFOLIO TASK 1

BRAINSTORM

1. Based on your field of study, brainstorm a topic and supporting points (SP) to
develop your paragraphs.

Below is an example of a cluster diagram used for brainstorming. You may use the
diagram provided in the next page to help you organise your topic and supporting
points.

Field of study

Human
Development

Topic
The Benefits of Volunteering

Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2

Main idea: Learn new skills Main idea: Broaden one’s career
options
SP 1
- have better time management skills SP 1
- volunteering experience is sought
SP 2 after by employers
- sharpen interpersonal skills
SP 2
- can try out different jobs while
volunteering

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BRAINSTORM FORM

NAME: ______CHANG ZEYU_______________

MATRIC NO.: _209624__ GROUP: __99____

FIELD OF STUDY
environmental pollution

TOPIC
Air pollution plague industrialised cities

PARAGRAPH 1 PARAGRAPH 2

MAIN IDEA: Why do industrial cities have
air pollution?
SP 1: Industry need factories, and factory
discharge of pollutants.
MAIN IDEA: Why does environmental
pollution exist in industrial cities for a long
time?
SP 1: The pollutants discharged by
factories are difficult to eliminate in a
short time.

SP 2: People don’t have environment

SP 2: Industrial cities lack environmental protection awareness in industrial cities.
protection.

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2. Once you have brainstormed your topic and supporting points, look for excerpts
from academic sources to support the points (at least one excerpt for each
supporting point). Please ensure that all sources are in English language only.

List down the reference sources (e.g. name of books and journals or links to
websites) by filling up the table below.

BODY Sources
PARAGR
APH 1

Supporting Source article

Point 1 Type
Title Industrial Pollution – Causes, Effects and Prevention
Author(s) Earth reminder
Date of June 14, 2020
Publicatio
n
DOI/Web https://www.earthreminder.com/industrial-pollution-
site causes-effects-prevention/
Supporting Source article
Point 2 Type
Title Industrial Pollution
Author(s) Alexander N.Sukhodolov1Oleksandra
O.Shumilova1Nataliya S.Loboda2Viktor
M.Katolikov3Nikolas A.Arnaut4Vitali V.Bekh5Marin
A.Usatii6Leonid A.Kudersky7Boris G.Skakalsky8
Date of 14 January 2022
Publicatio
n
DOI/Web https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-
site planetary-sciences/industrial-pollution
BODY Sources
PARAGR
APH 2

Supporting Source article

Point 1 Type
Title Effects of pollution on human growth and development:
an introduction
Author(s) Lawrence M Schell 1, Mia V Gallo, Melinda Denham,
Julia Ravenscroft
Date of 25 January 2006
Publicatio
n
DOI/Web https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16617215/
site
Supporting Source article

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Point 2 Type
Title Public awareness and support for environmental
protection
Author(s) Yunn Shin Jocelyne Chin ,Laura De Pretto ,Vivek
Thuppil,Matthew J. Ashfold
Date of March 14, 2019
Publicatio
n
DOI/Web https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journ
site al.pone.0212206

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