CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES 8

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Communication Lesson 1
Worked Example for the Main activity
Challenge topic: Sustainability
Any of the 17 UN Sustainable Goals for Development would be good to use for
this activity. The boxed text is based on Sustainable Development Goal 11:
Sustainable cities and communities.
Text idea:

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Suggested answers:

1 a Cities are popular places for people to live so it’s important to have safe and
sustainable cities.
b There are five paragraphs:
1 Introduction: Cities are great places to live. The number of people living in cities is
increasing and they need to be safe and sustainable – links to the title.
2 It is important that people feel safe and included, and that city living is sustainable
as more and more people are now living in cities.
3 There are challenges, and one of the biggest is inequality: 1 billion people live in
slums and there is a rich/poor divide in many cities.
4 A further challenge is global carbon emissions causing pollution.
5 Conclusion: sums up ideas. Something needs doing to make sure there is affordable
housing, cities are safe and people can have a decent, healthy standard of living.
c Yes. The end of paragraph 2 suggests ‘challenges’ and paragraph 3 talks about
inequality as one of the challenges of cities; paragraph 4 follows this by suggesting
pollution as a further challenge.
d Yes, the conclusion does sum up the content of the text; however, it also brings up new
points, so point this out to learners. The conclusion could be stronger.
e Yes
f There is a reference list. It is mostly accurate but one of the references is just the
website address. The author, date, title of the article and date the website was accessed
need including.
g Answers will vary. Spellings are correct.
h Generally, the text is well-structured, but point out the problem with the conclusion
and remind learners that all claims need reasoning to justify them and evidence to
support them. The sub-headings for the introduction and conclusion help with the
structure.

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