From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up–Section one presents five opposing excerpts from recent periodicals, each one beginning with a short summary and questions for readers to consider and including relevant illustrations, political cartoons, and color photographs. Section two offers information on essay writing and includes annotated examples. Step-by-step exercises help students write their own essays. Information also is given on finding and using sources, Modern Language Association (MLA) style, sample essay topics, and organizations to contact for more information. This volume provides a useful way for English composition, science, and social science teachers to integrate library research into their classrooms.–Patricia Ann Owens, Wabash Valley College, Mt. Carmel, IL
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Selections examine the potential effects of global warming and whether the predictions about worldwide climate change are accurate. In addition, model essays and guided writing exercises assist students as they compose their own cause-and-effect analyses.