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:

1. What continent has the most people?
2. What continent has the least people?
3. 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.