Week 3 Writing Homework

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Prompt : You have discovered a local environmental problem in your area (e.g., too much litter in the park, the decline of bees and butterflies, excessive food waste from shops). Write a short feature article (around 500 words) for your school newsletter to persuade your friends and their families to take action.

You must include at least two of the techniques we have discussed today:
• A powerful hook
• A statistic
• A metaphor or simile
• An expert quote (you can invent a plausible one, e.g.,’Dr Evans, a local biologist, said…’)
• A call to action

You can access the slides here, the slides are view-only and cannot be downloaded due to copyright and plagiarism concerns: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mA8P657B_VYjb-neJv1LXxxJ0vvbwESt?usp=sharing

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  3. Riya Prabhakaran

    Our Park Is Drowning in Litter — and It’s Time to Save It!

    Have you ever walked through our local park, hoping to enjoy the fresh air, only to see plastic bottles glinting in the sun, chip packets tangled in the grass, and cans rolling down the path like lost toys? What was once a peaceful green escape is slowly becoming a landfill in disguise, and we’re the ones turning it into one.

    Every week, the council collects over 200 kilograms of rubbish from our park alone. That’s about the weight of a baby elephant. Yet the next weekend, the bins overflow again and rubbish scatters like confetti after a parade. This endless cycle is not only ugly, it’s dangerous. Birds and ducks often mistake shiny wrappers for food, and plastic rings can choke small animals.

    Dr. Sarah Evans, a local environmental scientist, warns, “Littering doesn’t just spoil the view, it poisons our soil, harms wildlife, and even pollutes our waterways. The smallest plastic can have the biggest impact.”

    Imagine the park as a living, breathing creature. Each tree is a lung, each patch of grass a heartbeat. But when we leave our rubbish behind, it’s like throwing dirt into its lungs, slowly suffocating the beauty that keeps our community alive.

    The sad truth is that litter doesn’t just vanish. A single plastic bottle can take up to 450 years to decompose. That means the rubbish left behind today will still be polluting the planet when your great-great-grandchildren are walking these same paths.

    But here’s the good news. We can fix this together. Small actions make a big difference. Next time you’re at the park, bring a reusable bag for your waste. Join or start a weekend clean-up crew with your friends. Encourage your family to recycle properly at home. And if you see rubbish on the ground, pick it up, even if it isn’t yours. Every little bit helps.

    Our park has given us so much, from space to play and picnic to quiet moments under the trees. Now it’s our turn to give something back. Let’s turn this littered park back into a sparkling green gem where children can run, birds can sing, and nature can thrive once more. Our park can’t fix itself, but together we can. Every bottle picked up, every wrapper recycled, every small act of care adds up to something bigger. Let’s stand up for our planet, one piece of litter at a time, and show that when our community works together, nature wins. Because when we protect nature, we protect our future.

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