1. Writing an article using a diagram
Primary Longman Elect
6B Chapter 4
Writing an article using a diagram

2. Imagine you’re a dolphin
Imagine you’re a dolphin. Write an article asking people to be more dolphin-friendly.
What problems are dolphins facing? What should people do to save dolphins?
You can use a diagram to help you organise your ideas.

3. Problems dolphins are facing
reclamation
What people do:
______________
Result:
Action:
water pollution
fishing
turn sea into land
fewer places where
dolphins can live
stop turning sea
into land
What action should people take to save dolphins?
What is ‘reclamation’? What do people do?
Now brainstorm more ideas for each problem.
First, list three main problems dolphins are facing.
What happens when people turn sea into land?

4. Problems dolphins are facing
What people do:
______________
Result:
Action:
reclamation
What people do:
______________
Result:
Action:
water pollution
fishing
turn sea into land
dump toxic waste
into the sea
fewer places where
dolphins become ill
dolphins can live
and die
stop turning sea
stop dumping toxic
into land
waste into the sea
Why is there water pollution? What do people do?
What happens when people dump toxic waste into the sea?
What action should people take to save dolphins?
Now, do the same for the second problem.

5. Problems dolphins are facing
What people do:
______________
Result:
Action:
reclamation
What people do:
______________
Result:
Action:
water pollution
What people do:
______________
Result:
Action:
fishing
turn sea into land
dump toxic waste
fish in areas where
into the sea
dolphins live
fewer places where
dolphins become ill
fewer fish for
dolphins can live
and die
dolphins to eat
stop turning sea
stop dumping toxic
stop fishing in areas
into land
waste into the sea
where dolphins live
Now, change the ideas in the diagram into sentences.
Why is fishing a problem? What do people do?
What action should people take to save dolphins?
Do the same thing for the third problem.
What happens when people do this?

6. Problems dolphins are facing
The first problem we are facing is reclamation.
What people do:
______________
Result:
Action:
reclamation
You keep turning sea into land.
turn sea into land
Therefore there are fewer places where we can live.
fewer places where
dolphins can live
We will have nowhere to live unless you stop turning sea into land.
stop turning sea
into land
You are a dolphin. Use we to talk about you and your dolphin friends.
Link your ideas using words like therefore and unless.
You are writing to people, so use you to refer to people.

7. Problems dolphins are facing
The second problem we are facing is water pollution.
water pollution
What people do:
______________
Result:
Action:
You keep dumping toxic waste into the sea.
dump toxic waste
into the sea
Therefore we become ill and die.
dolphins become ill
and die
We will become extinct unless you stop dumping toxic waste into the sea.
stop dumping toxic
waste into the sea

8. Problems dolphins are facing
The third problem we are facing is fishing.
fishing
What people do:
______________
Result:
Action:
You keep fishing in areas where we live.
fish in areas where
dolphins live
Therefore there are fewer fish for us to eat.
fewer fish for
dolphins to eat
We will have no fish to eat unless you stop fishing in areas where we live.
stop fishing in areas
where dolphins live

9. Well done! Now you can write the article.

10. Write what you hope the readers will do at the end.
Save the dolphins
I am a friendly dolphin and I am writing because we are facing many problems. We need you to help save our lives.
The first problem we are facing is reclamation. You keep turning sea into land. Therefore there are fewer places where we can live. We will have nowhere to live unless you stop turning sea into land.
The second problem we are facing is water pollution. You keep dumping toxic waste into the sea. Therefore we become ill and die. We will become extinct unless you stop dumping toxic waste into the sea.
The third problem we are facing is fishing. You keep fishing in areas where we live. Therefore there are fewer fish for us to eat. We will have no fish to eat unless you stop fishing in areas where we live.
Please take action before it is too late!
Write what you hope the readers will do at the end.
Put the sentences about the second problem in Paragraph 3.
Tell the reader why you are writing the article in Paragraph 1.
Put the sentences about the first problem in Paragraph 2.
Put the sentences about the third problem in Paragraph 4.

11. The End