TEACHER’S EDITION
GRADE 7 EXPLANATORY TASK
DIGITAL POLLUTION—WRITING INTRODUCTIONS
The articles Sifting through Digital Pollution for the Facts, Creating Viral Fake-Outs, and What is Spam? are
about digital pollution.
WRITING PROMPT:
Write an explanatory essay for the school’s STEM Magazine in which you explain the effects of digital
pollution. Your essay must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passage set.
DIRECTIONS:
Complete the section below by writing three possible hook sentences for your introduction. Review your
thesis statement before writing the hook.
Hook Type
Interesting
Statement
Rhetorical
Question
Quick Switch
Example
The digital world is inevitable; it is growing by the minute, but users need to beware!
Have you ever seen something on the Internet and couldn’t decide if it were true or not?
Trust the Internet, the Internet is your friend!
Write your introduction in the space below. Then, label each sentence accordingly.
H—Hook (copy from above), T—Transition sentence, TS—Thesis statement (copy from previous handout), P—Preview
sentence
Answers will vary. Accept any logical response that is supported by evidence from the texts. Sample below.
The digital world is inevitable; it is growing by the minute, but users need to beware!
Without
knowing the good from the bad, the Internet—with all of its digital pollution—can lead people astray.
Digital pollution has both positive and negative effects on society.
Smart users are “smart” because of the
knowledge they continually seek about the ever-changing Internet and all of its digital pollution.
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