Write a persuasive piece of writing telling me why recycling is important. Think about: What a landfill is and how it can damage our environment? What problems could occur if we don’t reduce our waste? How can recycling resolve or fix the waste problem. Remember to: choose your words carefully take care with your spelling, punctuation, and sentences edit – add or delete words or sentences to improve your work. Remember each paragraph should contain three ideas or more. If you are a year five there should be at least five ideas for each paragraph. Persuasive Writing Plan Introduction Topic question: Why is recycling important? It is important to recycle because there will be more houses Main reason 1 Fact Example Fact: Sometimes it takes thousands of years for most of the trash in landfills to decompose and break down. Example: For example when trash is buried in a landfill with no oxygen it produces methane. This toxic gas is poisonous to living things and bad for the environment. Main reason 2 Fact Example We should recycle because we are keeping the earth healthy For example We recycle so when new kids come to live so they can get a family Main reason 3 Fact Example We are not recycling properly so when kids grow up they will run out of space to live when they grow up Japan was cleaning up our dump rubbish but then they stopped cleaning our rubbish in new zealand Conclusion In the conclusion you re-state the introduction. For example: Finally, recycling is important because……. We need to recycle our rubbish in the right bins so we can have more house so some new kids can recycle Important vocab Word Meaning Landfill A place where a large hole is dug in the earth and rubbish is stored and buried. Methane gas When rubbish is buried in a landfill with no oxygen it produces a toxic gas called Methane which is explosive. Visy recycling A place in Auckland where plastic and paper rubbish are recycled so they can be used again without going into the landfill. Recycle Re using something old such as plastic or paper rubbish. Reduce To make something smaller Global warming The earth's temperature is getting warmer because of the increases in air pollution that trap in heat. This has caused the snow to melt which is raising sea levels. There have also been increases in heat waves and wildfires around the world. Decompose or Biodegradable When something that was once living rots or breaks down into the earth. For example an apple core. RECYCLING VIDEO LINKS Visy recycling video The importance of recycling in New Zealand Great Pacific garbage patch How one town produces no trash Why is recycling important? It is important to recycle because there will be more houses and massive building. And people can can go to new works and people can live in new fancy houses and we recycle paper so we can send note to are family Sometimes it takes thousands of years for most of the stinky trash in landfills to decompose and break down. For example when massive trash is buried in a landfill with no oxygen it produces methane. This toxic gas is poisonous to living things and bad for the environment. We should recycle because we are keeping the earth healthy. For example We recycle so when new kids come to live so they can get a family We are not recycling properly so when kids grow up they will run out of space to live when they grow up . Japan was cleaning up our stinky massive dump rubbish. But then they stopped cleaning our rubbish in new zealand When something that was once living rots or breaks down into the earth. For example an apple core a banana peel and a orange peel.