Writing Practice: Extended Writing on the Environment
How to write a longer piece about the environment in Spanish: joining ideas with connectives, giving and justifying opinions with porque, and shaping a clear paragraph.
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Me gusta la naturaleza porque es importante para todos. A longer piece of writing is not just more words: it joins ideas together, gives opinions and backs them up. This module shows how to link your sentences about the environment with connectives and how to give a reason with porque, so your writing flows.
Writing building blocks
Learn these four building blocks before you write.
Join or judge
Good extended writing does two jobs at once.
Link it and back it up
A top piece of writing never lists short sentences on their own. It links them with connectives so the ideas flow, and every opinion is followed by a reason. Say what you think, add porque and a reason, then join on more with y, pero or sin embargo. That turns a list into a paragraph.
Match the connective
- y
- pero
- porque
- también
- and
- but
- because
- also
Match the opinion phrase
- me gusta
- no me gusta
- es importante
- sin embargo
- I like
- I do not like
- it is important
- however
Say because
Which Spanish word means because and is used to give a reason?
- porque
- pero
- y
- también
Spot the connectives
Select the TWO words that are connectives for joining ideas.
- y
- pero
- río
- azul
Build a paragraph
Put these Spanish clauses in order to make a flowing paragraph, opening first.
- En mi ciudad hay muchos problemas
- se contamina el río
- porque hay mucha basura
- y no me gusta
- pero hay que reciclar
Complete the toolkit
The word for because is _____. The word for and is _____. The word for but is _____. To say you like something you write me _____. To say something matters you write es _____.
Build an opinion
Build the Spanish for I like recycling because it is important.
Build a contrast
Build the Spanish for I do not like the pollution.
Choose the link
For each English sentence, choose the best Spanish version.
- I like nature because it is beautiful.
- There is pollution; however, we can recycle.
- It is important to recycle.
Write a paragraph
Write a short paragraph in Spanish about the environment in your area. Join your ideas and give an opinion.
- Give an opinion using me gusta or es importante, backed up with porque
- Add another idea using y or también
- Show a contrast using pero or sin embargo