Human Impact Writing

Write a persuasive essay answering the prompt: "Do people cause more harm than good to the environment?"

Paragraph 1: Write an opening line, restate the prompt, and answer it with your claim
Paragraph 2: Explain your claim - provide the evidence and reasoning for your answer. Discuss what people have done to support your argument.
Paragraph 3: Write a counterargument - address the opposite side from paragraph 2. Discuss what humans have done on the other side.
Paragraph 4: Restate your position and explain why you picked the side you did
Paragraph 5: Write an Action Step - Provide 1 strategy or action humans can take to reduce the negative impact of humans on the environment.

The following is a word bank. Use at least 10 words correctly in your writing for full credit:

- Climate Change
- Levee
- Hurricane
- Seawall 
- Reserve
- Pollution
- Deforestation
- Reforestation
- Smog
- Destruction of Habitats
- Overhunting
- Resource Harvesting
- Clean Energy
- Ecosystem
- Dams
- Agriculture
- Erosion