5 HAVO Writing Test, Argumentative Essay

3 November, 2022
Here are two articles. Choose the subject that you like best. Use what we did in
class to write your argumentative essay. Use a minimum of 300 words and
write no more than an A4 piece of paper (letter size calibri 12). You do not have
to cite your source. Do not copy entire phrases/sentences from the article.

COP 27

 Write an argumentative essay about why climate change should be our

biggest priority.
 Write an argumentative essay about why climate change should not be
our biggest priority.

Let’s call out the Qatar World Cup for what it really is

 Write an argumentative essay about why it is a good thing that the

football World Championship is being hosted by Qatar.
 Write an argumentative essay about why it is not a good thing that the
football World Championship is being hosted by Qatar.

- Good luck! -
COP27: Prioritise climate or face
catastrophe - UN chief
By Georgina Rannard BBC News Climate and Science

Countries must re-prioritise climate change or the world

faces catastrophe, the UN chief has told BBC News.

Secretary General António Guterres was

speaking in New York ahead of a major
climate conference in Egypt. "There has
been a tendency to put climate change on the back burner," he said.
"If we are not able to reverse the present trend, we will be doomed."
The conference, known as COP27, will bring together countries to
discuss tackling climate change.

Mr Guterres said that current global problems such as inflation,

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the high prices of energy and food
were distracting governments. "Bring back climate change to the
centre of the international debate," he urged. The UN chief insisted
that leaders should not abandon key goals, including keeping global
temperature rise to 1.5C, in order to avoid the worst effects of
climate change.

He said he would like to see both King Charles III and new UK Prime
Minister Rishi Sunak attending COP27, saying King Charles has been
a "constant voice" calling attention to the problem of climate
change. He also called on the US and China to work together at the
conference, saying the world relies on their leadership.

"This is the defining issue of our time, nobody has the right to
sacrifice international action on climate change for any reason," he
warned.
"We need to tell the truth. The truth is that the impact of climate
change on a number of countries in the world, especially hotspots, is
already devastating," he added.
Governments must deliver the $100billion of finance promised to
developing countries facing the harshest impacts of climate change,
Mr Guterres insists.

He called on countries not to invest in more fossil fuels and said

they should instead support renewable energy. "The most stupid
thing is to bet on what has led us to this disaster," he said. The
interview coincided with a report warning that in 2021 there were
more greenhouse gases warming our atmosphere than ever.

The COP27 conference will see global leaders meet in Sharm el-
Sheikh in Egypt from 6-18 November to discuss what progress has
been made on meeting climate goals. Last year at COP26, in
Glasgow, governments pledged to cut back or stop using fossil fuels,
end deforestation, and provide money to developing countries facing
the worst of climate change.

The negotiations this year will focus on what progress has been
made and implementing those promises.

Let’s call out the Qatar World Cup for what it really is
CNN Published Tue November 1, 2022

This November, billions of people around the world

will tune in to the World Cup – one of the greatest
sporting spectacles in human history. It’s an event
that has brought wars to a standstill, canonized
sporting saints and sinners, and united the planet.
There’s just one problem: This year, it’s happening in
Qatar.

In Qatar, journalists are thrown in jail for investigating migrant worker conditions.
LGBTQ+ people are treated as criminals. Women need to ask men permission to marry,
travel and study abroad in many cases.

And Qatari labor practices have been compared to modern slavery – a reported 6,500
South Asian migrant workers have died in Qatar since the country was awarded the
World Cup in 2010. Experts say it is likely a lot of these deaths are related to
construction of buildings for the tournament.

We’ve got to send a clear signal that autocrats cannot amass soft power through the
refracted glow of sports immortality.
When you think of Qatar, its leaders don’t want you to picture migrant workers dying in
the blistering heat, or to dismiss Doha as less significant when compared to
neighbouring Dubai. They want you to remember the transcendent thrill of a slaloming
Lionel Messi run on goal, or the epic exhilaration of a physics-defying fingertip save by
Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson Becker. And that’s what Qatar is going to get after this
World Cup.

National teams have a responsibility, too

Already, there have been some positive steps in this direction. Denmark’s
monochrome “protest jerseys” are a powerful statement. During the opening round of
World Cup qualifiers, Germany and Norway’s teams wore shirts displaying the
message: “HUMAN RIGHTS.” The Netherlands’ ever-cantankerous coach Louis Van Gaal,
meanwhile, called FIFA’s rationale for hosting the tournament in Qatar “bullshit.”
Legend.

National teams – and, critically, their governments – can and must push Qatar for
accountability. The most critical step is getting behind Human Rights Watch’s no-
nonsense #PayUpFIFA campaign. It’s an effort to require Qatar and FIFA to pay out at
least $440 million – an amount equal to the prize money being awarded at the World
Cup – to the families of migrant workers who have been harmed or killed in
preparation for the tournament. Every club with a conscience ought to forcefully
support it.
 Argumentative Essay Rubric H5
Name:_____________________
Group:_______

0-1-2-3 4-5-6 7-8-9 10-11-12

Format No clear use of Aspects are All aspects are All aspects are
the intended generally present present. present and
format, think of a but are executed well.
missing thesis sometimes
statement, no missing/lacking.
use of topic
sentences, etc.
Evidence and Not Persuasive. Somewhat Persuasive. Very persuasive.
effectiveness Lacks evidence persuasive. Supports the Supports the
and relevance. Evidence is not claim with claim with logical
The essay is not relevant or not reasoning and reasoning and
persuasive. completely evidence, and evidence,
thought out demonstrates demonstrating a
some complete
understanding of understanding of
the topic the topic
Style Very casual style Few informal Mostly follows Establishes and
and jargon. sections of formal style maintains a
writing formal style
Grammar and Rarely uses Sometimes uses Frequently uses Uses strong
vocabulary strong words and strong words and strong words and words and
complex complex complex complex
sentences. sentences. sentences. sentences
Grammatical Grammatical Grammatical throughout.
conventions are conventions are conventions are Grammatical
rarely followed. sometimes usually followed conventions are
followed. with success. followed
successfully .

Points / 48 x 9 + 1 = grade

Architects in Dubai dream up a massive space-age ring to

encircle the world's tallest building
Written by Nadia Leigh-Hewitson, CNN
In Dubai, experimental architecture firm ZNera Space has proposed a conceptual design
featuring a massive five-story circular structure wrapped around the world's tallest
skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa. The concept, known as Downtown Circle, weds community,
luxury, and futuristic urban planning in a wildly ambitious design.

An ever-changing skyline
As compelling and radical a design the Downtown Circle may be, it is -- for now --
practically and financially implausible, Chowdry and Remess admit. "It was meant to be a
conversation starter," said Chowdry. "Something that could trigger people to rethink
urban development, to rethink city congestion ... We are promising the sustainable city.".
"We wanted to create a microclimate in Downtown Dubai and create a sort of envelope
around the area to control the temperature and make it more liveable in hot weather,"
said Chowdry. "You can use those vertical pillars as urban air purifiers."

The concept also proposes transportation options from one end to the other and
infrastructure to accommodate sky taxis. The highlight of the design's interior is a
continuous green belt, dubbed the Skypark. With this greenbelt inside the structure, we
want to bring back agriculture and food production to the city center."
The concept is certainly attracting attention, but not all of it is positive. Since posting the
mock-ups on the firm's Instagram page, some commenters have said that the design could
destroy the fabric of the downtown district.

New EU law could open up

messaging and app
buying

By Chris Vallance

New rules designed to rein in the dominance of big

tech companies are coming into force in the EU.
Under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), technology giants such as
Google and Apple could be made to open up their services and
platforms to other firms and developers.
 Messaging apps, for example, could be required to work with smaller
rival applications.The legislation will not apply in the UK because of
Brexit.

In the European Union, the act will change the rules for companies
of large size and influence - the so-called gatekeeper firms. Under
the DMA, smaller messaging apps will be able to ask the tech
gatekeepers to allow their users to send and receive messages via
the bigger firm's platform. However, large firms will not be required
to make more advanced features interoperable immediately.

The larger firms may also be required to allow their users to chose
different app stores. Speaking to tech news website Wired, an EU official
cited the example of an iPhone user, who should "now be able to
download apps not just from the App Store but from other app stores
or from the internet". "This legislation will rebalance digital markets,
increase consumer choice and put an end to many of the worst
practices that big tech has engaged in over the years," it said.

It gave two examples of changes under the DMA:

 Google could be required to not to promote its own local, travel or
job services over those of rivals in search results
 Apple might be unable to force users to use its payment service for
app purchases

The DMA imposes a number of obligations on firms identified as

gatekeepers including:
 Letting users install third party apps or app stores
 Stopping firms ranking their own products or services more
favourably than their competitors
 Preventing firms from forcing app developers to use the
gatekeeper's services (such as payment systems) in order to appear
in the gatekeeper's app stores
 Stopping firms tracking what users do away from their platform for
the purpose of targeted advertising, without obtaining the user's
permission

While the rules will only apply in the EU, a committee of UK

MPs recently urged the government to publish the draft Competition, Consumer and
Digital Markets Bill which aims to provide regulators with new tools to
tackle anti-competitive behaviour by big tech firms.

Write an argumentative essay about why the power of big internet

companies such as Google should/should not be limited.