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Reading
Moai. Statues of human figures carved from volcanic rock and located around
the island. The islanders cut down trees for the purpose that to move the
statues across their island
Moai construction continued and every single tree was cut down to build
wooden tracks and long rollers. This complete deforestation. Migratory birds
stopped coming to Eastern Island. The fishing industry collapsed. They used
islands palm trees for the construction of fishing boats. Soil erosion caused by
the lack of trees made difficult to even grown food.
Population decline. This mass die-off was clearly result of food shortage.
Lecture
Recent research suggests that society on the island did not collapsed as a
result of the construction of the Moai. The Moai were moved using a series of
ropes. This method requires no trees to be cut down. Its true that the island
was completely lacking trees but not as a result of Moai construction.
Palms seeds have been excavated and they had signs of rats. The cause of the
deforestation was the effects caused by the rats first settlers brought with them.
The author suggest that the population went down at twenty thousand but the
recent carbonating indicates that simply would not have been time for a
population to be stablished at 1200 AC.

INTEGRATED ESSAY TEMPLATE

Paragraph 1 (Introduction)
o The reading and the lecture are both about the Moai of Eastern Island,
which are monolithic statues of human figures carved from volcanic rock
and located around the island.
o The author of the reading believes that the construction of the Moai
caused the extinction of the population that lived in the island.
o The lectures casts doubt on the claims made in the article.
o He thinks that the population did not collapsed as a result of the
construction of the Moai.
Paragraph Two (Body)
o First of all, the author claims that the people cut down every single tree
for the construction of the statues. He believes that they were moved
across the island using wooden tracks and long rollers.
o This point is challenged by the lecturer.
o He says that the Moai were moved using a series of ropes so the people
could take them to their location.
o Furthermore, he points out that this method required no trees to be cut
down and it has been proved for recent research.
Paragraph Three (Body)
o Secondly, the author states that the people of the island cut down vast
amounts of valuable trees. He argues that without any tree, migratory
birds stopped coming to the island and this led to a food shortage.
o This argument is rebutted by the lecturer.
o He suggests that the palm seeds have been excavated and they all show
signs of having been bitten on by rats.
o He elaborates on this by mentioning that the first settlers brought rats
with them as a food and that was the cause of the deforestation.
Paragraph Four (Body)
o Finally, the author mentions that the population decline as a result of the
problems described above.
o He is of the opinion that from a high of twenty thousand people only two
thousand people remained when European explorers first reached
Easter Island.

o The lecturer, on the other hand, feels that Easter Island never had a
population of twenty thousand.
o She puts forth the idea that this estimate was based on an old guess of
when the island was first settled and there simply would not have been
time for a population of twenty thousand to be established.

English Language Institute

INTEGRATED ESSAY
Name: Maria Fernanda Porras

Date: 12/12/2016
The reading and the lecture are both about the Moai of Eastern Island, which
are monolithic statues of human figures carved from volcanic rock and located
around the island. The author of the reading believes that the construction of
the Moai caused the extinction of the population that lived in the island. The
lectures casts doubt on the claims made in the article.

He thinks that the

population did not collapsed as a result of the construction of the Moai.

First of all, the author claims that the people cut down every single tree for the
construction of the statues. He believes that they were moved across the island
using wooden tracks and long rollers. This point is challenged by the lecturer.
He says that the Moai were moved using a series of ropes so the people could
take them to their location. Furthermore, he points out that this method required
no trees to be cut down and it has been proved for recent research.
Secondly, the author states that the people of the island cut down vast amounts
of valuable trees. He argues that without any tree, migratory birds stopped
coming to the island and this led to a food shortage. This argument is rebutted
by the lecturer. He suggests that the palm seeds have been excavated and they
all show signs of having been bitten by rats.

He elaborates on this by

mentioning that the first settlers brought rats with them as a food and that was
the cause of the deforestation.
Finally, the author mentions that the population decline as a result of the
problems described above. He is of the opinion that from a high of twenty
thousand people only two thousand people remained when European explorers
first reached Easter Island. The lecturer, on the other hand, feels that Easter
Island never had a population of twenty thousand. He puts forth the idea that
this estimate was based on an old guess of when the island was first settled
and there simply would not have been time for a population of twenty thousand
to be established