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Write a Response to an Essay Question
¢ Complete the chart with information from the text in exercise A. Discuss your answers with
a partner.
Short Essay Question = Why do many children in their 20s and SOs still live
with their parents?
In the Past
Today
Final Thoughts
2 BEFORE YOU WRITE.
A Work with a partner. Brainstorm more ways families are changing in the United States (or in
your culture). Use exercise 10A on page 10 for ideas. Write at least five questions that ask
about these changes.
Why are people getting married at an older age?
B Choose one of your questions from exercise A to respond to. Make a chart like the one in
exercise 1C and write your question in the top row. Add notes to help you organize your ideas
for your response.
3 WRITE a response to your question from exercise 2B. Write three paragraphs. Use your notes
from exercise 1C and the text in exercise 1A to help you.
WRITING FOCUS Using For Example to Give Supporting Ideas
Notice for example in the text in exercise 1A.
When for example starts a sentence, use a comma after it.
For example, my father left his parents’ house... .
When for example is in the middle of a sentence, use a comma before and after it.
My sister and her husband, for example, are living at our parents’ house.
4 SELF ASSESS. Read your response. Underline the verb forms in your response. Then use the
checklist to assess your work.
OOOO I used the present progressive and past progressive correctly. [1.1, 1.2, 1.4]
I used the simple present and simple past correctly. [1.1, 1.4]
I used the simple present with stative verbs. [1.3]
I used commas correctly when using for example. [WRITING FOCUS]
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