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By Olga Kozar

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My opinion about it

Governments have the right to limit the number of children that a family can have through taxes.

Agree or disagree. Give reasons to support your answer.

Step one: Identify TTF:

1. Find the key words.

For example:

Government, Right, Limit, number, Children , Taxes, Agree, reasons

Governments have the right to

To limit the number of children a family can have

through taxes

It is OK for the

government

control/ tell people how many children they can have

Using money

Is it OK for the government to try to controlhow many children people have using

money?

A great many countries around the world are losing their cultural identity because of the Internet.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Read

Underline the key words

Find the Task

Topic Focus

Rewrite in your own words

A great many countries around the world are losing their cultural identity because of the Internet.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Task: express and prove my

opinion Topic: effect of Internet on different

cultures Focus: negative effect?

Simply put:

Do I think that Internet makes people lose their culture?

Wealthy nations should share their wealth among poorer nations by providing such things as food and education. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Read

Underline the key words

Find the Task

Topic Focus

Rewrite in your own words

Wealthy nations should share their wealth among poorer nations by providing such things as food and education. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Task: express and prove my

opinion Topic: unequal distribution of

wealth in the world Focus: responsibilities of developed

countries? Simply put:

Do I think that developed countries have to help less developed ones?

You’ll find more questions for practice in your homework file.