Writing prompt on 9 9 11
- 1. Who is someone you respect? How do you show them respect? Why do they deserve respect? Do they show you respect? How do they show you respect? ESl B
- 2. In this story, who is not respecting who? Who’s fault do you think it is? Why Dogs Chase Cats A Virginia Folktale retold by S.E. Schlosser Once long ago, Dog was married to Cat. They were happy together, but every night when Dog came home from work, Cat said she was too sick to make him dinner. Dog was patient with this talk for a while, but he soon got mighty tired of fixing dinner for them both after a hard day's work. After all, Cat just stayed home all day long. One day, Dog told Cat he was going to work, but instead he hid in the cupboard and watched Cat to see if she really was sick. As soon as Cat thought Dog had left, she started playing games with Kitten. They laughed and ran about. Cat wasn't the least bit sick. Dog jumped out of the cupboard. When Cat saw him, she stuck a marble in her cheek and told Dog she had a toothache. Dog got so mad at her he started chasing her around and around the house. Dogs have been chasing Cats ever since.
- 3. Describe a time when you were not respected. What happened? How did you feel? What could that person have done to show more respect? ESl C
- 4. Is this story about respect? Do you think everyone agrees? Why? Do you ever think about how many tissues you use during the winter months? Greenpeace, the environmental group, hopes you'll start. They recently launched a campaign called "Shop Smart, Save Forests." The campaign asks people to give up their soft tissue paper and start using recycled tissue paper instead. "Recycled paper does the trick ," says a Greenpeace representative. "The very soft tissue paper sold by the paper industry is overkill ." Meanwhile, the paper industry continues to encourage consumers to buy the luxury tissues and toilet paper. Their advertising campaigns highlight the softness of their products. An executive at the Kimberly-Clark company says many consumers want very soft tissue paper and recycled paper just can't deliver . For these consumers, the company offers the premium "Kleenex" brand, made of non-recycled paper. For its other, less expensive, brands, the company does use recycled paper. Not good enough, insists Greenpeace. They explain that Kimberly-Clark and its competitors are using wood from Canada's forests, destroying old forests. "How many trees have to be destroyed so people can blow their noses?" asks a Greenpeace representative. Activists from Greenpeace have spread the word by talking to people on the streets of some of America's major cities, including San Francisco, New York, and Washington. In blind tests , they ask consumers to compare the premium tissue paper with the recycled tissue and see if they can tell the difference . The result: most consumers can tell the difference, but they say the difference is small. And most say they'd be willing to switch to the recycled paper to help save the environment. As part of their campaign, Greenpeace has also asked consumers to write to Kimberly-Clark and request that they start using recycled paper for their entire product line . Kimberly-Clark reports receiving tens of thousands of emails and letters. However, they have not given up on the non-recycled paper yet. Has this affected the bottom line ? No, say executives from the company. Profits are up.