Sử dụng những bài tiểu luận để mở rộng hoạt động trong cuốn sách. Ví dụ, trong Chương 3 học sinh được yêu cầu để xác định các câu chủ đề và hỗ trợ chi tiết trong một đoạn giới thiệu sơ qua nội dung chính. | MODEL ESSAYS 197 place. A famous person may have lived there. Maybe it was a former president or a famous writer. When we have historic buildings around us we learn more about our history and we appreciate it. . Old buildings attract tourists to a city. People want to see old buildings because they are beautiful or because important things happened in them. If a city has a lot of old interesting buildings many tourists will visit the city. That is good for the city s economy. People usually don t visit a city in order to see its modem buildings. A city s old historic buildings are among its greatest treasures. They are a source of beauty and a representation of history. It would be a crime to try to replace them. 66 AD Do you agree or disagree with the following statement. Classmates are a more important influence than parents on a child s success in school. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. I believe that parents have more influence on a child s school success than classmates do. Classmates have an important social influence on each other especially as they get older but the influence of parents is stronger than this. Parents are the most important model a child has parents love their children and they have expectations of them. All of these things are important influences on a child s success in school. Parents are important role models for their children. Young children like to copy other children but they like to copy adults more. When children see their parents read they read too. When children hear their parents talk about books or news or politics they will think these are interesting subjects too. Children may learn other things from their classmates but the examples they get from their parents are stronger. Parents are the most important people who love and care for a child. Children know how important this is and they love their parents too. They may have close friends in school but their feelings for their parents are more .