Answer:
Read each passage carefully. Then follow the prompt and write a response to text in the Expository/Informational genre.
Reading passages: Letters from the Dust Bowl & The Worst Hard Time
Write a 5 paragraph response in which you analyze the impact of the Dust Bowl on the people who lived through it. In your writing, consider the effects of the Dust Bowl on the environment and the living conditions that people faced. Your response must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passages.
Manage your time carefully so that you can:
•review the passages;
•plan your response;
•write your response; and
•revise and edit your response.
Be sure to:
•include an introduction;
•use evidence from the passages to support your explanation/thesis statement;
•avoid overly relying on one passage; and
•include a conclusion.
Write your 5 paragraph response in the space provided.
