*how do parents influence our perspectives on our culture?
* how do writers use symbolism to convey theme?
choose one of the questions above that you think you can best answer. revisit the texts you have read in this unit, and choose at least one other text (besides "my mother pieced quilts") that would serve as good evidence to support a response to the question. remember, you are not writing an essay, you are:
* write a thesis statement for your essay responding to the question.
* write an outline for your response.
*explain why you chose the structure you outlined.
how could/would you write this in poem form?

Consider the text and its central idea. informational text: one privilege that many teens look forward to is the ability to earn a driver’s license. driver’s licensing requirements are not the same in every state. in some states, young people can be fully licensed before their sixteenth birthday. in other states, the privilege to drive has some restrictions until the driver is eighteen years old. in every state, driver education is a required step in earning a license. students might earn a permit, or provisional license, and spend six months to a year driving with an adult in the car. since states are very different based on population, development, and roadways, the laws are different, too. central idea: states makes different laws about licensing drivers with some similar requirements. what supporting detail is most important to include in a summary of this text? teens get excited about learning to drive. in some states, kids can get their license on their birthday. some states are heavily populated, with dangerous roads to navigate. every state includes driver education as part of licensing requirements.