WRITING
Write a composition on the ANSWER SHEET in about 150 words, basing yourself on one of the texts you have learned.
TOPIC: What do you think of the Wade family's principles in the text “First Principles”? Use the following questions as an outline:
•What are the family’s first principles?
•How did the family overcome their difficulties, using their principles?
•How would you comment on the family and their principles?
    THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE FAMILY IS: "WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO IS GIVE TO PEOPLE WE LOVE—GIVE MEMORABLE THINGS ACCORDING TO OUR ABILITY."
    SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THEY'D GONE DOWN TO THEIR LITTLE FARM. IT WAS JUST A HALF-DOZEN ACRES THAT HENRY HAD BROUGHT AND HAD HUNG ON TO. IT MADE HIM FEEL GOOD TO OWN A PIECE OF LAND. THEY'D ALL HAD A WONDERFUL TIME, REALLY. THEY HAD CUT A TREE IN THEIR OWN WOODS. THEY HAD EATEN AND SLEPT, AND READ BY THE LIGHT OF OIL LAMPS. THE CHILDREN HAD BEEN MORE THAN SATISFIED WITH THEIR PRESENT; THERE HAD BEEN BALLS, ERECTOR SETS, A NUMBER OF STORY BOOKS, AND A LOT OF JUNK FROM THE FIVE-AND-TEN FOR THE BOYS, AND FOR LAURA, A PICTURE EMILY HAD FOUND CHEAP IN A SECOND-HAND ART SHOP AND A SMALL BROOCH THAT HAD BELONGED TO HENRY'S MOTHER. IT WAS LAURA'S OBVIOUS PLEASURE THAT HAD BRIGHTENED EVERYTHING. WHETHER SHE WAS CHOPPING WOOD, OR ROMPING WITH HER BROTHERS, OR BASTING THE TURKEY, OR TALKING POLITICS VERY SENSIBLY WITH HER FATHER, SHE'D SEEMED TO RADIATE HAPPINESS. 
    THIS FAMILY'S FIRST PRINCIPLE TELL US: "CHILDREN LEARNED LOVE AS WELL AS DISCIPLINE BY FAMILY EXAMPLE; IF YOU DID ALL YOU COULD FOR THEM, KEEPING THEIR BEST INTERESTS IN MIND, THEY WOULDN'T LET YOU DOWN IN A CRISES."
