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After listening to the lecture, read the prompt.
TASK: You have 20 minutes to write your response.
Directions: Read the following passage. You have 3 minutes.

maybe twelve strawberries! I can buy twice that many non organic
strawberries for half that price. The fact is organic fruits and vegetables are
a good forty to fifty percent more expensive than non organic. Imagine
trying to feed a family of four at those prices. You’d have to take out a bank
loan every time you went shopping.
Another thing about organic is that it’s not always easy to get. At my
local grocery store, I can buy organic fruit and vegetables no problem, but
not organic rice or grains like barley and wheat. If I want organic rice, I
have to drive ten miles across town through heavy traffic to a health food
store that doesn’t take credit cards. Then I have drive all the way back
home. All that for five pounds of rice. Believe me, it’s easier just to grab a
bag of good old non organic rice at my local grocery store.
And what about taste? Does my family even know the difference
between organic and non organic? No. A good example is organic milk. I
used to buy it all the time but I stopped because it was more expensive
than non organic. Did my husband and kids miss the organic milk? Did they
suddenly notice a taste change from organic to non organic milk? Not at all.
Food for thought next time you wander through the organic section of your
local grocery store.

Task #4

CD
Track
#7 Prompt Summarize the points made in the lecture and show how they cast
doubt on the points made in the reading.



Now listen to a lecture on the same topic. Let me cut to the chase. We need to fund a new era in space
exploration for the benefit of science and for all mankind.

Track
#8 Prompt Summarize the points made in the lecture and show how they cast
doubt on the points made in the reading.

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After listening to the lecture, read the prompt. TASK: You have 20 minutes to write your response. On test day, expect to write an argument counter-argument essay. However, you
must be prepared to write a show-support integrated essay. A show-support
integrated essay is a fact-based argument. Look at the following show-support
prompt.

Prompt Summarize the points made in the lecture and show
how they add to and support the information in the
reading.

Show-Support Essay

ETS’s Testing Method
Prompt Summarize the points made in the lecture and show how they cast
doubt on the points made in the reading.

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Good afternoon. In this lecture, we’ll focus on a common
nocturnal animal, the bat. There are two types of bat: micro
bats, or true bats, and mega bats, also called fruit bats. Let’s
start with mega bats. Size wise, mega bats are from two to
sixteen inches in length. Mega bats have extremely sensitive
sight and smell. This helps them locate the flowers and fruit
upon which they feed. It is while eating that mega bats play a
important role in the distribution of plants. Like bees, mega
bats serve as pollinators. When they lick nectar or eat flowers,
their bodies become covered in pollen which they, in turn, carry
to other trees and plants thereby acting as pollinators. In fact,
many of the fruits and vegetables on our tables, such as
bananas and peaches, would not be there if mega bats did not
pollinate plants and trees.

(continued on the next page)
In the lecture, two examples of a nocturnal animal are developed: mega bats and
micro bats. These examples “add to and support” (develop) the premise in the
reading: “Animal behavior can be classified according to the time of day an animal is
active.”

Mapped out, you can see how the reading and the lecture are organized. Notice
that the premise in the sample reading introduces a general description of animal
classification. G = premise = general

TiC = example = specific
TiC = example = specific add to + support
C = conclusion = general

Are there always two lecture examples (2TiC) to add and support the reading?

No. Sometimes there is one well-developed example (1TiC). Sometimes there
are two examples (2TiC). Sometimes there are three (3TiC). Be prepared for
three examples. The lecture examples (specific) always “add to and support” the
reading (general).


A

Remember!
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When writing a show-support integrated essay, use G+3TiC=C and the six steps to
demonstrate OPDUL=C
in your essay.
Because the reading is a general description of the main topic, summarize it first.
Because the lecture will “add to and support” the reading with specific examples,
use transitions of addition in the lecture.

Reading

G

Lecture

Ti First
C

Ti Next
C

Ti Also
C

C Show Support: Step-by-Step

Make a G+3TiC=C note map; include transitions of
addition.

Step #1
Read the Passage

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As you read the passage, summarize it under Reading on your note map. To
summarize means to identify and generally describe the main points. In the
reading, the main points are the premise
and a general description of the premise.

Animal behavior can be classified according to the time of
day an animal is active. Animals, such as horses, elephants
and most birds, are said to be diurnal because they are active
during the day and rest at night. Humans by far are the largest
segment of this group. The majority of us work during the day
and sleep at night. Those animals that are active at dawn and
dusk are said to be crepuscular. Beetles, skunks and rabbits
fall into this category. The third group are those animals that
sleep during the day and are active at night. They are called
nocturnal. A good example is the bat. Bats have highly

is to identify and summarize the premise. Do not summarize every
sentence. You will waste time. You only have 20 minutes. When the reading time is up, the passage will leave your screen. It will be replaced
by the lecture. The lecture will be 2-3 minutes long. As you listen to the sample
lecture (CD Track #9), look at the lecture notes below. Note the how each example
of a bat is developed. Note also the cause-and-effect relationship in the concluding
sentence of each body paragraph (C). Note also how the conclusion (C) restates the
task described in the prompt (see the prompt on the next page).
controlling mosquitoes

C These examples add to and support the reading

Warning!!

Listen to the lecture.
Step #2

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When the lecture ends, the reading passage will return to your computer screen.
The prompt will also appear.

When writing a first draft, summarize the reading first, then the lecture. By doing
so, you are using block style as a method of organization.

crepuscular and nocturnal. Diurnal animals are active during
the day and sleep at night. Crepuscular animals are active at
dawn and dusk. Nocturnal animals hunt at night and rest
during the day. An example of a nocturnal animal is the bat.

The lecture develops the example of the bat. First, there are
mega bats or fruit bats. They live in Africa, Asia and Oceania
and eat fruit and flowers which they locate by smell and with
their excellent eyesight. As they eat, seeds from the fruit fall to
the forest floor and new trees grow. This is good for the
environment because new trees replace the old ones. Mega
bats also pollinate. When they eat a flower, their bodies get
covered with pollen which they carry to other flowers. The
lecture says without mega bats pollinating, we would have no
peaches or bananas. Next the lecture talks about micro bats or small bats. Micro
bats use echolocation to find insects to eat. Like mega bats,
micro bats are also good for the environment. In one night, a
micro bat called the vesper bat can eat approximately 1,000
mosquitoes. By doing so, they control the mosquito population.

These examples add to and support the reading.
Read the prompt; write a first draft.
Step #3
Q


Does this essay demonstrate progression?
The writer develops the premised followed by supporting illustrations
in the body. After the body, there is a conclusion stating how the main
points in the lecture “add to and support the reading.” This demonstrates
progression (general-specific). Yes
√ No _

a. Does the introduction demonstrate development-summarization?
The writer identifies and summarizes the premise in the reading with no
points left out. This demonstrates introduction development-
summarization. Yes √ No _

b. Does the body demonstrate development-summarization?
The writer identifies and summarizes the supporting illustrations in the
lecture with no points left out. This demonstrates body development-
summarization.
Yes √ No _

c. Does the conclusion demonstrate development-summarization?
The conclusion states how the main points in the lecture add to and
support the general topic in the reading. This demonstrates conclusion
development-summarization. Yes
√ No _

a. Does this essay demonstrate topical unity-synthesis?
The writer focuses on how animals are classified by behavior with no
topical digressions. This demonstrates topical unity-synthesis.
Yes √ No _


C