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Part ONE

Prewrite to generate an idea on the following topic: •     How to stay motivated at college

Step 2: Create your paragraph plan using the best ideas from your prewriting.  Write your first draft and write your revised draft.

First, write your paragraph plan.  Next, in the same document, write your first draft and then write your revised draft.  You should submit three separate elements that show the progress of your paragraph.  Be sure your paragraph is a series of steps in a process.

Remember that a good paragraph takes time to write.  You may want to start with some idea-development activities, such as free writing or brainstorming, to help you generate your paragraph.  Pay attention to your purpose, audience, and mechanics in your paragraph.

PART II: READING COMPREHENSION

Step 1: Read “How Spies Are Caught”

Step 2: Answer the following questions:

1.            In your own words, list the seven ways a spy can be caught as a numbered process.

2.            This anonymous author uses both statistics and anecdote to explain how spies are caught.  In your own words, give an example of the author’s use of a statistic.  In your own words, give an example the author’s use of an anecdote.

3.            In your opinion, and referring to the information in this essay, what steps can the government do to catch spies more effectively?

Step 3: In a well-structured paragraph that is about six to eight sentences in length, please respond to the following:

Let us say that you supervise a corporate office that deals with highly competitive, secret information about your company’s new products every day.  You suspect that someone on your staff is spying for a competitor.  What steps could you take to discover the spy?  Write this process in a first person narrative style explaining the process you would follow.

Note: You may submit the paragraph in the same file, but please use a separate page and ensure that you use APA format.

Step 4: List all the pronouns you used in your paragraph and indicate whether the pronoun is singular or plural.

Discuss Examples:

8.  “Theresa, we don’t mean to disturb you,”  the man whispered , “but you all seem to be having a such a good time”

9.  The woman added, “ We hear you and your friends laughing every Saturday night, and we’d just like to watch you.  We don’t want to bother you,  We’ll be quiet and just watch.”

why is your example effective descriptive writing?  What descriptive adverbs were used?  What descriptive adjectives were used?  In your opinion, what could Maya Angelou have added to this essay to make her description essay more complete?