essay based on the following prewriting

Lesson 4: Essay:

Process Analysis

For this assignment, you’ll prepare a 1,000–1,200 word

process analysis essay that incorporates narration and

description,

ASSIGNMENT OBJECTIVES

For this essay, you’ll

· Use prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing to write

formal, college-level essays

· Distinguish between different patterns of development

· Apply an appropriate pattern of development to a specific

purpose and audience

· Write effective thesis statements

· Develop paragraphs using topic sentences, adequate

detail, supporting evidence, and transitions

· Apply the conventions of standard written American

· English to produce correct, well-written essays

ASSIGNMENT

Topic

To illustrate your process for balancing your time and managing

your schedule for the purpose of helping other distance

education students learn how they can do the same

In the following prewriting, they focused on what’s happening in this

Student’s life. For your essay, you’ll revise and reorganize this prewriting

to create an essay that would help other students manage

the challenges they may face when taking online courses.

You’ll also give them hope that they can manage their time

effectively to accomplish everything they want.

Essays must be typed, double-spaced, using a standard 12-point font

and left justification. Use 1-inch margins on all sides. Each page

must have a properly formatted header containing your name, student

number, exam number, page number, mailing address, and

email address (see page 6 for an example). Name each document

using a unique file name which will help you identify the file, such as

this example: Process Analysis Johnson. Exams may be submitted in

Rich Text Format or MS Word. Preview your document before you

submit in order to ensure that your formatting is correct. You should

take care to check that the document you've uploaded is the one

containing your final work for evaluation.

PREWRITNG

I wish the day had more hours. Having a full-time job, classes to complete online for my veterinarian technician program, helping my sister with her kids and trying to have a social life has been really hard for me, but not impossible. I work at a car dealership five days a week, sometimes six when the store volume is too high and my assistance is needed. I usually leave my house forty minutes prior to my shift since traffic can get super heavy sometimes and finding a parking space is insane, I have around 350 coworkers, and the parking is always full; usually I have to walk around 8 minutes from the parking lot to the dealership because everyone takes the parking spaces that are closer to work. I live with my parents, my brother, and my cute little dog. I always help my mom with chores around the house, such as: cleaning, making dinner, and doing laundry. At times it becomes really challenging for me since I get home late from work; and I have numerous things to get done before going to bed. I take time out of my day to play with my dog at least twenty minutes a day; he is home alone all day and he needs attention. When I get home I prepare lunch for the next day, when I feel really tired I prefer to order or buy something on my way there. One of my main things to do during the day is to go to the gym, I need to expend at least one or two hours of the day doing what I like and not just only work and responsibilities, I try to go at least four to five times a week. My boyfriend is a Nurse which makes it even harder for me to see him and spend time with him due to both of us having different schedules and our days off are never the same. I prefer to spend my time off with my family and my boyfriend. I get school work done mostly at night but it hasn’t been working the way I expected, by that time the only thing I want to do is sleep.

I decided to work with my time and manage things a different way. I get school stuff done at work, when is not too busy and when managers are not around so I don’t have to stay up late at night. My boyfriend and I , planned to go to the gym together four times a week at night so this will help us to see each other and work out, we usually go around 8:00pm, sometimes I take my gym clothes to work and change in my car, it saves me time and I go straight to the gym from work. During the week my sister asks me if I can watch the kids for a few hours while she gets chores done at her house or sometimes when she wants to go out with her husband; I love my nephews; Juan and Samuel, Juan is easy to deal with. He is 13 and he is always playing outside or watching YouTube videos, the little one is on 18 months old; but he is my sunshine. I have been learning how to know what he wants and to distract him form missing his mom, and we get along really well, but when I take care of them is really hard for me to get other stuff done. Only when Samuel takes his nap I can get chores done or read my textbook from school. Sundays is my day off, sometimes I get Tuesdays off too, and I love to spend this day with my family and my boyfriend, I divide the day in two parts and do what I like most. I try to split work at home with my mom, we have been trying to do laundry only three times a week, and during the week we order dinner from different places; on Sundays we only eat breakfast at home, we usually go as a family to get lunch together and do different stuff like the beach, bowling or the movies; when my dad decides that is cleaning Sunday, we just clean around the house, the pool, shower the dog or do car wash. Sometimes we do barbecues at home or we make easy plates; like hotdogs, burgers, or homemade pizza. I used to do school work on Sundays but during the week I do so many things that when Sunday comes I just want to be in bed, watching television aka Netflix, being with my family or just doing something fun and different. My brother is a huge part of my life and because of our work sometimes we don’t get to see each other, when I get home he is usually working. He has three jobs; I am not sure how he does it. Since I had been working at the dealership I decided to go to his job every night after work for five to ten minutes to just say hi and see him or take a little snack since he works across the street from my workplace. Buying groceries for the house is a crazy thing, we never have time. Everyone used to go to the store and buy different stuff we thought was missing and we always ended up buying the same things; now we made a list and every time something is missing we write it down in our family group chat, and it’s much easier. Since I changed my routine everything is becoming easier and I am getting more things done, my family has been helping me a lot and I am helping them, and I just love how I’m seeing progress in my life with school, work, gym, my boyfriend and of course my family. The day I become a veterinarian technician I will be able to say “it was hard and challenging but I made it” and I will be proud of myself.