Essay 3
Guidelines for writing about a process: 1. Select a topic. Chose a topic that you generate. If you're stuck, review your textbooks to generate more course-related topics. 2. Review the process. Use your knowledge of the topic to fill out an organizational plan. What is the subject, and the three steps, and the outcome? 3. Research as needed. Find information that spells out the process: What it is, what steps are required, what order the steps should follow, how to do the steps, what outcome the process should produce, and what safety precautions are needed. Carefully record correct names, materials, tools, and safety or legal issues. 4. Organize information. After conducting your research, revise the organizational plan by adding or reordering the steps as needed. Then develop an outline, including steps that you used in the organizational plan, as well as supporting details from your research. TURN THIS OUTLINE IN WITH YOUR PAPER. 5. Draft the document using these guidelines: A. Opening: Introduce the topic and give an overview of the process. B. Middle: Explain what each step involves and how to do it, typically using a separate paragraph for each. Use transitions such as "first, second, third, next," and so on. Explain the outcome. C. Closing: Explain follow-up activity and restate key points. 6. Revise the writing. Check for a clear opening that identifies the process; steps that are stated clearly and in the correct order and how to perform each step; a closing that includes necessary followpup activity. 7. Test the writing. Read the writing for organization and completeness. Perform the process yourself using the writing as a guide. DO only what you're told to do and how you're told to do it. Revise as needed. 8. Get feedback. Ask a classmate who is unfamiliar with the process to read the writing for clarity, completeness, and correctness. 9. Edit the writing by looking for the following: a. Word choice appropriate for your least-informed reader b. Clear transitions between steps c. Consistent verb tense in all steps d. Correct, consistent terminology e. Informed, respectful voice f. Proper format. 10. Submit it to me using your assignment dropbox, making sure you type it using Microsoft Word. Use MLA writing style. Don't send it to me in an email, or it won't show up in your assignment dropbox as being completed.
