Writing Academic English 4th Edition

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Chapter 2 IUnit!!andCoherence 37

ALeapYearCustomLivesOn

Step 1 Chooseoneofthetopicssuggestedandwritea paragraphthatis 10

to 15 sentencesinlength.Focusongivingyourparagraphunityand

coherence.Followthestepsinthewritingprocess.(SeeAppendixA.)

Step 2 Afteryouhavecompletedyourfirstdraft,useSelf-EditingWorksheet

2 onpage319.Reviseyourparagraphandwritea seconddraftif

necessary.

Step 3 Exchangepaperswitha classmateandcheckeachother'sparagraph

usingPeer-EditingWorksheet2 onpage320.Afteryourclassmatehas

completedthechecklist,discussit anddecidewhatchangesyou

shouldmake.

Step1 TurnbacktoPracticeIBonpage7,inwhichyouselectedthetopic

sentenceineachgroupandmarkeditTS.

Step 2 NowputthesupportingsentencesofParagraphs2,3,and4 inorder

andmarkthemSSl,SS2,SS3,andsoon.

• SkipParagraph1,forit lackstransitionw9rdsorotherclues.


• Useyourknowledgeofcoherence-especiallytransitionsignalsand
  repetitionofkeynouns-todeterminethecorrectorder.

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Year,but~y manwhod dineda womanproposalhadto

paya fine!Whateveritsorigins,thetraditionofwomentakingtheinitiative

onedaya yearlivesoninSadieHawkinsDaycelebrationsheldinmany

communitiesintheUnitedStateseventoday.

Inthefollowingparagraph,noticehowthefourelementsworktogethertocreate

a unifiedandcoherentparagraph.

KEYNOUNSAREREPEATED,

ANDSYNONYMSAREUSED.

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