Writing Academic English 4th Edition

Chaptew'II) IChronologicalOrder:ProcessEssays 89

Appl!jingWhatYou HaveLearned

SpringCleaning,NoMops

Themessiestplaceinyourhousemaybeyourharddrive.

Youdon'tdoWindows?It'stimetofixthat.^4

1 Aprilisuponus,andit'stimetodosomeseriousspringcleaning.I'mnot

talkingaboutthefridge,theatticandtheshoecloset.If you'relikeme,yourPC

is basicallyyourbackupbrain,andifyoureallywantthatwarmfeelingofrenewal

thatcomesbutoncea year,you'vegottocleanupyourcomputer.

2 Themostvisiblemessesaretheeasiesttodealwith.A moistpapertowelwill

freshenupyourmonitor;a cottonswabcanscrapethecrudofftherollersinyour

mouse;agoodburstfroma canofcompressedairwillgetthedustoutofyour

keyboard.Ifyourcomputerdesktopis asmessyasyourrealone,that'seasily

corrected,too.Youjusthavetobemerciless.Dumpthoseobsoletedocuments.

Reading 1

4pellegrini,Frank."SpringCleaning,NoMops."Time8 Apr.2002:85.

Inthismagazinearticle,theauthortellsushowtokeepourcomputersoperatingeffi-

cientlybyperformingregularmaintenancechores.Eventhoughhispurposeis

instructional,histoneis informal.Byusinghumor(YourPCis basicallyyourbackup

brain)andslang(crud,guts,dustbunnies),hemakestheprocessentertainingtoread.

TopicSuggestions

Whattodobefore,during,andafteranearthquake

Howtohavea successfulcampingtrip

Howtobuilda goodrelationshipwithyourboss

Howtospenda perfectdayin (acityortownyouknowwell)

Chooseoneofthetopicssuggestedandwlitea well-organizedparagraph.Focuson

usingchronologicalorder.Yourinstructorwillgiveyoua timelimit.

.. Spend1 or2 minutesatthebeginningthinkingofideasandorganizingthem.

.. Spend1 minuteattheendcheckingyourworkforerrors.

.. Spendtheremainingtimewriting.

Note:Thesetopicsareintendedtoelicita singleparagraph,notanessay.

ChooseoneoftheprocessthesisstatementsfromPracticeIBonpages85-86and

writeanessayusingchronologicalorderasamethodoforganization.Followthe

stepsinthewritingprocessdescribedinAppendixA.Whenyouhavefinished,use

theSelf-EditingandPeer-EditingWorksheetsonpages 323 and324.

Chronological

Order

RRACTICE 4

RRA.CTICE 3

Writingunder

Pressure

WritinganEssay

inChronological

Order

WritingPractice