Process Analysis Final Draft (due Sat.)

Final Draft: Process Analysis Assignment: Observe someone who works or practices in the community you chose to write about for this semester, describing and analyzing their process. Final Draft: Saturday Length: 2 pages, double spaced Points: 15 Guidelines: Provide an in-depth examination of someone who participates in the community that you chose for this semester. First, introduce us to who they are and what they do. Then, describe them: their background in this subject, their appearance, their environment. As they are doing an activity (cooking, teaching, playing football, drawing, parenting, caring for patients, etc.) detail what they have done step by stepthis is their process. For your final draft, you may include/me/my in areas that indicate your own actions during the observation if you need to. For the final draft, add an analysis paragraph that thinks more deeply and subjectively about what you have observed. Why does the person perform this activity this way? Are they good at what they do? Interested in the activity? How does their environment and the background you presented earlier contribute to your analysis? How does this relate to your overall opinion of your community and direction of your topic this semester? My preference is that you would observe someone in real life, but if you can't, you can observe someone via a YouTube video. If so, include the name of the video, the user name of the person who posted it, who is in it, and the general idea of what will happen in the video in your intro. Here is how | will grade you: 1. Introduction establishes the subject of the essay in an engaging but general opening sentence, names the person you will be observing, how you will be observing them (title and user name if it is a video) and states what they will be doing. See examples. (1.5 point) Ends with a thesis statement that connects what you observed to your analysis paragraph (1 point) Include a paragraph of impartial, objective observation detailsa) background, b) appearance, c) environment. (3 points) List the steps they perform in at least one activity, in chronological order. If you are interviewing someone, include it in this paragraph and ask them how they complete their process (2 points) Use transitions to connect steps of their process and/or interview (.5) Keep your opinions, subjective language, and |/me/my out of the first three paragraphs (1 point) In your final analysis paragraph, use your logic to explain how or why the person performs the activity the way that they do. Refer to Online Writing 3 for notes on why people develop a process and check out the sample paper | posted this week. What do their surroundings contribute to your interpretation? What does the person's actions say about their connection to the activity or community you chose? (3 points) Use descriptive, accurate word choice that is appropriate for this kind of essay (and is not circuitous!). Review the notes for further information. Keep papers free of fragments, apostrophes, spelling and capitalization errors (3 points)