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WG202
Process Essay I ~ Assignment Sheet
Process Essay I ~ Compare & Contrast
Write an essay comparing and/or contrasting two things (A & B) across two (2) aspects
that they share.
For example, compare life in the city vs. life in the country in regards to health and
safety.
You can focus on the similarities between the two things or the differences between
two things.
Examples of Possible Topics
 Compare your life to the life your grandparents lived in two areas.
 Compare being single to being married in two areas.
The essay should be 400 words long, typed, and double-spaced using Arial font size
12. It should have 2 body paragraphs. The 1st line of each paragraph should be indented.
The essay should follow the compare & contrast organization patterns and use the
compare & contrast vocabulary that we discuss in class.
PC1 – D1
Friday,
3/27
PC1 – D2
Wednesday,
4/1
Conferences Monday
4/6
PC - final
3/24/2015
Thursday,
4/9
We will write draft #1 in the Lab (A + C in 112, B in
210). Teachers will collect them, read them, and then
send you feedback by Thursday, 1/24//13
Send draft #2 to your instructor
Conference schedule TBD
Monday begin at 10am / Tuesday at 9am
No WG class those mornings, but you still have to go to
Spelling!
Send final draft to your instructor
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WG202
Process Essay I ~ Assignment Sheet
China and America
China and America are two bigger countries. They are have long history. Now,
people usually ask: “What are the similarities or differences between the China and
Commented [FKR1]: Is this always true, or right now?
____________
What tense do you need for that?
_________________
America?” Today we are have the answers for every people. Two of the different
How many verbs do you need for that tense?
Only ___
between the China and America. Food and culture two ways are differences between
This is your biggest problem. Can you practice this grammar
to fix it? Please use these practice activities:
These 2 are games you can use to practice.
http://www.eslgamesplus.com/correct-verb-form-game/
http://www.eslgamesplus.com/subject-verb-agreementgame/
the China and America.
Food is first difference between the China and America. In America, we usually
eat the fast food. For example, the hamburger, sandwich, chicken wings. Different the
American food is the Chinese food. The Chinese food is very complex, because we
You can also write “They have a long history” 100 times on
paper or type it and show it to me.
need stir-fried dish. We think that food are delicious. The American like use the sauces
How can you find this mistake and fix it everywhere in this
essay?
__________________
put on the vegetables. In China, people usually drink hot water, and more the children
Commented [FKR2]: Country names do not need “the”
before them.
like drink the coke and spring. American always drink ice coke. They do not like not
taste water. The food are very different between the China and America.
Culture is second difference between the China and America. In America, we
always see the people say: “Hi!” But in China, people just with know the people say
hello. The school are very difference between the Chinese culture and American
culture. In America, the students have many free time, but in China, students do not
have many free time. We are always studies. We have many classes every day. The
high Students usually go back home at 9~10 p.m. The Chinese students do not have
more the holidays. Maybe on holiday, has the many students make up a missed lesson.
Then, we call the teachers are different the American students. American students
usually call the teacher’s name. However, all the Chinese students call the “Teacher”.
We cannot call the teacher’s name, because we think it does not courtesy.
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Commented [FKR3]: “we” is first person- just like
“I,me,my”
Can 1st person words be in an essay?
_____
How can you fix this ?
________________________________________
Commented [FKR4]: This is a good introduction. To make
it even better, can you add some similarities?
Commented [FKR5]: Go to www.dictionary.com to check
the part of speech of the word “different.”
What part of speech is “different?”
_____
What part of speech do you need here for the object?
_____
Commented [FKR6]: I noticed that! When I was in Korea,
many people drank hot water too, but never in America!
Commented [FKR7]: What do you mean here? Is this
spring water, or something else?
____________
Commented [FKR8]: “not” is here two times. DO you
mean a different word?
WG202
Process Essay I ~ Assignment Sheet
There are two differences between the China and America. Finally, we are really
hope the China and America can studies and advance each other.
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