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(page 106)
• Read the introduction aloud, or have 
students read it silently.
• Read the directions for Practice 2. Have 
students complete the exercise. Go over the 
answers with the class.
Variation: 
As you go over the answers for 
Practice 2, list on the board the key process 
terms that students circled. Elicit other 
words that indicate chronological order and 
write them on the board as well. 
• Read the directions for the Try It Out! 
activity. Encourage students to use different 
process words in each thesis statement. 
Variation: 
Allow students to choose 
topics related to their fi eld of study or 
personal lives. For example, students who 
are majoring in business may want to 
write about the process of starting a small 
business. 
• Have students share their best thesis 
statements by writing them on the board or 
posting them to a class website. 
Body Paragraphs in a Process 
Essay 
(page 108)
• Read the introduction aloud, or have 
students read it. 
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• Read the directions for Practice 3 and go 
over the Writing Tip. Select one topic and 
follow the steps in Parts A, B, and C with 
the class. 
• Have students select another topic to 
develop alone. Collect students’ papers and 
check them, or have students present their 
papers to a partner.
Transition Signals for 
Chronological Order 
(page 109)
• Have students review the signal words in 
the chart. In addition, you may wish to do 
all or part of Chapter 12 at this time. 
• Read the directions for Practice 4. Have 
students do the task alone. Then have them 
compare answers with a partner. Instruct 
them to pay attention to sentence structure 
and punctuation as they go over the 
transition signals.
Variation: 
For additional practice, 
have students go back to the model on 
pages 103–104 and analyze the transition 
signals used there. 
• Read the directions for Practice 5. Have 
students work alone or with a partner. Go 
over the answers with the class.