1. The Bedford Reader Chapter 8
Process Analysis

2. Turn to page 280-81 Look at the picture and the blue box.
Answer the questions & be ready to share

3. The Method
Like any analysis, process analysis divides subject into its components
Stages
Ex: geologists explain formation of Grand Canyon
Successive layers of sediment deposits
Great uplift of entire region by underground forces
Erosion
They are taking a complicated event and dividing it into parts.

4. Two Purposes of Process Analysis
Directive process analysis: explains how to do or make something
Informative process analysis explains how something is done or how it takes place

5. Go to Page 283-5
Write the suggestions for writing effective process analysis
Be ready to share the one you find most interesting or helpful

6. Process Analysis in Practice
Let’s read p together

7. Skim pages 290-324 Choose which essay you would like to read
Read and complete:
Q on Meaning
Q on Writing Strategies
Q on Language
On notebook page 35, do Critical Writing. Min. 3 paragraphs