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Examination:
Process Analysis
Essay Prewriting
OBJECTIVE
To use the first-person pronoun I in an effective manner and
incorporate narrative and descriptive techniques. You'll use
the process format to create a draft that will eventually be
developed into a lengthier essay.
TOPIC
The topic for this essay is balancing Penn Foster studies with
work and family demands.
DRAFTING YOUR ESSAY
This assignment contains two parts. Each part is one paragraph of no less than 500 words.
Using the narrative or storytelling technique detailed in your
book, you'll describe, in detail, the stresses you face in daily
life, and then you'll detail the process of how you cope and
accomplish your schoolwork. You should use a paragraph
structure to plan the narration portion of what will eventually
become your essay in Lesson 5. This part of the assignment
should be at least 500 words.
Next, you'll use process analysis to describe, through narration,
how you accomplish your weekly scheduling of family, work,
and school. You should again create a paragraph to accomplish
this, and this second paragraph should be at least 500 words.
When completed, you'll have the two segments that will
eventually help to form your first essay.
This is an example of what the description portion might look
like:
My name is Jean. I am in my mid-forties, and I would
never have expected that I would one day have so many
different hats to wear. My husband thought it was a great
idea; he knew that I always wanted to be a real nurse and
that if we hadn't gotten married so young and I hadn't put
him through school that I would have been one. He was
so encouraging about it in the beginning. The boys thought
it was cool too; they both said it was going to be fun to
have to nag me to do my homework for a change. So finally,
with my family's blessing, I decided to go back to school
to get a degree in nursing. When I made the decision,
everyone in my family agreed to do their part to make
sure I would have time to study and get through the
exams successfully. But now, a few months into school,
when I come home from my full-time job as a nurse's
aide and take off that hat, it seems as though my day
has barely started. With two teenage children living at
home, I must put on my mother's hat and enforce household rules, dispense of advice, help with homework, and
occasionally provide a shoulder to cry on. Before my
husband comes home from his job, I have to pop on my
chef's hat and get dinner started; the maid's hat will come
out later when I do the family's laundry and clean the
bathrooms. As if all this weren't enough, the responsibility
has also fallen to me for looking after my aging mother,
thanks to my sister who can't even look after herself. Two
or three evenings a week I slip on my daughter's hat and
make the trip across town to my mother's house, where I
spend an hour or so paying bills, restocking the cupboards,
and helping with other household chores. At least all I have
to do is light dusting, sitting at the table, and listening to
her talk about her television programs. In between all of
these other pressures on my time, I need to study and
take a test because I got an e-mail and need to attend
another webinar! Sometimes I really don't know where I
am going to find the time, energy, or money to do all of
this, and I wonder once again if this is really worth it.
When I finally get some time around 11:30 at night, Idiscover that the dog has chewed through my study
guide. Okay, I take a breath because I think I can
remember most of the material, and I log onto the Web
site to take the test. However, when I do I discover that
my son has gotten onto my account and taken the exam.
Of course he failed! The next day when I call the school,
no one there believes me at first, and then I get advise

exam in 48 hours. My frustration level has hit a new
high! Once again I am wondering why I am putting
myself through all this.
Here's an example of what the process portion might look like:
After the first time that rotten dog chewed one of my study
guides and my 13-year-old son took one of my exams
because he wished to be helpful, I realized I needed a better
strategy to accomplish this whole school thing. I mean, I
am organized at work. After all, I need to be because I am a
nurse's aide and I can't mess up people's charts or else I
would get fired. I must be organized in paying my mother's
bills and taking care of my home finances, or else the bill
collectors will come after me. I make decent meals and
make thought-out grocery lists for both houses because I
only want to go to the store once a week and don't want to
track back and forth through the aisles and buy impulse
items like I know they want me to. However, I need to
get a plan in place to make this work because this is
important to me. First, I call a family meeting and remind
them about the conversation we had and all the promises
they made before I started school.