Writing On- and Offline

This activity will help familiarize you with professional writers' use of the progressive tenses. Visit any or all of the following sites and locate an essay that interests you:

• The New York Times Magazine
• The Atlantic Monthly
• Feed Magazine
• Salon Magazine
• New Scientist
• Smithsonian Magazine

1		How does the writer you've chosen employ these? What work do they do?

For additional help with verbs, visit The Purdue University Writing Lab.

2		Take notes while you're there.