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1			Directions: Read an article from one of the following websites: The New York Times Magazine The Atlantic Monthly Salon Magazine New Scientist The Smithsonian After you've read your article, try to classify it in one of the patterns of development you've read about in your textbook. Does your article seem to fit any pattern perfectly? Does the author seem to use a combination of patterns? Or does he or she use a pattern of development you have yet to come across?




2			Directions: Find an article on the internet that is of interest to you. It might be an article about sports, about fashion, or about movies. Just pick something you would enjoy reading. Here are some sites at which you might begin your search: ESPN.com Cosmopolitan Magazine Internet Movie Database After you've read your article, try to rewrite it in a certain pattern of development. For instance, if you read a negative movie review, try to rewrite it as a cause/effect essay. Or, you could rewrite an article about a basketball or football game as a first-person narration. Be creative!

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