This activity will help familiarize you with subjects and verbs used by professional writers. Visit any or all of the following sites and find an essay that interests you.

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

1			Can you characterize the subjects? What kind of work do the verbs do?

For additional help with subjects and verbs, visit Literacy Education Online or use your favorite search engine to find other useful sites on the web.

2			Take notes during your visit.