For your first writing assignment, you are to write a short article on another person in the class.  This will help you to get used to observing and gathering information.  It also relieves you of the responsibility of having to write about yourself during the first week of class. Before writing, you will want to ask this person a lot of questions such as the following:

• What is your name?
• What are you interested in doing with your life?
• Why did you come to JCCC?
• How do you feel about having to take this class?
• Have you always lived in the area?
• How many people do you have in your family?
• Do you have a job? What is it?
• What is something unique about yourself?
• What do you do for fun?
• Where do you hope to be in five years?
• What are some fears you have about writing?

Before beginning your paper think about the most interesting thing the person told you.  This interesting information will probably work well to open your article.  Better essays will be organized around a central theme (the honesty of the person, the intelligence of the person, etc.), rather than simply listing a bunch of information about the person.

You will want to make your article about 300 words in length. It will probably take you the entire hour to write it.  While this essay will not be given a letter grade, it will be included in your pre-portfolio, which is worth 50 points.

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