Proofreading Warm Up Corrected Sam has already checked her e-mail account for messages from George, who is the director. Friday, January 27, 2012 Sam has all ready checked her e-mail account for messages from George which is the director.

BEFORE: What’s the Importance? Why is it important to follow directions in the following situations? 3) Cooking 2) traveling 1) In class 6) Fixing a tire 5) Putting together a bike 4) Playing games

Technical Directions pg. 905 Answer the following questions: What are technical directions? Give some examples of directions you have had to follow before. Have you ever had to take charge in an emergency? Did you know what to do? If you didn’t, what happened?

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How to Change a Flat Tire pg. 906-907 A) Why can’t you leave out the step of putting the brake on? B) What is the purpose of the illustrations of each step? C) Why is this caution important? D) Why do you think you should loosen the lug nuts, then jack up the car, then take off the lug nuts, instead of jacking up the car first and removing the lug nuts in one step?

How to Change a Flat Tire pg. 906-907 Put the following events in order: (1-10) __ (A)Remove the wheel cover. __ (B)Lift the car with the jack. __ (C)Position your jack. __ (D)Place everything in the trunk. __ (E)Park the car far off the road. __ (F)Lower the jack until the spare is on the ground. __ (G)Finish unscrewing the lug nuts. __ (H)Remove the spare from the trunk. __ (I)Remove the flat and replace it with the spare. __ (J)Loosen the lug nuts, but do not remove them.

Create Your Own Create your own HOW-TO instructional document. Choose any topic. Number steps (at least 10) You may use pictures if you’d like.

After: Following Technical Directions pg. 908 (Test Practice) Answer questions 1-5 and 1-3 on pg. 908