a) Write your paragraph on a sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper. Do not use a bluebook. Your paper shouldn't be much smaller than 8.5 x 11. Double space. Please write neatly. If I have to spend a lot of time trying to figure out what you wrote, I won't read it, and it will count against you.

b) Us e the paragraph formant that I gave you.

c) Here is the topic:

There are cases of elderly people giving up everything familiar and starting a new life. Use the reading to explain this tendency.

d) Refer to the reading. When you do this, include a paraphrase. When you paraphrase cite your source. You can do it like this:

1) According to Nikolas Westerhoff in "Set in Your Ways?

2) In "Set in Your Ways," Nikolas Westerhoff states?

e) You can use your own example for support.