WIN-ECW, Dec. 26th. About My Partner Article Model

Your homework for tomorrow is to write a magazine article about the partner you interiviewed. Look at pages 27 for your partner's answers, 28 for a model of the magazine article, and 29 for the outline of the article. Then write an article about your partner that will have three paragraphs:
1. who your partner is today (2016), what he or she does.
2. how did your partner get to be so successful
3. what personal characteristics have helped him or her to become so successful

Paragraph 1:

Bianca is a famous best-selling author and a respected professor of literature at the University of Toronto. She’s published numerous bestselling and award-winning books. She also teaches and attends literary conferences where she talks about books and literature.

Paragraph 2: the road to success

She has been a writer since childhood. First, she had a diary, then a blog. Her blog was noticed by a publisher, and she was offered a book deal. The first book became a best-seller. Then it was followed by many others. At the same time, she started her Ph. D. in literature and finished within 4 years. The U of T offered her a position, and now she is teaching there full time, while writing when she has time.

Paragraph 3: characteristics that led her to success

First of all she is creative. She likes to read and write. Second, she likes to observe people and write about their emotions and their personal dramas. Third, she is hard-working. She always gets up at 4:00 a.m. and writes until about noon. Her days are very busy with meetings, teaching, traveling, etc. She never goes to bed before midnight.