1. Read the first paragraph.

Answer the following questions:

• What is the paper about?
• What will it argue?

2. Read the last paragraph.

Answer the following questions:

• What did the paper accomplish?
• How did it try to make people think differently?

3. Read the rest of the paper.

Do the following.

• Circle all to be verbs. (am, is, are, was, were)
• Underline one of the to be sentences that you think needs to be rewritten. Rewrite the sentence so that it no longer relies on am, is, was or were.
• Give one suggestion for improving the paper (for example, note a counter-argument they should address).