How to Get a Good Grade in Any Class

          Sometimes students wonder how to get a good grade in a course. It's really a pretty simple process that you need to follow. Here are three of the most important steps for success. First, go to the first day of class with your textbook. Don't wait until later in the course to buy the book. If the book is too expensive, you can rent one or look online for a cheaper copy.  The instructor will explain many things on the first day of class that you will miss if you are not present. Second, do all the assignments and homework in the course and do your best on them. Finally, come on time to class and pay attention. Put your cell phone away. If you don't understand something or have a question, ask the instructor. If there is not time in class to ask your question, stay after class to talk to the instructor. Most instructors are happy to answer questions; that is an important part of their job.   As they say, "being there is more than half of being sucessful. In conclusion, these are three basic steps that you need to follow to get a good final grade at the end of the course. 

The weather and seasons as a process

     You could say that the weather is a process. Seasons are pretty predictable and follow each other in a familiar way. I like to live in a place with four seasons because of the variety. You look forward to the first snow of winter, but about the time you are tired of cold and snow in March, the spring arrives with green and many colorful plants and flowers. Then the summer follows with warm days and fun. August and the end of the summer can be so hot and humid that the cool fall air feels good and the trees change colors. Then it's winter again and time for holidays and playing in the snow. Each season comes with its own kind of weather; snow in the winter, rain and tornadoes in the spring, warm rain, thunder showers and hot sun in the summer, and cool nights and wind in the fall.

     Then there's Indiana, where the weather and seasons don't seem so predictable. In the spring, it can be warm and sunny one day, and cold and snowy the next. As we say in Indiana, if you  don't like the weather, just wait 15 minutes! But the weather all over the world seems to be getting less predictable. It must be global climate change.

Process essays

     Writing about a process is easy. Just think about something  you know how to do and write down the steps in order, using transition  words like first, second, then, and finally to help the reader follow the steps. There are two kinds of processes, directional and informational.

     A directional process essay gives directions on how to do or make something. For example, how to ride a bicycle or how to make a cake. Think of giving someone directions on how to do or make something, step by step, from beginning to end. Usually, the first step of a directional process essay is to write about the ingredients, tools, or materials you will need. An informational process is about something that occurs in the natural world and follows certain steps, such as how a tornado forms , or how a drug works in the body.

     Writing about processes is a common form of academic, business, and scientific writing.  It will be helpful for you to know how to write about processes in your college studies and career.