First, we need a book The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg .
I don’t have the book online
-You only need to read the fourth and fifth chapters of the book to write the essay.
-Please when you write Quotes , you should write which member page .
-You can find Quotes from chapter 4 , cahpter 5 ,
-You must follow all steps to complete writing the essay
To clarify: The first paragraph included a summary of Chapters 4 & 5.
The second paragraph is one of the problems of Alcoa. With follow-up steps below.
The third paragraph on one of Starbucks’ problems. With follow-up steps below.
I will put some pictures to illustrate the problems that you talked about it .
STEP 1
Create a hook about the subject of this introduction:
Answer the questions:
1. Is there a quotation which may apply to this subject?
Background
Answer the following questions.
1. What is the title of the book?
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2. Who is the author of the book?
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3. What is the book about?
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4. Why is the book important?
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5. How can reading this book change someone’s life?
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Thesis statement about how creating keystone habits can help businesses and individuals solve significant problems.
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Step 2
Paragraph 1 -Summary of Chapter 4 and 5
Finally, each student creates a new original summary that combines and refines their summaries of Chapters 4 and 5. Start your paragraph with a topic sentence. Organize ideas and combine sentences to make a cohesive summary. Remember that summaries use original language. Edit your ideas and create compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
Write your own 8-10 sentence summary of Ch. 4 and 5 here (further edit and revise summaries from activities 3 and 8):
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Step 3
Body Paragraph 2
Create your topic sentence to include the idea that Alcoa had a problem that was solved by creating new (keystone) habits
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Now complete the following for your three ideas
idea #1: ____Cause of problem___________________________________________________________
Quote from text supporting the idea of the cause of the problem: _____________________
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Explanation of why this was a problem: ____________________________________
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idea #2: ___Keystone habit that Paul O’Neill focused on _________________________________________________
Quote from text supporting the importance of keystone habits:
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Explanation of why keystone habit was important: _______________________________________
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idea #3: ____Result(s) of new habit______________________________________________________
Quote from text supporting a positive result of the keystone habit: _____________________
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Explanation of why Paul O’Neill had these results: ____________________________________
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Step 4
Body Paragraph #3
Create your topic sentence to include the idea that __________________ had a problem that was solved by creating new (keystone) habits
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Now complete the following for your three ideas
idea #1: ____Cause of problem___________________________________________________________
Quote from text supporting the idea of the cause of the problem: _____________________
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Explanation of why this was a problem: ____________________________________
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idea #2: ___Keystone habit that solved the problem _________________________________________________
Quote from text supporting the importance of keystone habits:
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Explanation of why keystone habit was important: _______________________________________
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idea #3: ____Result(s) of new habit______________________________________________________
Quote from text supporting a positive result of the keystone habit: _____________________
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Explanation of why ______________ had these results: ____________________________________
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Step 5
AWESOME ENDINGS:
Choose an ending transition and connect it to a restatement of your thesis in different words:
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Summarize the main ideas in first body paragraph in 2 sentences: (One sentence summary of Ch. 4 and one sentence summary of Ch. 5)
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Summarize the main ideas in second body paragraph in 2 sentences:
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Summarize the main ideas in third body paragraph in 2 sentences:
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Choose 2 of the following and then pick the one you like best for your paragraph
Write a suggestion/advice you might make for the readers:
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Talk about your hook again and relate it to habit change:
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Make a prediction about habit change for you or readers:
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