Outlines.
Did I lose you already?
The idea of outlines and actually creating them can be confusing and frustrating to our students.
But what if we could make organizing material a little easier for them?
Intro to Writing, Part 3, shows students some fun and unusual ways to create outlines (organize their material). It uses ideas your students are already very familiar with: restaurant categories and the way grocery stores are organized.
The tutorial includes two free, printable worksheets and links to learning about my sticky-note method of organizing material (outlining). You can find the tutorial here or by clicking the image below.
Intro to Writing, Parts 1 & 2
In Part 1 of Intro to Writing, we all practiced narrowing down a topic. You can find that tutorial here. >>
In Part 2, we brainstormed and organized together. The middle school version is here. >>
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