Improving Student Writing Skills - cse crafts
Improving Student Writing Skills - cse crafts
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The <strong>Writing</strong> Process<br />
Outline Example<br />
Name: ______________________________________ Joe <strong>Student</strong><br />
Date: ______________<br />
1. The goal of my paper is to ______________________________________________________.<br />
tell readers about Thomas Jefferson and the challenges<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
he faced as president.<br />
2. Describe the type of person who will read your writing (your audience):<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________.<br />
Hopefully, kids my age who read Cricket Magazine (because when I’m done, I will<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
submit it).<br />
3. List three details you will use in your introduction to interest readers:<br />
Detail: _______________________________________________________________________.<br />
Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner but also believed that “all men are<br />
_______________________________________________________________________<br />
created equal.”<br />
Detail: _______________________________________________________________________.<br />
He made the Louisiana Purchase, which more than doubled the size of the<br />
_______________________________________________________________________<br />
United States.<br />
Detail: _______________________________________________________________________<br />
His enemy, Alexander Hamilton, actually helped to get him elected.<br />
4. List the main idea of each paragraph and the details/facts that go with it.<br />
Main Idea: ____________________________________________________________________<br />
He had to decide what to do about settlers and Native Americans.<br />
Detail: _______________________________________________________________________<br />
Settlers “owned” land—a concept that was foreign to Native Americans.<br />
Detail: _______________________________________________________________________<br />
Jefferson forced Native American tribes to move west of the Mississippi.<br />
Detail: _______________________________________________________________________.<br />
He thought there was so much space out west that tribes would live in<br />
_______________________________________________________________________<br />
peace.<br />
Main Idea: ____________________________________________________________________<br />
The Louisiana Purchase<br />
Detail: _______________________________________________________________________.<br />
The French offered to sell us a huge amount of land, because they needed<br />
_______________________________________________________________________<br />
money.<br />
Detail: _______________________________________________________________________<br />
The U.S. was already growing so big that we needed the land.<br />
Detail: _______________________________________________________________________.<br />
Jefferson had to choose whether to follow the law or to quickly make the<br />
_______________________________________________________________________<br />
purchase.<br />
Main Idea: ____________________________________________________________________<br />
The election of 1800<br />
Detail: _______________________________________________________________________<br />
There was a tie between Jefferson and Aaron Burr.<br />
Detail: _______________________________________________________________________.<br />
Alexander Hamilton, who agreed with Aaron Burr but didn’t like him,<br />
_______________________________________________________________________<br />
helped break the tie in Jefferson’s favor.<br />
Detail: _______________________________________________________________________<br />
Burr was so mad that he challenged Hamilton to a duel and shot him!<br />
Main Idea: ____________________________________________________________________<br />
Detail: ________________________________________________________________________<br />
Detail: ________________________________________________________________________<br />
Detail: ________________________________________________________________________<br />
5. List one detail that you will use in your conclusion to make readers think.<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________.<br />
In Jefferson’s time, there was still a chance we would be taken over by some other<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
country. How do you think this affected his decisions?<br />
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