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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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