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Outlining Your Paragraphs

Outlining Your Paragraphs. What do I want to write about?. Pick 3 main details about the character that can intertwine together and expand on. Job Background Description Personality Relation to other characters Etc. Put them in order that’s appropriate. Outline Format:. Character

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Outlining Your Paragraphs

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  1. Outlining Your Paragraphs

  2. What do I want to write about? • Pick 3 main details about the character that can intertwine together and expand on. • Job • Background • Description • Personality • Relation to other characters • Etc. • Put them in order that’s appropriate

  3. Outline Format: • Character • Detail: • Quote: short explanation about how it fits with the character. • Detail: • Quote: Short explanation about how it fits with the character. • Detail: • Quote: Short explanation about how it fits with the character.

  4. The Girl From Weeds • Description: • Woman from Weeds • No Name • Wore a Red Dress • Quote: George “…he seen this girl in a red dress” (p.45). • This fits with the character because she was wearing a red dress. • Relation: • Lennie: Wanted to feel her dress, but held on because he was scared • Quote: George “She jerks back and you hold on like It was a mouse” (p. 12). • This shows why Lennie and George are on the run

  5. Background: • Lennie wanted to feel her dress, but got scared when he wouldn’t let go. • Quote: George “Just wanted to feel that girl’s dress—just wanted to pet it like it was a mouse” (p.12). • This shows why Lennie wanted to touch her dress and why the woman was introduced in the first place. • The girl tells the law that she was raped. • Quote: George “tells the law she been raped” (p.46). • This shows her background and possibly what kinds of person she is. She lied to the law. • Quote: George “They guys in Weed start a party out to lynch Lennie” (p.46). • This shows what happened because of her lie.

  6. Compare/Contrast Quotes: • Think about things they have in common • Think about things that are drastically different • Think about things that came be compared or contrasted in their personalities • The Girl From Weeds & Lennie • Their Personalities: Lennie is sweet/ The girl is a liar, which got nice people in trouble. • Quote: George “…we got to hide in an a irrigation ditch all day with guys lookin’ for us, and we got to sneak out in the dark and get outta the country” (p.12).

  7. Things to Omit From You Paragraphs • You CANNOT use the girl from Weeds as one of your characters • The Words: You, I , We, Us (No First Person) • I think, We think, you think • I’m going to tell/talk about • I’m going to tell you • You would think • Run-On & Fragment Sentences • Punctuation & Spelling Errors

  8. Your Tasks Today: • Finish Your Silent Reading • Find 6 Quotes (2 about each character=4 total & 2 to compare & contrast) • Approve them with Mrs. Ekman or Ms. Bruce • Finish 2 Journals (DUE TODAY) • From Friday and Yesterday • Start Your Outline • We will start writing your paragraphs tomorrow.

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