Lesson 8: From Outline... to Essay!
Lesson Plan
Students make direct connections between the format of an outline and the organization in an essay. Using side-by-side examples, students see how the outline…
Overview
Students make direct connections between the format of an outline and the organization in an essay. Using side-by-side examples, students see how the outline translates into a written product. They also see examples of complex sentences in action. At the end of this lesson, students begin their rough drafts.
Grade Levels
- 6-8
Learning Objectives
- Deconstruct an essay by color-coding its parts
- Compare an outline and an essay by color-coding the same information in both
- Write the rough draft of an essay