Create an Outline
Use your prewriting notes to build an outline using the framework below. Feel free to use this model outline as an example from which to work. Turn in the completed outline, the topic sheet, and the note-taking graphic organizer.
Topic

Introduction
Background Information

Thesis Statement

Supporting Evidence, Part 1
Topic Sentence

Evidence from the text

Evidence from the text

Evidence from the text

Supporting Evidence, Part 2
Topic Sentence

Evidence from the text

Evidence from the text

Evidence from the text

Supporting Evidence, Part 3
Topic Sentence

Evidence from the text

Evidence from the text

Evidence from the text

Conclusion
Summary of points made in essay

Restatement of thesis

Me which theme is developed by the changing relationship between the narrator and his daughter in this excerpt ? as she grew older, she spent more of her time with girls. so much time indeed did she spend with them that she came no more, as she used to do, to her father’s room. i was scarcely on speaking terms with her. when mini and her father stop communicating, it develops the theme that children should not speak unless spoken to. as mini becomes more independent, it develops the theme that parents must learn to let go as their children grow up. as mini spends more time with friends, it develops the theme that young people are more influenced by peers than by parents. when mini and her father see each other far less often, it develops the theme that absence makes the heart grow fonder.