TIMED WRITING ORGANIZATION AND OTHER TIPS

6 DEC Outline & Tri-DEC Paragraph

What you’re filling out in the outline

Prompt: YESTheme statement: YES I. Thesis: YES II. BP 1 Focus: YES

TS: No D: YES E: No C: No D: YES E: No C: No D: YES E: No C: No

II. BP 2 Focus: YES TS: No D: YES E: No C: No D: YES E: No C: No D: YES E: No C: No

IV. Conclusion: No

What you’re writing for each section in the outline

Prompt: Rewrite the exact prompt so you know the exact question you’re answeringTheme statement: Write an entire theme statement so you have a sense for what the author is saying overall in the text I. Thesis: Answer the full prompt and include ideas from the theme statement. Include title, author’s name, literary

devices from the prompt, and ideas from the theme statement II. BP 1 Focus: Supports one part of the thesis. Jot down what your first body paragraph will be about. When

you’re writing the essay, you’ll include this idea in the topic sentence. This is not a sentence of its own in your essay, it’s just to give you direction and a sense of organization TS: No D: Device, page number, part of the quote E: No C: No D: Device, page number, part of the quote E: No C: No D: Device, page number, part of the quote E: No C: No

II. BP 2 Focus: Supports second part of the thesis. Jot down what your second body paragraph will be about. When you’re writing the essay, you’ll include this idea in the topic sentence. This is not a sentence of its own in your essay, it’s just to give you direction and a sense of organization TS: No D: Device, page number, part of the quote E: No C: No D: Device, page number, part of the quote E: No C: No D: Device, page number, part of the quote E: No C: No

IV. Conclusion: No

What your outline should look like for THIS prompt

Prompt: How does the author use elements of voice to reveal the narrator’s change in perspective?Theme statement: Write an entire theme statement so you have a sense for what the author is saying overall in the text I. Thesis: Should identify BOTH perspectives. Answer the full prompt and include ideas from the theme

statement. Include title, author’s name, literary devices from the prompt, and ideas from the theme statement II. BP 1 Focus: Narrator’s FIRST perspective

TS: No D: Device, page number, part of the quote that supports first perspective E: No C: No D: Device, page number, part of the quote that supports first perspective E: No C: No D: Device, page number, part of the quote that supports first perspective E: No C: No

II. BP 2 Focus: Narrator’s SECOND perspective TS: No D: Device, page number, part of the quote that supports second perspective E: No C: No D: Device, page number, part of the quote that supports second perspective E: No C: No D: Device, page number, part of the quote that supports second perspective E: No C: No

IV. Conclusion: No

Other tips

The only paragraph indentations you should have are between the introduction paragraph (thesis), body paragraph 1, body paragraph 2, and the conclusion. Since you’re only fully writing out the introduction (thesis) and body paragraph one, you should only have TWO separate paragraphs (don’t indent between each DEC)

Other tips

Title punctuation: Novel titles, Newspaper titles are UNDERLINED Poem titles, article titles, short story titles, and song titles go

“IN QUOTATIONS”Remember to write in third person present tense

Ex: “He runs,” “They run,” “She runs.”You’ll be writing in pen, so if you make an error, just

use one line to cross it out, then keep writing Remember: you’ll have 20 mins to read/annotate

and 50 mins to outline/writeBring your own notebook paper for the timed writingYour timed writing will be graded on the AP Writing

Rubric (can be found in your resource packet)