Yesterday, I distributed a literary essay topic on the novel. Today, we closely analyzed the text and prepared an outline of the essay. Olivia copied the outline I placed on the whiteboard and contributed ideas and specific examples from the text to the outline.Our final outline contained an introductory paragraph, two supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion. We discussed how Olivia could add comments to the thesis in her conclusion. For homework due on Monday, Olivia is to prepare the essay based on the outline and read the next chapter of the novel.