Following up on yesterday's essay outline exercise, today Olivia began drafting a literary essay on the novel and related poetry. I provided instructions for using the prompt plus words from the provided quote to formulate a topic sentence . Olivia composed a strong opening sentence and proceeded to draft an introductory paragraph that set forth a good introduction to the subjects that will be included in the essay. We examined grammar issues where necessary and then began a second paragraph addressing the substantive portion of the essay. The final essay is due on Monday.