Biographical Prewrite & Biographical Prewrite & OutlineOutline

Materials NeededMaterials Needed

8 ½” x 11” college-ruled paper with clean edges.

A black pen

A green pen

Steps Steps (write in black pen unless instructed (write in black pen unless instructed otherwise)otherwise)1. Place your heading on the upper

right-hand corner.2. On the first line to the left, title

the paper “Biographical Prewrite & Outline”

3. Besides “Background” and “Hopes for the Future” think of five other categories to ask the person you are going to interview.

Steps Steps (write in black pen unless instructed (write in black pen unless instructed

otherwiseotherwise))4. Head the first section of questions

as “Background” and write five questions for the interviewee’s background. Make sure to leave space for the answers.

5. Create five OPEN-ended questions for each of your five categories heading it with the name of the category. Make sure to leave space for the answers.

Steps Steps (write in black pen unless instructed (write in black pen unless instructed otherwise)otherwise)

6. Head the last section of questions as “Hopes for the Future” and write five questions for the interviewee’s future plans. Make sure to leave space for the answers.

7. In green, write all of the answers from your interviewee.

What’s Next?What’s Next?On a new sheet of paper, write your

heading and title it “Biographical Rough Draft 1”

Use the “Background” section as your introduction and the “Hopes for the Future” section as your conclusion.

Choosing three of the five categories. Use each of the three categories for your three body paragraphs.

WARNINGS!!!WARNINGS!!!Next class, your Biographical Prewrite

(all of the questions) will be your exit ticket.

It is recommended to have your interview completed by Next Class (10/20 – 10/21).

At latest, over the weekend, you should have completed your interview and written it into your rough draft 1.

Your Rough Draft 1 has to be hand written and ONLY five paragraphs.