Wyatt had to write an outline in order to prepare a short essay. The idea was to teach him outlining skills (start with a main point, write supporting points for each main point), and I told him he had to write his essay in biographical form about someone he knows. (No research involved - this isn't about learning to research, but rather how to outline.) He asked if he could prepare his outline on the whiteboard before writing the essay on his laptop (why do kids LOVE whiteboards so much???), and this was the outline he prepared:
It needed a little work, but this was his first stab at it. I took a picture and posted it here because we'll erase the whiteboard soon to make room for other work, but I wanted to hang on to this forever. Can you blame me? Sweet boy.
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