You should be finished your outline today. Begin the rough draft, double spaced please. Find a respected peer to read/edit/Monday we will write the good copy in class, you may print off the following documents and may have the outline, rough draft, story and the below with you then.
You should have completed at least the introduction and first body paragraph, today you will complete your outline. You may only have the outline, transition words, quotations guide out tomorrow for the in class essay write. If you are not able to complete in this time provided, you must arrange to come in at lunch or before school.
Today you should finish your brainstorming, this part of the writing process is meant to help you come up with a thesis, see above notes for more clarification. Once you have a thesis, you start proving it by providing examples from the stories, both in your own words and direct quotations.