Today in Writer's Workshop, the word of the day was "diaphanous."

Then we looked at a sample outline for a research paper and then we looked at a sample research essay based on that outline.  We discussed the outline and essay.  Then I handed out a model outline and another model outline with a template.  Then I returned students' research that they handed in on Monday and for the last half hour of class, students wrote their own outlines for their research essay.  The first draft of this essay is due on Thursday, April 25.