Step 2: Determine the two problems that the character may face throughout the course of the novel.
Step 3: Research these problems and their relevance to the time period using the Internet, library resources, or the text of Of Mice and Men. Take concise notes or use a highlighter to mark relevant information.
Step 4: Look for information that may be inserted into your writing for parenthetically documented or directly quoted citations.
Step 5: Brainstorm or freewrite about your character and topic.
Step 6: Organize your notes into Harvard Outline Format or Sunburst Diagram Format.
Step 7: Write first rough draft.
Step 8: Revise and edit your work. Consult your project rubric.
Step 9: Write second rough draft.
Step 10: Revise and edit with a peer editor. Grade your work using the project rubric.
Step 11: Complete typed final draft.
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