essay
Pre-writing Graphic Organizer
Topic: A girl whose parents wants her to attend a private school but gets bullied because she isn’t a city person, she’s a girl from the country. She loves to barrel race with her best friend. She just wants to be back at her old school with all her old friends. She uses her horse as a safe place to get away from everything out on the Great Plains.
Generating Ideas: Wakely goes to private school, doesn’t tell anyone she is bullied. Her best friend Serina can tell something is wrong. Wakely just keeps it to herself.
Who? List and describe the characters involved in the narrative you are creating.
Wakely: a girl who is sent to private school by her parents. She loves barrel racing or anything that has to do with her horse Wildfire.
Serina: Wakely’s best friend. They have been friends since they were babies. She barrel races and does other rodeo events along with Wakely. Her horse is named Diamond, because diamonds are a girl’s best friend.
Wakely’s Mother (Nell): Nell is a stay at home and run the ranch person. She is trying to keep their ranch alive. She struggles for money because the demand on horses has fallen. She also trains horses for other people along with horses at their ranch.
Wakely’s Father (Rob): He tends the animals, and break new horses. He also rounds the horses up. He is the head cowboy at the ranch. He gives the ranch hands a to-do list. All he wants is the best for his children.
Howard (Wakely’s brother): is more into chasing his dreams and leaving the ranch.
Hunter: new boy to the town who team ropes and calf ties. He just moved to Wyoming from Colorado. He doesn’t know anyone besides his brother and family.
Tanner (Hunters brother): also new to the town. He rodeos with his brother.
Character Name: Wakely
How would you describe this character? Why?
Physical Appearance: A skinny country girl, who is
Topic: A girl whose parents wants her to attend a private school but gets bullied because she isn’t a city person, she’s a girl from the country. She loves to barrel race with her best friend. She just wants to be back at her old school with all her old friends. She uses her horse as a safe place to get away from everything out on the Great Plains.
Generating Ideas: Wakely goes to private school, doesn’t tell anyone she is bullied. Her best friend Serina can tell something is wrong. Wakely just keeps it to herself.
Who? List and describe the characters involved in the narrative you are creating.
Wakely: a girl who is sent to private school by her parents. She loves barrel racing or anything that has to do with her horse Wildfire.
Serina: Wakely’s best friend. They have been friends since they were babies. She barrel races and does other rodeo events along with Wakely. Her horse is named Diamond, because diamonds are a girl’s best friend.
Wakely’s Mother (Nell): Nell is a stay at home and run the ranch person. She is trying to keep their ranch alive. She struggles for money because the demand on horses has fallen. She also trains horses for other people along with horses at their ranch.
Wakely’s Father (Rob): He tends the animals, and break new horses. He also rounds the horses up. He is the head cowboy at the ranch. He gives the ranch hands a to-do list. All he wants is the best for his children.
Howard (Wakely’s brother): is more into chasing his dreams and leaving the ranch.
Hunter: new boy to the town who team ropes and calf ties. He just moved to Wyoming from Colorado. He doesn’t know anyone besides his brother and family.
Tanner (Hunters brother): also new to the town. He rodeos with his brother.
Character Name: Wakely
How would you describe this character? Why?
Physical Appearance: A skinny country girl, who is