Outlining

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Teaching 3 Activities 4 For Further Reading

Overview

A 1-2 sentence introduction to the topic covered by the page.

This is a lesson on outlining.

Here is the selection from [1], which describes Outlining.

Outline From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the prewriting technique of outlining. For other uses, see Outline (disambiguation). An outline is a hierarchical way to display related items of text to graphically depict their relationships.

They are often used by students for research papers. Outlines provide a summary showing the logical flow of a paper. They are useful because they:

1. Help the writer organize their thoughts before getting bogged down in word choice and sentence structure;
2. Show which ideas need illustration or elaboration; and
3. Help the writer decide on an organizational technique for the report, whether it be logical, chronological, or categorical in nature.

Teaching

Advice about teaching this subject.

This can be a difficult concept to relate. An example of a rudimentary outline is the table of contents of a book.

Activities

Suggested in-class or homework activities; instructions to give to students. Take a large topic such as, sports, and break it down into its component pieces: rules, competition, kinds of sports, etc.

For example:

• sports
  • rules
    • baseball

They can first list all of the important topics they will need to outline.

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For Further Reading

Good books, articles, or websites with useful material for teachers that concern the topic. This would be useful for all concerned. Instructional videos may be available on YouTube. Here is an example: [2]