English 8 Quarter 4 Lesson 2. Expanding the Content of an Outline Using Notes from Primary and Secondary Sources and the learners will be able to write their own outline choosing their own topic.
4. An outline is a tool used in
improving and organizing
written ideas about a topic
into a logical order. Writers
use outlines when writing
their papers to know which
topic to cover and in what
order.
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6. Sentence Outline
It is a type of outline that presents the
thesis statement, major topics,
subtopics, and supporting details in
sentence form. It allows you to include
those details in the sentences instead
of having to create an outline of many
short phrases that goes on page after
page. Also, it follows a hierarchical
structure composed of sentences and
headings around the subject of the
speech or essay.
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These characters are used in
this order in bullet formatting.
Roman Numerals
Capitalized Letters
Arabic Numerals
Lowercase Letters
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• Helps you organize your ideas
• Presents your material in a
logical form
• Shows the relationship among
ideas in your writing
• Groups ideas into main points
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Choose your topic and establish
your purpose
Understanding your essay’s purpose is
important. Having a goal or objective in
mind will help you set guidelines and
limitations on what is to include in your
essay. What do you want your readers
learn from reading your paper? What do
you want them to understand about your
topic? These questions can help you focus
on your goal.
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Create a list of your main ideas
This is the brainstorming part of the writing
process. The goal here is to come up with a
list of essential ideas that you are planning
to present in your essay. This step can be a
list of arguments to answer a question, a list
of resources, or even tips on how to do
something. No matter what your topic is,
this step gives you a chance to get all of your
ideas out and have a list of possible topics
that you can touch in your essay.
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Organize your main ideas
The goal here is to rearrange the list of
ideas that you came up with in Step 2,
putting them in order that will make
sense to you and the readers. There are
many different strategies to organize
your ideas. Some common
organizational structures are: cause
and effect, classification, chronological
and process.
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Flush out your main points
After deciding on the order of your
main points, you’ll want to add some
relevant content to help support each
main idea. The goal here is to expand
upon your original ideas so that your
reader will have a better
understanding of each point. You can
add more detail to each concept by
including examples, quotes, facts,
theories or personal anecdotes.
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Review and adjust
Writing is a repetitive process, and all
good writer continue to review and
revise their essay until they feel it is
the best it can possibly be. Same goes
for an outline. Make sure that you’ve
included all of your ideas and
established the connections between
each of your main points.
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Primary Sources
provide raw information and
firsthand evidence
are anything that gives you direct
evidence about the people, events, or
phenomena that you are researching
contain new information that has not
been interpreted, evaluated,
paraphrased or condensed
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Secondary Sources
provide second-hand information
and commentary from other
researchers
are anything that describes,
interprets, evaluates, or analyzes
information from primary sources
contain information that has been
analyzed, evaluated, synthesized,
reworded, or interpreted
