Formal Outline Instructions Due on Thursday, March 24 Upload on Blackboard and bring to class to discuss with classmates General Guidelines for Formal Outline: · Your outline should clearly communicate your main points and a logical organization. · Use complete sentences. · Include your sources in the outline when information comes from sources. · Include a References page for any sources that you put in the outline . · Should be at least two pages long , not including the reference page. · Note: This sample is not a perfect outline, but it will give you a general idea of what I am expecting. You do not have to have this much detail, but you must use complete sentences and include references to your sources. Formal Outline Example I. Introduction Hook and/or background on the topic: a. Many people struggle with the concept of identity. b. It is very important for humans to identify themselves with particular groups or characteristics, because identifications affect their position in society wherever they live. c. People need to fully understand their own ethnicities, nationalities, races, religions, or a particular belief in order to find their own identities. d. Finding the comfortable identity is more challenging for immigrant children of the United States not because they are too young to identify their ethnicities or nationalities, but because of they identify with two cultures. e. They are facing difficulties in the process of choosing their cultures and languages. T hesis Statement: It may be true that prohibiting immigrant children from using their first languages in school is the best way to help the children to develop their English. However, teachers should respect and help students to value their first language because language is part of their identities. II. Topic sentence: Retaining native culture and language help children to shape their identities. a. According to Bosher's study it is significant for children immigrants to retain their native culture and language in order to find their identities (601). b. They feel isolated even though they acquire perfect English because they are having difficulties in communicating with their native people (Pao, Wong, and Teuben-Rowe 627). c. Bosher discovers that most of participants in her study, who have a strong sense of cultural identification, describe their lifestyles as bicultural and identify themselves as Hmong American (597). III. Topic Sentence: Family attitudes have a big impact on the social identity of immigrant children. a. Family attitudes had big impact on developing children’s identities; parents helped their children to have confidence about their native cultures and language, and also taught children to be involved in both cultures (Pao, Wong, and Teuben-Rowe 626). b. Monolingual participants felt a negative impact from both of their cultures because they felt left out from both groups (Pao, Wong, and Teuben-Rowe 627). IV. ...