Self analysis of the outline

1. Self analysis of the outline • Why is it important to have parallel structure in your outline? Do you have proper parallel structure with your outline? If NOT what should you do? • Why is it important to have parenthetical citations in your outline? Do you have parentheticals? If NOT what should you do? • Do you feel as though you have enough information to write a 5- 7page research paper based on your outline? Explain your response. If NOT, what is your plan to rectify the situation?

2. 10 Commandments of Formal Writing Page 4 writing handbook

3. Basic Format Page 6 writing handbook

4. How to turn your Outline into a Paper Read through this PowerPoint carefully and you will have all the skills you need to successfully write your paper. Make sure you take notes.

5. Your Outline has everything you need for your body paragraphs. The underlined sections are things you must ADD • I. Paragraph 1 • A. Paragraph 1 continued • 1. Supporting details in Paragraph 1. For each detail, you should have 2-3 sentences of analysis (your own words explaining why the detail is important) • 2. Supporting details in Paragraph 1 • 3. Supporting details in Paragraph 1 Concluding sentence for paragraph one. (restate opening—not repeat!!) • B. Paragraph 2 (make sure you have a transition!!!) • 1. Supporting details in Paragraph 2 • 2. Supporting details in Paragraph 2 • 3. Supporting details in Paragraph 2 Concluding sentence for paragraph two. (restate opening—not repeat!!) Concluding sentence for first subtopic (restate Roman Numeral 1) **If you have a C, that would be paragraph 3. The concluding sentence for subtopic 1 goes at the end of all the letters (A, B, C etc) See in Appendix 1 & 2 handouts**

6. BS PAGE 7-9 WRITING HANDBOOK

7. Your outline DOES NOT have an introduction or conclusion. This you will do on your own. • Follow these guidelines to make sure your introduction and conclusion have awesome structure!

8. Introductions & Conclusions for 12th grade research paper

9. Introduction • Has three or more sentences including a thesis • Has more than forty words • DOES NOT CITE information (intro should be common knowledge info—your own words) • Introduces the focus of the composition (3 to 4 sentences) • presents background information, • introduces the concept being explored (your topic), • Includes a thesis statement that presents the main idea that you are developing • has a clear attitude about the subject being explored • Thesis is the last sentence

10. Your paper is NOT a biography or a history report, BUT your intro needs to have… • A hook (don’t bore the reader to death) • Background info on the topic *BREIF* explanation of topic • THE ARGUMENT (Thesis)

11. Hooks Anyone who can read this statement, should immediately go and thank a teacher. • 1. Opening with an unusual detail • 2. Opening with a strong statement • 3. Opening with a Quotation • 4. Opening with an Anecdote • 5. Opening with a Statistic or Fact • 6. Opening with a Question • 7. Opening with an Exaggeration or Outrageous Statement • 8. Opening with an unusual statement

12. Background No matter what social class one hails from, what corner of the planet one is born on, or what decade one is raised during, everyone has been impacted by a teacher. While such impacts can be positive and negative, overall the teaching profession is designed to help society progress. Teaching others to read, write, and compute brings untold riches to a teacher’s life, though often these important skills are underappreciated by society at large. • What are you writing about? • Why should your reader care? • How can your reader connect?

13. Thesis The teaching profession positively impacts society because all other professions depend on teachers. By looking at the constant evolution, current pedagogy, prominent figures, and projected future, one clearly comes to appreciate how much society depends on teachers. • Answers the EQ (How does ________ career impact society) • Lists subtopics

14. Sample Anyone who can read this statement, should immediately go and thank a teacher. No matter what social class one hails from, what corner of the planet one is born on, or what decade one is raised during, everyone has been impacted by a teacher. While such impacts can be positive and negative, overall the teaching profession is designed to help society progress. Teaching others to read, write, and compute brings untold riches to a teacher’s life, though often these important skills are underappreciated by society at large. The teaching profession positively impacts society because all other professions depend on teachers. By looking at the constant evolution, current pedagogy, prominent figures, and projected future, one clearly comes to appreciate how much society depends on teachers.

15. Conclusion • Restates (NOT repeats) the thesis statement • Has 3 or more sentences • Shows some insight into the topic • Gives a finished feeling to the essay

16. Restate the thesis but do not repeat thesis word for word. • May be broken up into more than one sentence if all elements are still present • Offer insight to topic through… • Offering a solution to your argument • Offer an insight into the argument/topic by explaining why the audience should care about your topic. • Clincher • Ties up loose ends and gives the paper the finished feel—refer back to your hook (do not REPEAT the hook!!!—refer to it)

17. Restate thesis • All in all, teachers have a positive impact on society as can be seen in the evolution, pedagogy, prominent figures and future of the profession. Each and every job in society depends on someone teaching them the skills necessary to succeed.

18. Draw a conclusion • While students frequently cycle in and out of teachers’ lives, teachers remain in the mind, whether good or bad, for the majority of an individual’s life. Regardless of how one views the profession, there is no doubt that teachers will forever impact society.

19. Clincher • Read a stop sign, balance the checkbook, bake a cake, then thank a teacher.

20. Sample All in all, teachers have a positive impact on society as can be seen in the evolution, pedagogy, prominent figures and future of the profession. Each and every job in society depends on someone teaching them the skills necessary to succeed. While students frequently cycle in and out of teachers’ lives, teachers remain in the mind, whether good or bad, for the majority of an individual’s life. Regardless of how one views the profession, there is no doubt that teachers will forever impact society. Read a stop sign, balance the checkbook, bake a cake, then thank a teacher.

21. You must have your introductory Paragraph completed by the end of Class—it is better to submit more (you will get more feedback that way), but the minimum is the intro paragraph for full participation points.