Summary
Get organized! In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby introduce you to the fundamentals of making an outline. Learn about this important pre-writing step as you find out how to sort, organize, and classify information into distinct categories. Discover how to use letters and numbers to indicate a particular piece of information’s level of importance, and learn where your topic and thesis should go in order to make your outline as clear as possible. Plus, find out why index cards are such a good note-taking tool and why not all the information you write down needs to make it into your paper. Master the outline and get ready to hand in killer reports!
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
A few questions to talk through after watching Outlines:
- What is one new thing you learned about outlines?
- Can you explain it to a partner in your own words?
- Where might you see this in the real world?
- What is one question you still have?
Quick work-a-long
Try it:
- Write one sentence explaining outlines.
- Draw or give one example of your own.