1. Happy Tuesday!
Please take out your tan packet and your English notebook
(you don’t need to write down today’s learning target)
Learning Target: Evaluate your introduction, choose best outlining method
2/25/14
“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” - A.A Milne

2. Agenda 2/25/14 Evaluate your introductions Outlining format choices
Work on outlining
Homework:
Complete intro and essay outline due by the BEG. of class Friday (printed out or bring your tech device with the outline on it!)
Remember: If you’re not caught up with notes by the end of the class period Thursday, you’ll be REQUIRED to stay after school Thursday during conference period. No exceptions!

3. Evaluate your introductions
In groups of four, you’ll read everyone’s introductions and use the rubric to identify areas of growth.
Be polite, but honest with each other!
Choose your group’s highest scoring introduction to share with the class

4. Outlining
Why outline?
To figure out what order you should present the information in
To decide where you need to cut info, or where you need to collect more info
To identify connections between your content

5. Outline steps Identify the main categories of your paper.
Create subcategories
Include specific details

6. A section’s not a paragraph!
Remember-
you only want ONE idea per paragraph- new idea, new paragraph.
Think “big to little”

7. Outline options “Triangles and Boxes”
“Roman Numerals and Indentations”
Easy Bib Outline?
Workflowy?

8. Triangles and Boxes Benefits: Drawbacks: Very kinesthetic Easy to draw
Easy to see “big picture”
Drawbacks:
Kind of messy
Not as linear

9. Roman Numerals and Indentations
Benefits:
Very linear
Structured, so easier to expand into full paper
Can copy and paste from notes
Drawbacks:
Frustrating auto-formatting
Harder to see “big picture” as you’re working on it

10. Easy Bib Outlining
secure.easybib.com/auth/index/login?previous= easybib.com/notebook
Benefits:
Drag and drop-able
Visual and kinesthetic
Mrs. N knows more about it
Drawbacks:
Techy?
Mrs. T has no idea how to use it 

11. Workflowy https://workflowy.com/ Benefits: Drawbacks:
Easy to expand and copy and paste info
Can be used on pretty much any device
Drawbacks:
Techy
You need to sign up for an account
Mrs. T doesn’t know much about it! 

12. No matter what you choose-
YOU NEED SPECIFIC DETAILS
That includes references to citations, specific sources, actual content
You need complete topic sentences
You need to include your complete essay introduction
You need to have a complete essay outline for the beginning of class Friday
No one will be allowed to go print- do it BEFORE class for credit!
You will be evaluated according to the rubric

13. Work time The rest of today’s class time Next two days in the lab
After school help Thursday
Mrs. N help any time the library is available!