Creatingreading&writing Outlines 2Q L3

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CREATING

READING AND
WRITING
OUTLINES
OUTLINE
is a summary that gives the essential
features of a text. It shows how the parts of a
text are related to one another as parts that are
of a equal importance, or sections that are
subordinate to main idea.
TWO KINDS OF OUTLINES
1.The reading Outline
is used to get the main ideas of a text that
is already written. It helps you understand the text’s
structure more critically because you will have to find
the text’s thesis statement and support.You will
better understand how a writer connects and
sequences the information in the reading.
2. Writing Outline

 is a skeletal version of your essay. It used as a


guide to organize your ideas . It is usually done
before you write the first draft of your essay.
 a skeletal overview of your draft, which
contains your fundamental points and the different
ideas that support them.
TIPS THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW IN
CREATING A READING OUTLINE:
• 1. read the entire text first. Skim the text afterward. Having an
overview of the reading’s content will help you follow its structure
better.
• 2. locate the main idea or thesis of the whole essay.
 Look at the title of the text
 Look for heading, if any.
 Look for information that answers the question, “ What is the
text talking about?”
3. Look for key phrases in each paragraph of the essay.

4. Look the topic sentence of each paragraph.

5. Depending on the length of the text, look at the topic sentences and group those
with related ideas together. See if they describe a process or are examples.

6. To logically organize information, the contents of the reading are arranged according
to levels. A level refers to the number of ranks in the hierarchy of information in the
reading.

7. Evaluate the supporting details provided. These will be the third level of your outline.
Label the with Arabic numerals.

8. Go back to the text after you have finished your outline. Check whether you have to
followed its sequence closely and that you have not missed any important information.
SCRATCH OUTLINE
•Is a simple list of ideas that take the
form of words and phrases.
SENTENCE OUTLINE
•Uses sentences to define the subject
matter.
PARTS OF A FORMAL OUTLINE
• The main ideas are written beside Roman Numerals.

• Supporting ideas under each main idea are written beside capital

letters and indented.

• Specific details under each detail are written beside Arabic

numbers and are further indented.


I. MAIN IDEA

A. Subsidiary idea or supporting idea to 1

B. Subsidiary idea or supporting idea to 1

1. Subsidiary idea to B

2. Subsidiary idea to B

a) Subsidiary idea to 2

b) Subsidiary idea to 2

11. MAIN IDEA

A. Subsidiary idea or supporting idea to 1I

B. Subsidiary idea or supporting idea to 1I

C. Subsidiary idea or supporting idea to 1I


EXERCISES
A. Below are list of words which form parts of main ideas. Provide each group with a
main idea/general topic that includes all the terms in the set as a subtopics.
1. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumbler
General topic: __________________
2. Ondoy, Yolanda, Sendong, Milenyo
General topic: __________________
3. University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University,
University of Santo Tomas
General topic: __________________
4. Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology
General topic: __________________
5. Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Lemony Snicket, Divergent
General topic: __________________
B. Below is a list of topics that could serve as main ideas.
Provide each main idea with the three possible subtopics that
relate to the main idea as examples, stages or steps, or parts.

1. The process of photosynthesis


2. The events leading up to the Philippine revolution against
Spain.
3. The parts of a basketball court.
4. The people that became famous through YouTube.
5. The applications on a smartphone useful in your studies.

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