Archive for the 'Researching and Writing' Category

Mar 07 2008

Writing and Presenting

 

1  Abstracts

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

 

2  Asking Questions

http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/view/ces_res/137

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_plan3.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_plan1.html

http://www.bigpoint.com/msla/research.html

 

3  Bibliography

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_docelectric.html

http://www.westwords.com/guffey/mla.htm

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml

http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/works_cited.htm

 

4  Blogging

http://new.blogger.com/

http://edulblogs.org

 

5  Critical Thinking/Judgments

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/write/handouts/critthk.html

http://www2.sisu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/main.html

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/crtread.htm

http://writing.fsu.edu/rwc/clast_reading.html

Reading Skills

 

6  Critiques

http://www.cs.wpi.edu/Resear.aidg/CS540/critiques.html

http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/critique.html

 

7   Drawing Flowcharts, Networks, Forms, Floor Plans, Time Lines, Presentations etc

http://smartdraw.com

http://www.inspiration.com

 

8  E-portfolios

Includes e-magazines, blogs, homepages, presentations, and/or research essays that are displayed in http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~kuoll/

 

9  Evaluating Critiques

http://people.cornellcollege.edu/jcardon/courses/cmb/critique.html

 

10 Evaluating Essays

http://www.smarrpublishers.com/rhetoric01.html

http://www.colorado.edu/gtp/resources/tutor/method.html

http://www.mccallie.org/wrt_ctr/carnicelli.htm

Clear criteria

 

11 Evaluating Group Work

http://www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/tips/rubrics_sec/group_wk.html Evaluating Group Work

http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed395500.html

Evaluating oral performances, portfolios and presentations

http://departments.mwc.edu/spkc/www/Handouts/eval_group_presentations.htm

Group presentation evaluation

 

12 Evaluating Presentations

http://departments.mwc.edu/

http://www.1cc.gatech.edu/gallery/speechbook/criteria.html

http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/rub.pres.html

 

13 Groups

http://www.bokcenter.harvard.edu/docs/wigintro.html

http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/collaborative.html

http://www.mapnp.org/library/grp_skll/theory/theory.htm

http://groups.msn.com/

 

14 Homepage Building

http://geocities.yahoo.com/

 

15 Interviews

http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/coms2/via/

 

16 Library Skills

http://webster.commnet.edu/libroot/freshyear/wrkbk.htm

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla.htm

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~scilib/

 

17 Links

http://iteslj.org/links/search.cgi?query=report+writing

Report writing links

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/

Links for majors

 

18 Marking Schemes

http://www.cict.co.uk/software/markin/index.htm

http://www.rayslearning.com/report.htm

 

19 Meetings

http://office.microsoft.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/netmeeting/

http://www.spot.pcc.edu/~rjacobs/career/conducting_meetings.htm

Checklist for conducting meetings

http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/ucce50/ag-labor/7labor/11.htm

 

20 Memo Reports

http://www.top.eli.orst.edu/~bengayed/reports.html

Recommendation, justification, progress, periodic, & survey reports

 

21 Minutes

http://www.top.eli.orst.edu/~bengayed/minutes.html

 

22 Online Diary

http://www.diaryland.com/

 

23 Online Newspaper

http://www.crimsonzine.com/

 

24 Outlining

http://www.english-zone.com/writing/para.strctr.html

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/outlines.shtml

 

25 Paraphrasing

http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm

http://www.eslnetworld.com/main/quote.htm#para

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_paraphr.html

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/write/handouts.paraphrasing.html

 

26 PowerPoint

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Teaching writing

http://pages.mhlearningnetwork.com/ArnoldWarrior/

Tutorial for PowerPoint

 

27 Presentations

http://web.mit.edu/writing/Writing_Types/oral.html

http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/

http://pages.mhlearningnetwork.com/ArnoldWarrior/

http://www.kumc.edu/

http://web.mit.edu/writing/Writing_Types/oral.html

http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/presentations.html

Great links

 

28 Projects

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/orgstrl.htm

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/groupprojects.htm

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/matrix.html

Ideas for projects

http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.asp?ID=LessonPlans

Examples of webquests

 

29 Publishing Your Work

Use https://www.blogger.com

 or http://edublogs.org

to make your own blog, where you can publish your work.

 

30 Punctuation

http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/marks.htm

 

31 Questionnaires & Surveys

http://www.stark.kent.edu/~jmoneysmith/advbus/question.htm

http://www.statpac.com/surveys/

 

32 Quoting

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~elu_sci/

Detailed information in 162 CALL Project

 

33 Report Writing - Low Level

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/report/animal/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/report/invention/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/report/planet/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/report/explorer/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/essay/bookreport.shtml

 

34 Report Writing - Higher

Http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/reportw/understanding.html

Understanding the sections of your report/General technical guidelines

http://www.unn.ac.uk/central/studserv/report.htm

Information about report writing

http://www.eslnetworld.com/paper.html

Simple research paper

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ScienceReport.html

Writing a scientific report

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/scimethod.htm

Solving problems with the scientific method

 

35 Report Writing - Advanced

http://www.csm.uwe.ac.uk/tdrewry/reports.htm

Information about student project reports

http://www.ecf.toronto.edu/~writing/handbook.html

Technical reports

http://www.technical-writing-course.com/

Writing technical reports

http://www.voa.manythings.org/voa/

Science reports

 

36 Research Essays

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/index.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/resources/fieldsnz.html

http://www.eslnetworld.com/intro.htm

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/write/handouts.html

http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/essay/index.htm

http://helponenglish.homestead.com/essay.html

http://fbox.vt.edu/

Craft of scientific writing

You will find information about research essays in http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~elu_sci, in the 162 section

http://www.top.eli.orst.edu/~bengayed/reports.html

 

37 Scientific Method

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0860972.html

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/science/english/science/method.html

http://encarta.msn.com

 

38 Style

http://www.wplwloo.lib.ia.us/writing.html

List of links

http://mel.lib.mi.us/reference/REF-styles.html

List of links

 

39 Summaries

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/write/handouts/summary.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_quotprsum.html

 

40 Webquests

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/matrix.html

Great ideas for webquests

http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.asp?ID=LessonPlans

Examples of webquests

 

41 Websearching

http://www.eslcafe.com/search/Internet_Basics/

 

42 Writing Skills/Grammar

http://www.english-zone.com/writing/paragraphs.html

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/write/handouts.html

http://esl-links.cjb.net/

http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/grammar.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm

http://english.heinle.com/ackley/student/owls.html

http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/handouts.html

http://www.dictionary.com/writing/

http://129.186.46.14/OWL/links.html

Links for writing

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Mar 07 2008

My Desert Home in Kuwait

 


Name:_______________________


Section:_____________________


Teacher:____________________


Date:_______________________

 

 



Table of Contents

1   My Area

2   My Languages

3   Lightning

4   Bugs

5   Cooking

6   A Walk in the Desert

7   Trees

8   Fish

9   Snakes

10 Birds

11 Flowers

12 Traditional Games

13 Keeping Our University Tidy

14 Rules for Our Classroom

15 Visiting Dubai - My Favourite Places

16 Animals in Our Desert

17 Our Customs

18  Life in KU and Life at Home

19  Colours

20  Sounds

 


1 My Area

Instructions:

Draw a map of your area, marking your house, your school, other buildings, shops, roads, and mosques. Draw the route you must follow to get to Kuwait University.



2 My Languages

Instructions:

When you are in the university, you have to speak English or Arabic. What language do you speak when you are at home? What other languages do your school friends know? Complete the table by writing down words in other languages. You will have to choose you own words. You can ask your teacher or the other students for help.

 

English                     Arabic         Farsi     Other Language(s)

Hello

Goodbye

One

Two

Three

Four

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20


B My Class

 

Now design a table showing the languages spoken by the students in your class.

 

C  Headers for Boxes:

# of students in class

# who can speak Farsi

# who can speak English

# who can speak Arabic

# who can speak French

# who can read Arabic

Other languages

 

D Draw a pie chart showing the breakdown of the numbers in the above table. Your teacher will help you if you do not know how to do this.



3 Lightning

 

A Introduction:

When you are outside, you may have to sit through a thunder and lightning storm. Why is it so dangerous to be outside at that time? What are ten rules you should follow to stay safe?  Design a table showing the dangers, effects and rules.

 

B Dangers                  Effects              Rules

1

2

3

4

5

 


4  Bugs

A Introduction:

You will see many insects when you go outside. Study them and design a table with the headers below. Then draw a picture of each one, or collect examples to stick on your worksheet.

 

B  Headers for Boxes in Table:

 

1  Name

2  Description

3  Noise

4  Picture

5  Food

6  Use

 

C Complete the table by asking your friends why they like or do not like the bugs you found. Use the following headers:

 

1 Name of bug

2  Reason for Liking

3  Reason for Not Liking



5 Cooking

 

A Introduction:

Choose two of your favourite recipes and then design a table with the following headers:  recipe, ingredients, quantities, utensils, and steps.

 

 


6 A Walk in the Desert

 

A Introduction:

Collect 10 interesting items that you have found in the desert when you went for a walk, and put them in a plastic bag. Then design a table showing information about your items. Write down which senses you use to study the item.

 

B What you need

1 Plastic bag

2 Book for writing on

2 Worksheet

3 Pen

Coloured pencils

 

C  Headers for Boxes in Table:

 

1  Item

2  Description

3  Drawing

4  Sense(s) used

5  Example:

 

D  E.g.

1  Item:  Palm leaf

2  Description:  long, green or brown, heavy, touch

3  Senses used:  Sight, touch

 

7 Trees

A Introduction:

There are several kinds of trees in Kuwait. Do you know their names in English? What do they look like? What are they used for? Design a table with information about them. Also collect a leaf from each tree and stick it on your worksheet.

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

1  Tree

2  Description

3  Use

4  Drawing

 

8 Fish

A Introduction:

What kind of fish do people catch in the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Gulf? What do the fish look like? How much do they cost to buy in the market? What recipes are they used in? How are they in danger, or how are they are danger to humans?  Design a table with the following headers:

 

1  Fish

2  Description

3  Dangers

4  Cost for buyer

5  Selling price by fisherman 

6  Drawing

7  Recipes


B Recipe:

 

C  Headers for Boxes:

1  Recipe

2  Ingredients

3  Quantity

4  Utensils

5  Steps

 

 

9 Snakes

A  Introduction:

What kinds of snakes can be found in the desert and in the sea? Choose 2 snakes, one from the land and the other from the sea, and design a table with information about them.  Then write a paragraph comparing the two.

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

 

Name

 

Description

 

Use

 

Length

 

Location

 

Can kill humans

 

Noise

 

Weight

 

Food

 

10 Endangered

 

C  Paragraph about Snakes


 


10 Birds

A  Introduction:

What birds have you seen this week? Design a table showing information about three of them.  Then write a paragraph comparing two of them.

 

Name

 

Description

 

Use

 

Size of eggs

 

Location

 

Feet

 

Song

 

Size

 

Food

 

10  Endangered

 

B  Paragraph Comparing 2 Birds

 

 


11 Flowers

Introduction:

What flowers have you seen this week? Design a table showing information about three of them.  Then write a paragraph comparing two of them.

 

Name

 

Description

 

Use

 

Size

 

Location

 

Colour

 

Smell

 

Cost in shops

 

Origin

 

10  Endangered

 

 


12 Traditional Games

A  Introduction:

Think about one of the traditional games you played when you were a child and then design a table showing information about them. 

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

 

Name

 

Name in English

 

Number of players

 

Items needed to play it

 

Steps

 

 


13 Keeping Our University Tidy

 

A Introduction:

Design a table showing reasons why we should keep your university tidy. Then go around the university, pick up 10 pieces of rubbish, and complete the table. You will need a plastic bag to put the rubbish in.

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

1  Rubbish

2  Reasons

3  Description

4  Use

5  Recyclable/Non-recyclable

 

C  E.g.

1  Coke can

2  Looks untidy, last a long time

3  Cylindrical, red with white writing, light

4  To hold Coca Cola

5  Recyclable

 

 

14 Rules for Our Classroom

 

A Introduction:

Write 10 rules that you must follow when you are in your classroom and the reasons for the rule.

E.g.  Bring our books

Our teacher can’t teach if the students forget their books.

 

15 Visiting Dubai - My Favourite Places

 

A  Instructions:

What places are there to see in Dubai? Design a table with information about your favourite places. Then rank the places in the order in which you like them. 1 is for the one you like best.

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

1  Name

2  Location

3  Cost

4  Why it is interesting

5  Rank

 

C  E. g.

1  Burj Al Arab

2  Jumeirah Beach

3  Expensive

4  Highest building in Dubai

16 Animals in Our Desert

 

A  Introduction:

There are some animals in the desert. Design a table showing information about 3 of them.

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

 

C  Animals

1  Camel

2  Gerbil

3  Goat

 

Length

Weight

Colour

Food

Height

Use

Location

Body covering

Dangerous to man

10  # left in Kuwait



17 Our Customs

 

Instructions:

When you travel abroad, you learn about many different customs. Ask your friends and families about some of the different customs American, Chinese and Tamil people have.Design a table with the following headers.

 

1  Nationality

A  American

B  Indian

C  Chinese

 

2  Language

 

3  Religion

 

4  Place of worship

 

5  Clothes

 

6  Lucky number

 

7  Unlucky number

 

8  Year

 

9  Famous singer

 

10 Famous actor

 

11 Food

 

 


18 Life in Kuwait University and Life at Home

 

A  Instructions:

Life when you are in KU is very different from life when you are at home. Design a table by making notes about some of the differences.

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

 

1  Life in KU             with other students

2  Life at Home        with our family


 

18 Colours

 

A  Instructions:

Design a table about colours.  Think of all the colours you know, write their names, and then write the names of trees, animals, flowers, fish, bugs, or snakes that are these colours. Then write the name of a group that they belong to.

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

1  Colour (red, blue, white, black, orange, yellow, green, gold, silver, purple)

2  Thing

3  Group

 

C  e.g.

1  Blue

2  Sky

3  Environment


 

19 Sounds

 

A  Instructions:

Every day, we hear many different sounds when we are out and about, or at home. Think of some of the sounds you hear, and write down the name of the creature or living being that makes the sound. Then rank the sounds in the order that you like them. 1 is for the one you like most.

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

1  Sound

2  Creature or Living Being

3  Uses

4  Rank

 

C  E.g.

1  Cock-a-doodle-doo

2  Cock

3  To wake us up

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Mar 07 2008

CALLing Kuwait: Researching and Writing


 


Name:________________________


Section:______________________


Teacher:_____________________


Date:________________________

 



Table of Contents

 

1  Bird Flu

GCC

Measuring Earthquakes

Ten Things in or about Kuwait that I Love

Saudi Arabia

Saving Kuwait’s Fauna and Flora

Frankincense

I do Like Being beside the Seaside


Notes for Teachers:

1 These worksheets can be used in the computer labs or at home.

2 Some of the worksheets can be answered from the students’ general knowledge and by using suitable reference books.

3 The work can be adapted for use with all levels of students.

4 The students are told to write paragraphs, but some of the notes can be used to write essays.

5 An answer key is not included as answers may vary, depending on the books and websites that the students use to find the information.

 

 

Chapter 1 - Bird Flu

 

1  Introduction:

Many countries in the world are worried about bird flu and the possibility of its spreading across the world. If scientists’ predictions come true, many people may die from it. What do you know about it and how can we protect ourselves from it? Search the Internet to find answers to the following questions, and then write a paragraph describing bird flu.

 

1  Definition for bird flu

 

2  Strain of virus that is causing deaths in humans

 

3  How many people have died in Asia since it first appeared?

 

4  Which Asian countries have been affected by bird flu?

 

5  Number of deaths from bird flu in Middle Eastern countries. Write the name of the country and the number of deaths.

 

6  Definition for migration

 

7  How are birds causing the spreading of the disease?

 

8  How has Holland tried to prevent the spread of the disease into chickens?

 

9  What has the U.K. done to help prevent deaths in humans?

 

10  Draw a map showing countries in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Then draw arrows on the map showing the movement of the disease from east to west.

 

2  Paragraph: Bird Flu

 

Chapter 2 - Gulf Cooperation Council

 

1  Introduction:

What is the GCC? How many countries belong to it? What are its goals and objectives? Search the Internet to find answers to the following questions, and then write a paragraph describing the GCC.

 

 

1  Definition for GCC

 

2  Names of GCC countries

 

3  Goals of GCC

 

4  Date of establishment

 

5  Make up a table using the following topics for the headers.  Include all the GCC countries.

 

A  Name of country

B  Current leader

C  Population

D  Year joined

E  Main language(s)

F  Area

G  Total trade in US$

H  Main exports

 


2  Paragraph:  The Gulf Cooperation Council

 

Chapter 3 - Measuring Earthquakes

 

1 Introduction:

Many people around the world are afraid of earthquakes. What do you know about them? What causes them? What are some of their effects? What can you do to stay safe if you are in an area that is affected by one? Search the Internet to find answers to the following questions, and then write a paragraph describing earthquakes.

 

1  Definition for earthquake

 

2  Definition for seismic wave

 

3  Which tectonic plate is Kuwait situated on?

 

4  Definition for Richter scale

 

5  Definition for Modified Mercalli Intensity scale (MMI)

 

6  Size of earthquake in Aceh on 26th December 2004

 

7  Magnitude of earthquake in Iran in March 2006 on MMI scale

 

8  Why does Sabah have so many earthquakes?

 

9  Why is building houses on soft soil more dangerous than building them on granite?

 

10  How can buildings be protected from the effects of earthquakes?

 

2 Results of Levels on MMI Scale

 

Introduction:

Search the Internet for information about the results of the different sizes of earthquakes, according to the MMI scale.  Make up a table showing the size of the earthquake and the results of it in your table.

I, II, III are the sizes of earthquakes measured on the MMI scale.

 

Size                                        Results

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

 

2  Paragraph: Earthquakes

 

Chapter 4 Ten Things in or about Kuwait that I Love

 

1  Introduction:

Why do you love Kuwait? Think of ten things that you love about the country and its people, and then find a website that has information about them. They can be, for example, food, culture, places, flowers, animals, people, or fish. Design a table with the item, reasons and website in the header.  Write two reasons for your choices in the boxes for the reasons.

 

Item                                      Reasons               Website

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

 

2  Paragraph about Kuwait

 

Chapter 5 - 20 Interesting Facts about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

 

1  Introduction:

Make up a table with 20 interesting facts about the KSA, and then write a paragraph describing it.

 

Date of establishment of KSA

 

Location of old cities lost in sand

 

Year in Islamic and Gregorian calendars

 

Location of large caves

 

Name of southernmost village

 

Names of 3 endangered species

 

Date current flag was adopted

 

Name of person and/or company that brought first car to KSA

 

Population of Riyadh

 

10  Date of first radio broadcast in the Kingdom

 

11  Date of establishment of stock exchange

 

12  Why Saudi Arabia got its name

 

13  Name and location of oldest girls’ school

 

14  Name and dimensions of largest fish found in seas off coast

 

15  Latin names of types of palm trees found here

 

16  Life expectancy for men and women

Men

Women

 

17  Name and height of tallest building

 

18  Date of finding first oil deposits

 

19  Information about first railroad

 

20  Information about causeway to Bahrain

 

2  Paragraph:  The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia


Chapter 6 - Saving Kuwait’s Fauna and Flora

 

Introduction:

Many plants, trees, animals, birds, fish and insects are endangered in Kuwait. Name some that are in danger. What are some of the reasons that they are in danger? Search the Internet to find answers for the questions.  Make up a table showing the questions and answers. Then write a paragraph explaining why the country’s fauna is in danger, and what is being done or can be done to help protect them. You will have to decide on your own questions for 7 – 11.

 

Definition for fauna

 

Definition for critically endangered

 

Definition for endangered

 

Definition for vulnerable

 

3 reasons why Kuwait’s fauna are endangered

 

# of dugongs left in Arabian Gulf

 

7

 

8

 

9

 

10

 

11

 

12  How Kuwaitis can help save endangered fauna

A

B

C

D

E


2  Paragraph:   Saving Kuwait’s Fauna

 

Chapter 7 - Frankincense

 

Introduction:

What do you know about frankincense? Where is it grown? What is it used for? What other names does it have? Does anyone in your family use it? Search the Internet to find answers to the following questions, and then write a paragraph describing it.

 

Definition

 

Scientific name

 

Family

 

Other names

 

Habitat

 

Location

 

Cost

 

Uses

 

Location of old frankincense route

 

10  Historical importance of frankincense

 

11  Websites

A

B


2  Paragraph:  Frankincense

 

 

Chapter 8 - I do Like Being beside the Seaside

 

Introduction:

Most people like the sea and the seaside. What do you know about them? When did you last go to the seaside? What did you see? How long did it take you to get there? Search the Internet to find answers to the following questions, and then write a paragraph describing the coast and sea. Include information about other countries.

 

Length of Kuwait’s coastline

 

Most popular beach in Kuwait

 

# of islands off coast

 

# of grains of sand on world’s beaches

 

Average size of grain of sand

 

Most expensive hotel room in world

 

Size of world’s largest jellyfish

 

Invention of first ice-cream

 

First sunglasses

 

10  Location of largest beach in world

 

11

 

12

 

13

 

14

 

15

 

2  Paragraph:  Kuwait’s Coast and Sea

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Feb 26 2008

Outlining

                                                    

A  Introduction:

 

Outlining is a very useful skill to learn when your are planning a paragraph or essay, before you start writing it, or when researching a topic, or when synthesising information from several sources.

 

B  Points to Remember:

 

1 Delete all the articles (a, an and the)

2 Delete the helping words (will, shall, must, may, might, can, could, is, are, has, have)

3 Find the main points and supporting details

4 Leave out irrelevant or repeated information

5 Present the ideas in a logical order, going from the most general to the most specific

6 Use headings and subheadings to show main ideas

7 Use the standard format for outlining – see below

8 Use abbreviations and symbols where possible

9 The first part of the outline should be a definition

 

c  Rules for Writing an Outline

 

A The title must be centered

B Headings: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VII, IX, X

C Sub-points: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H

D Sub-sub points: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

E Sub-sub-sub points a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, I, j

Or (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)

F Sub-sub-sub-sub points i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii, ix, x

G Sub-sub-sub-sub-sub points ai, aii, aiii, aiv, av, avi, avii, avii, aix, ax

H Remember to indent when you write the letters and numbers that show the points and sub-points

 

D  An Example of an Outline

 

Look at the skeleton of the following outline for G.C.C. countries and decide what headings and subheadings you are going to include in it. Then add information for Kuwait and Bahrain following the same order.

 

Title: G.C.C. Countries

 

I   Definition:

    A  countries on Arabian peninsula

    B  belong to Gulf Cooperation Council

 

II  Saudi Arabia

     A  Population

         1  Saudi Arabians

         2  Foreigners

            a  Western

            b  Middle Eastern

            c  Asian     

   

     B  Natural resources

   

     C  Climate

   

     D  Religion

 

III  Kuwait

 

IV  Bahrain

 

E  Exercise

 

Study any reading or one your teacher has given you and make notes in the form of an outline, showing main points, sub-points, sub-sub-points, and supporting details and examples.

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