1. How To Outline
And Why It’s Awesome

2. Outlining Is Actually Awesome Because…
It makes drafting easier and faster.
It helps you organize your thoughts and make sure you included all the important elements of the paper.
It helps you avoid writer’s block.
It is a good way to check and make sure your paper is on track. (Bring your outline to tutoring or office hours!)

3. Plan Each Paragraph

4. Plan Each Paragraph

5. The More Detailed, The Better!

6. Outlines make Drafting easier

7. How to Outline? Start with essay Structure
Draft a thesis statement
Draft topic sentences for each body paragraph (main point/event of the paragraph)
Brainstorm/ list details that you want to include in each paragraph
Describe how you might open (introduction: background info) and close (conclusion: lesson/ insight, how the story wrapped up)

8. Your Turn  Draft a Thesis: Order your body paragraphs
Main point/ experience (obstacle, challenge, tough choice) + what you learned
Order your body paragraphs
List the main topic/ part of your experience you’ll focus on in each
Look over your body paragraph list. Rephrase each topic/ part of your experience as a complete sentence. (These can become your topic sentences.)
Order your body paragraphs
List the main topic/ part of your experience you’ll focus on in each
Draft a Thesis:
Main point/ experience (obstacle, challenge, tough choice) + what you learned
Look over your body paragraph list. Rephrase each topic/ part of your experience as a complete sentence. (These can become your topic sentences.)

9. Your Turn 
Spend some time developing details and examples for each paragraph. (The more details the better! )
List an idea for the intro and the conclusion.
Remember, your topic might change slightly (or completely) since your Prewrite. That’s ok!
One purpose of outlining is to improve and develop your ideas. If this happens to your topic, you won’t have to resubmit a new Prewrite. 