OUTLINE & WORKS CITED
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OUTLINE NOTES...

1. A thesis sentence combines your topic and your angle in one sentence that guides the meaning of the entire project.
2. An outline organizes your thoughts in a linear fashion. 
3. mportant notes about outlines:
     **Capitals at the beginning of each line.
     **Choose sentence, question, or phrase format.
     **No I without a II, or A without a B, etc.

SAMPLE OUTLINE...

I. Introduction
        A. Title: Being a Teacher
        B. Thesis sentence: Being a teacher, though a time-consuming
        profession, is the best job in the world
        C. Graphic relating to topic
        D. Personal Info
                    1. Name
                    2. Date
                    3. Class

II. Rewarding aspects of teaching
       A. Wonderful students
                    1. Respectful & well-behaved
                    2. Responsible with homework
                    3. Motivated to learn
       B. Super benefits
                    1. Vacation Time
                    2. Sick and personal days
                    3. Health insurance
                    4. Course reimbursement
       C. Rich Environment of learning

III. Time-consuming aspects of teaching
        A. Assessing student work
        B. Planning lessons
        C. Attending meetings
                   1. Staff meetings
                   2. Team meetings
                   3. PET meetings
                   4. Committee meetings
                   5. Parent meetings
                   6. District meetings

IV. Works Cited


 SAMPLE WORKS CITED

1. Be sure to alphabetize by author's last name. (If no author, use the first word of the title)
2. Note format, indenting, and punctuation - very important!

                           Works Cited

Abercrombie, Mitch. How to Make a Million
                    Bucks as a Teacher. NY: Just Kidding,
                    Publishing, Inc., 1999.

Fluncker, Ima. Personal Interview. 2/2/2000.

"How to Correct a Spelling Test."
                    World Book Encyclopedia. 1939.
                    pp. 3-31.

"How to Get Your Students to Love Homework."
                    online 1/11/2001.  http://www.leavemealone

O’Meeting, Skip. "Meetings Made Simple."       
                    Newsweek. 2/22/2000. p. 5.
 

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