READING/WRITING OUTLINE English for Academic & Professional Purposes (EAPP) JUN MAR V. MARTISANO Talakag National High School: Senior High School Program July 28, 2025
Outlines reading texts in various disciplines (CS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Iac-8) LESSON GOALS: Define and explain the purpose of a outlining and its role in improving academic reading comprehension and retention; Differentiate between a topic outline and a sentence outline by citing examples and identifying their appropriate use in academic texts; and Construct a coherent and logically structured reading outline (topic or sentence form) based on a selected academic article or essay. JUN MAR V. MARTISANO Talakag National High School: Senior High School Program July 28, 2025
WHAT IS AN OUTLINE? It 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 equal importance, or sections that are subordinate to a main idea ( Bocobo , 2020). It allows the writer to understand how he or she will connect information to support the thesis statement and the claims of the paper (Roland, 2020) JUN MAR V. MARTISANO Talakag National High School: Senior High School Program July 28, 2025
2 KINDS OF OUTLINE? READING OUTLINE Purpose: to analyze/organize ideas from an existing text; Focus: understanding the author’s structure and key points; Content Source: published or given reading texts Skills Developed: reading comprehension, summarizing, identifying main/supporting ideas JUN MAR V. MARTISANO Talakag National High School: Senior High School Program July 28, 2025
2 KINDS OF OUTLINE? WRITING OUTLINE Purpose: to plan/organize your own ideas before writing the text; Focus: structuring own thoughts and arguments; Content Source: own ideas, research, Skills Developed: logical thinking, planning, and coherence JUN MAR V. MARTISANO Talakag National High School: Senior High School Program July 28, 2025
SIMPLE ANALOGY READING OUTLINE is summarizing someone else’s work into a structured outline. WRITING OUTLINE is preparing your own ideas for a piece you are about to write; it is the skeletal version of your essay. JUN MAR V. MARTISANO Talakag National High School: Senior High School Program July 28, 2025
TYPES OF OUTLINES ACCORDING TO STRUCTURE TOPIC OUTLINE Bocobo (2020) explained the a topic outline consists of concise phrases and keywords to organize ideas flexibly and provides a quick overview of topics to be included in an essay. SENTENCE OUTLINE Roland (2020) emphasized the core of sentence outline as an expression of the specific and complete ideas that section of the paper covers, and uses complete sentences to provide clarity and structure . JUN MAR V. MARTISANO Talakag National High School: Senior High School Program July 28, 2025
PARTS OF AN OUTLINE INTRODUCTION (attention grabber): an opening of what is to come ahead, introduces the topic , gives background information of the topic, and provides a thesis statement . BODY (content of the paper): contain a minimum of three paragraphs (supporting the thesis statement), contains a topic sentence, supporting statement and the concluding statement/s CONCLUSION (summary of all arguments): marks the end of your essay, summarizes all points made in the body, and restates the thesis statement . JUN MAR V. MARTISANO Talakag National High School: Senior High School Program July 28, 2025
CONTENT OF THE OUTLINE THESIS STATEMENT : presents the central idea of the paper MAIN POINTS (main idea): sums up the author’s primary message. SUB-POINTS (supporting details): contains facts, statements, examples-specifics, it clarifies, illuminates, explains, describes, expands and illustrates the main idea JUN MAR V. MARTISANO Talakag National High School: Senior High School Program July 28, 2025
WHY OUTLINE? Just like we need a road map when traveling to an unfamiliar destination, good writers create preliminary or rough outlines after they have generated enough ideas through prewriting to organize and develop their essays. JUN MAR V. MARTISANO Talakag National High School: Senior High School Program July 28, 2025
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