Lesson 2 Making an Outline

Paragraph Unit
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Lesson 2 Making an Outline
- Supply a missing piece of information in an outline.

After taking notes for a report the next step is to make an outline from the notes. Compare the outline below to the graphic organizer from Lesson 1.

Title of Paragraph
Outline Part of a Paragraph Paragraph
I. Deadly yellow-spotted lizards The main topic is used to build the topic sentence. Yellow-spotted lizards are a deadly threat to all humans at Camp Green Lake.
A. Moved to Green Lake after lake dried up

a. bite always fatal

Details
First Point and Support

They invaded the area after the life-giving lake dried up. Their bite is always fatal.
B. Killed Kate Barlow

Details
Second Point and Support

It was a yellow-spotted lizard that killed Kate Barlow.
C. Threatened Stanley and Zero while digging for suitcase

a. reason survive ate onions
b. lizards hate onions

Details
Third Point and Support

The yellow-spotted lizards threatened Stanley and Zero while they were digging for Stanley's great-grandfather's suitcase. The reason Stanley and Zero survived is because they had eaten so many onions that the lizards, who do not like onion blood, did not wish to bite them.
Conclusion Conclusion With this one exception, meeting a yellow-spotted lizard at Camp Green Lake meant certain death.
How to Make an Outline
Write a title that lets the reader know the subject of the report.
Main topics are listed using Roman numerals and periods.
Points or facts are listed under each topic using capital letters and periods.
Subtopics are extra information that is needed to clarify a point or fact. They are listed under each fact as needed. Subtopics are listed using lower case letters and periods.

Questions
Use the outline above to answer these questions.
What is the main topic in the paragraph above?
How many points are made in this paragraph?
Did each point need additional clarification?
What do the Roman numerals represent?
What are the capital letters used for?
How many points were made in the paragraph?
Activity - Multiple Choice
Which piece of information is missing from the outline?
I. Juvenile Probation Camps Services
A. Provide educational services
B. Counseling
C.
D. Work experience
E. Recreational programs
a) Average cost per ward in the youth facility is $32,000, compared to $22,000 per inmate in the Corrections Department
b) Most short term 3-6 months
c) Vocational training
d) Tough, violent places
Which piece of information is missing from the outline?
II. Negative Impacts of Youth Being Tried in Adult Courts
A. Given harsher penalties in adult court
B. Little or no rehabilitative programs
C. Criminal records hard to expunge, erase or strike out
D.
E. Could be denied military service
F. Youth held in adult facilities are more likely to return to a previous pattern of behavior
a) Youth at a greater risk of being a victim in an adult jail or prison
b) In 2002, 2225 youth serving life without parole
c) Since 1999 the number of youth in adult prisons dropping
d) In Connecticut, North Carolina, and New York 16-year olds considered adults
When researching youth being tried in the adult court system which is the least reliable source of information?

a) a national newspaper
b) a book published by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency
c) a government website
d) a student's journal about life in prison

Which piece of information is missing from the outline?
III. What are juvenile boot camps?
A. Correctional programs for delinquent youth in a military-style environment
B. Emphasize discipline
C. Stress physical conditioning
D.
E. Restricted to non-violent or first-time offenders
a) Some researchers have found that boot camp graduates are more likely to be re-arrested
b) Staff has expressed concern that too many youth lack the maturity and self-control to succeed in a military-style program
c) Research proves that small, community-based programs are more successful and less expensive than correctional institutions
d) Rigorous alternative to longer terms of confinement in juvenile correctional facilities
Which piece of information is missing from the outline?
I. Description of the Yellow Spotted Lizard
A. Exactly 11 yellow spots
B. Yellow-green body
C.
D. Red eyes
E. Black teeth
F. Milky white tongue
a) Should have been named a "red-eyed" lizard
b) If you've ever been close enough to see the yellow spots, you are probably dead
c) Six to ten inches long
d) Likes to live in holes
Which piece of information is missing from the outline?
I. Description of Green Lake in 1998
A. Dry, flat wasteland
B. In summer temperature around 95 degrees in shade
C. Only two old oak trees on eastern edge of "lake"
D. Rattlesnakes and scorpions find shade under rocks in in holes dug by campers
E.
F. Few rundown buildings and some tents
a) Stanley hopes for friends and fun at Camp Green Lake
b) Land barren and desolate - not even weeds
c) Stanley sees a sign prohibiting guns, explosives, weapons, drugs, and alcohol
d) Six tents labeled A through F
Which piece of information is missing from the outline?

I. All Campers at Camp Green Lake have Real Names and Nicknames
A. Mr. Pendanski introduces Rex and Alan but their nicknames are X-Ray and Squid.
B.
C. Mr. Pendanski claims that Zero has his name due to the fact that there is nothing inside his head
D. Ricky's nickname is Zigzag
E. Magnet earned his nickname by his ability to steal
F. Theodore, known as Armpit, pushes Stanley to the floor when Stanley forgets to call him by his nickname
G. Mr. Pendanski is called "mom" by the boys
a) Armpit seems to be one of X-Ray's closest companions
b) Zigzag is the weirdest kid at Camp Green Lake
c) Squid is as tough as X-Ray
d) José earns the nickname Magnet because of his ability to steal