02.27 - Thesis, Main Ideas, Outlines

At the beginning of class today, everyone had 20 minutes to work on their summary notecards for the background section of their public figure project. After 20 minutes, we came back together as a class and I reviewed how to write a thesis and main ideas and then how to use these in creating an outline. Notes from this discussion are below as is a video reviewing how to create an outline in NoodleTools.

Notes on writing a thesis statement:

 

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 Notes on writing a thesis statement (cont'd):

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Main Ideas:

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Writing an outline:

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How to create an outline in NoodleTools (video):

(the video was created with another class so some of the finer points may relate more closely to that project, but how to create an outline in NoodleTools remains the same).

Everyone then had the rest of the period to complete their notecards. Homework this weekend is creating an outline of the background section.

Notecard Requirements:
10 notecards total
     3 summary notecards
     2 paraphrase notecards
     2 quotation notecards
     3 free choice notecards (summary, paraphrase, or quotation)

Everyone then had the rest of the period to work on their notecards. I was on hand to answer questions and went around to check in with students.

Handouts:
Outline Information
Thesis Statement Information
Main Idea Information
Quotation Information
Paraphrase Information
Summary Information 
NoodleTools: Getting Started
NoodleTools: Bibliography
NoodleTools: Notecards

Video Tutorials:

NoodleTools: Outlines

NoodleTools: Notecards

NoodleTools: Bibliography

Research: Using Marvel and Google

 

Homework:

Complete all source citations and notecards, create thesis statements and main ideas for the background section of your paper.

Combine notecards and thesis statement/main ideas to make an outline in NoodleTools.

Revise or complete any assignments as necessary.