Essay Assignment - Outline

You have begun your research for your paper and created a direction for the paper by creating an abstract. Now you will continue on the process of writing your essay by creating an outline for your final paper.

Your outline should indicate your main ideas for the paper as well as sub-points for each of the main sections. If you have never written an outline before, you can do another Google search on the phrase how to write an essay using an outline.

Your outline should be around 2-3 pages long given that the rough draft of the paper should be between 5 & 6 pages long.

A recap of what you need to submit for this assignment. Note that the presentation and formatting of what you submit at each stage will factor into your grade. Please note the following submission requirements. The submissions MUST be typed and the submission packet MUST be stapled (or paper clipped) and the papers MUST be arranged in the following order:

Your outline.
Your original abstract with comments/grading.
If you have modified your abstract upon completing your outline, please include the new abstract along with the old abstract at this stage.
Your references with comments/grading (included above if on one page).
If you have modified your list, include the new list of references along with your old list of references.
Your original essay topic with any comments that were written on it.
If you have re-focused your topic, you should include an addendum to your topic (i.e. your new topic) indicating the new direction your paper will be taking.

Recall that it is important to your overall essay grade to address issues with your previous stage of the essay in the subsequent stage of the essay assignment.

Due date

You must type your outline and hand this part of the assignment in at the beginning of lecture on Monday, October 9th. You must put your name on your submission in order to receive credit.

We will be commenting on this part of your essay and returning it back to you. It is very important that you keep your returned paper as you will need to turn it in along with the next phase of the essay assignment.

Grading

The grading of the abstract and references section was as follows:

Presentation [60 points]

Outline typed: 10 points
Outline presented in a readable way: 10 points
All pieces of submission stapled or paperclipped: 15 points
Submission pieces in correct order: 10 points
Originals of topic and abstract & references (with grader annotations) in submission: 15 points

Content [40 points]

Outline of correct length (about 2 - 3 pages): 15 points
Main points of paper outlined: 15 points
Subpoints of paper outlined: 10 points