2016-08-24 Writing: listing-order outline

Greg Malivuk
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Think of a job you know about (not “teacher”, but “music teacher” or “science teacher” is fine). Make a cluster of ideas about the most important qualities a person needs to be good at that job.
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http://i.imgur.com/IAl11wj.png - cluster about being a good teacher
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Let’s make an outline from the good teacher cluster.

Title: A Good Teacher
Topic Sentence: A good teacher has three main qualities.
A  Intelligent and knowledgeable
	1  to describe things in different ways
	2  to give information
	3  able to know students’ feelings and difficulties
B  Patient
	1  can’t get upset with students who don’t understand quickly
	2  students will like a patient teacher
C  Motivating
	1  Motivated students will be excited about learning more
	2  get students to do what they need to do and control the classroom
Conclusion sentence: Being intelligent and knowledgeable, patient and motivating makes you a good teacher. / If you are intelligent and knowledgeable, patient, and motivating, you can be a good teacher. / Intelligence and knowledge, patience, and motivation make you a good teacher.
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How did you decide on the order to put each idea in the outline?
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Listing order: when you order your ideas based on something like importance, rather than physical location or time sequence (listing order is the most general and common order)

Listing order transitions:
First of all, … / Firstly, … / The first important quality is… / To begin with, … / One quality is…
Second, … / Secondly, … / Another quality is… / In addition, …
(Third, … / Fourth, … etc.)
Finally, … / Lastly, … / Last but not least, … / The most important quality of all is…

Conclusion transitions:
In conclusion, … / To sum up, … / For these reasons, … /
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Choose an order to explain the ideas in your cluster, and make an outline from your homework.
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Homework: Complete your outline