English for Academic and

Professional Purposes

Outlining
Week 4 Outlining

First Semester
 A.Y. 2020-2021

Name: ___________________________________ Date: __________________

Grade and Section: ________________________ Teacher: Caroline de Taza

WHATS MORE
Activity 1

Direction: Create an outline on a topic of your own choosing. Select a topic you are interested in
and knowledgeable about. Following the basic rules in writing an outline, write a purpose
statement and develop an outline of this topic. Write appropriate headings for each of the
outline's main sections.

Activity 2

Direction: Read the following paragraphs. Make an outline in each text by answering the given
questions.

A.

Plants are vital in our lives. Man and other for of animals can’t live without plants.
The food we eat, the medicine that we take, the books, the pencils we use in school came from
plants. They also give oxygen that we need in order to breathe.
People eat a large number of plants every day. Most animals, like us, depend on
plants for their foods, too. Fortunately, the Earth doesn’t run out of plants because plants are
able to reproduce.

B.

Nilo, my friend went to the province with his parents last week. They visited his
grandmother. He went around the farm with his grandmother. She showed him the duck and
the chicken poultry. He observed and played with them.
He continued to go around and came to a vegetable garden. He admired the big
squash, patola and ampalaya. He picked some and grandmother cooked these for lunch. Nilo
enjoyed his stay in the farm.

Questions:

1. What is the main topic in the first paragraph?

2. What are the sub-topics?
3. What is the main topic in the second paragraph?
 4. What are the sub topics?

Try to complete the format below.

I. Main topic: ________________________________

Sub-topics
A. ______________________________________
B. ______________________________________
C. ______________________________________
II. Main topic: _______________________________
Sub-topics:
A. ______________________________________
B. ______________________________________
C. ______________________________________

Sources:

http://accounts.smccd.edu/skyenglish/4Outlining.pdf
https://rlm.unt.edu/sites/default/files/Section%2004%20-%20Organizing%20a%20Working
%20Outline.pdf
https://www.iup.edu/writingcenter/writing-resources/organization-and-structure/creating-an-
outline/
https://www.oakton.edu/studentservices/learning_center/tutoring/research_paper_tips/
sentence_outline.php
http://faculty.washington.edu/ezent/aao.htm
https://www.google.com/search?
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MLOM

Prepared by: Checked by: Approved by:

CAROLINE V. DE TAZA ROMALYN V. CABABAT LEA S. LONTOC, Ed.D

Adviser School Principal School President/ Director