Week 42

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 3

English - Year 3

To Do

- Research Paper : writing an outline

- Presentations: 7 people

                                       

Aims

After this lesson you should be able to write an outline for your research paper.

Research Paper - Starting Point

Topic

Main question  +  3 sub questions

5 sources

Task

In pairs, check each other's main question and sub questions.

- Are the questions open or closed?

- Can the sub questions be used to answer the main question? 

Research Paper 

Outline of the body

Sub question 1

              Topic sentence

              Points + Proof + Explanation

Sub question 2

              Topic sentence

              Points + Proof + Explanation

Sub Question 3

            Topic  sentence

            Points + Proof+ Explanation

Outline of the body - Example

Sub question 1: What are the dangers of cell phone use while driving?                Topic sentence: There are many negative sides to using a cell phone while

                                   driving.

Point 1:  Road accidents have increased

Proof:  Fact from an article: "between 450-1000 accidents a year have some connection to cell phone use" (Layton, 2017).

Explanation: This article proves that operating a cell phone while driving can be dangerous to the driver and passengers of other vehicles as well as to those using a cell phone.

Outline of the body- Example

Point 2: People are distracted from the road

Proof:  fact from an article: "In the amount of time it takes a person to answer a text while driving, that person can drive the length of a football field" ( Stockwell, 2016).

Explanation: people drive a long distance without paying attention to the road when they are answering a text, this can lead to accidents.

Point 3: Increase in death toll

Proof: fact from an article : "About 6000 deaths and a half a million injuries are caused by distracted drivers every year" ( Smith, 2017).

Explanation: people who use cell phones while driving  can cause roadside deaths because they are distracted by their phone.

Task

Create an outline for your research paper.

Topic: 

Main Question:

Sub question 1:

             Topic sentence + points + proof + explanation

Sub question 2:

            Topic sentence + points + proof + explanation

Sub question 3:

           Topic sentence + points + proof + explanation

Presentation 12:00-12:30

Anher

Gemar

Fedde

Maik

Thomas

Frank 

Erwin 

Homework

Finish your outline and bring it to class (30 October)