544: Read, Listen & Watch: Organizing Your Ideas

OVERVIEW

 On this page, you will learn about using Microsoft Word to outline your ideas.  

  1. First, read the text and study the picture. 
  2. Then, listen to audio of the text. 
  3. Last, watch a video to learn more about Microsoft Word.

READ & LISTEN

Read:

You did a Venn diagram about what is the same and different between your country and the United States.  You used key words or ideas in the diagram.  The next step is to organize those ideas.  We call this an outline.

Before you write, you use an outline to organize your ideas.  The first part of your outline is the introduction.  This is where you put the main, or most important, idea.  Then, you write the supporting ideas.  Supporting ideas explain or give examples.  They go in the body, or middle,  of the outline.  The last part of your outline is the conclusion.  The conclusion is the last idea of the paragraph.  It can be similar to the main idea, or it can be an opinion. 

MS Word Outline

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You can organize your ideas on a piece of paper, or you can use the computer application, Microsoft Word.  If you want to practice using Word, watch the video below and open Microsoft Word on your computer.

Listen:

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WATCH

Watch: 

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