Michelle T Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 DS is almost 12. I would like to teach him to do simple outlining. However, I myself have no idea of how to do it, and no idea of how to teach it. I was never taught to outline in school, not even in college. So, how do I go about teaching outlining? I'm looking for a VERY simple process, as DS has fairly severe LD's, and doesn't "get" academics that are too complicated or abstract. Michelle T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhondabee Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 have you read the history section of the logic stage? That is where you find the "how to go about teaching outlining" stuff. The first step is to find the main idea of each paragraph, and re-phrase it in your own words. Write one sentence per paragraph, and DO NOT fill that sentence full of all the information that is in the paragraph (my down-fall!). It should not include the details that support that main thought - just the main thought. After that is easy, you start listing the details that support the main thought of each sentence underneath it. You will probably need to help your student by reading each sentence and asking, "Does this tell me about the main thought?" Sometimes it won't - it will tell about one of the subpoints, so you have to leave it out. The next step is to start listing the details that support the subpoint underneath the subpoints. That is a 3-level outline, and as far as logic stage goes. There is obviously alot more detail in WTM, but that's the gist of it. hth, Rhonda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karie Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 I'm going to be using Remedia's Outlining book to help teach outlining to my son. You can go to Rainbow Resource and check it out. There are 3 books-1 for younger kids and one for a little bit older kids. I think if you have trouble teaching it yourself, this might be great for both of you to go through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 They teach it in a very simple way in the 5th grade book. Also, I have found that it is easy to outline the old Kingfisher world history book, if you happen to have that one. Assign one 'spread', which usually is comprised of only 3 or 4 paragraphs, and then have him write one sentence per paragraph. If you have already been doing summaries with him, this is almost like a one sentence summary of the most important info. Once he is solid with that ask for two supporting details per paragraph. SOTW is much harder to outline. KFIHW really lends itself ideally to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemykids Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 I'm going to be using Remedia's Outlining book to help teach outlining to my son. You can go to Rainbow Resource and check it out. There are 3 books-1 for younger kids and one for a little bit older kids. I think if you have trouble teaching it yourself, this might be great for both of you to go through. I'm using Renmedia's book with my dd, it's very easy to teach. I recommend it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Hi Michele! Here are some very hands-on/visual ways of *showing* how to outline, on the Donna Young website: http://www.donnayoung.org/english/comp/outlines.htm Here's are two examples/explanations of using Legos to teach outlining: http://esl.about.com/cs/teachingresources/a/bl_clogs.htm http://cultivateideas.blogspot.com/2007/09/building-blocks-of-writing.html Here is a reference site on outlining: http://languagearts.pppst.com/outlines.html BEST of luck! Lori D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetbaby Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Here are some extra links also. http://web.psych.washington.edu/writingcenter/writingguides/pdf/outline.pdf http://library.bellevue.edu/buildit/2.9stepsix.html HTH:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhondabee Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 They teach it in a very simple way in the 5th grade book. Also, I have found that it is easy to outline the old Kingfisher world history book, if you happen to have that one. Assign one 'spread', which usually is comprised of only 3 or 4 paragraphs, and then have him write one sentence per paragraph. If you have already been doing summaries with him, this is almost like a one sentence summary of the most important info. Once he is solid with that ask for two supporting details per paragraph. SOTW is much harder to outline. KFIHW really lends itself ideally to it. :iagree: The KHE is much harder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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