Violence and bullying in chicago high schools. How safe are schools, and what should we do about it?

You have to do the outline and a rough draft. 

The outline format is attached below. 

It can only be chicago high schools. Not another state, your reference should be from a book, a newpaper, and online. One of each at least

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MODEL OUTLINE FORMAT

Topic: Key statement that describes the topic of your essay.

General Purpose: To inform

Thesis: The central idea of your paper (one complete sentence that tells your

main idea and general reasoning behind that). You may change this as you go through the writing process.

I. Introduction

A. Attention Getter: Something that grabs the attention of the audience.

Examples of this: startling statistics, stories, quotations, scenarios, etc.

B. Reason to Read: Why should the audience listen to your view.

C. Thesis Statement: Rephrase same statement as above. You are putting it here so you know that it belongs around the last line of the first paragraph of the essay.

II. Credibility and Background

A. Describe what personally connects you to this topic.

B. Discuss the type of research have you done to establish credibility. Name sources, be specific.

C. Discuss any additional research you plan to do or holes in the work.

III. Content

A. Statement of the first main point or idea.

1. Idea of development or support for the first main point.

a. Support material (ex: statistics, paraphrase, etc.- cite source).

b. Support material (ex: statistics, paraphrase, etc. – cite source).

2. Any additional details or elaboration on this concept.

B. Statement of second main point.

1. Idea of development or support for the next main point.

a. Support material (ex: statistics, paraphrase, etc. – cite source).

b. Support material (ex: statistics, paraphrase, etc. – cite source).

2. You can add more numbers and sub-points as needed anywhere in this outline.

C. Statement of third main point.

1. Idea of development or support for the next main point.
a. Support material (ex: statistics, paraphrase, etc. – cite source).
b. Support material (ex: statistics, paraphrase, etc. – cite source).

2. More development or support.

a. Support material (ex: statistics, paraphrase, etc. – cite source).
b. Support material (ex: statistics, paraphrase, etc. – cite source).

IV. Perspectives

A. Describe one perspective on the subject.

1. Support material (ex: statistics, paraphrase, etc. – cite source).

2. Support material (ex: statistics, paraphrase, etc. – cite source).

B. Describe another perspective on the subject.

1. Support material (ex: statistics, paraphrase, etc. – cite source).
2. Support material (ex: statistics, paraphrase, etc. – cite source).

C. Describe a third perspective if you found one.

V. Conclusion

A. Review of main points.

B. Rephrase the thesis

C. Closure: develop a creative closing that will give the essay a sense of ending. This point may be more than one sentence. You might refer back to your attention-

getter.

Works Cited Page (would appear on the next page)

· MLA style

· Refer to your library worksheet for material (you must choose sources from that sheet, library sources, books, journals, magazines. Only one of your sources can be from the web. Works cited are in alphabetical order.

· Typed and double-spaced; all should be double-spaced and indented.

· Four source minimum.

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Bring two copies of your outline to the next class
. We will be conducting a peer review.