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Question: If you were going to explain how to create an outline to a 5 year old, what would you say?

Include: construction, benefits, and useful tips for creating a speech outline. 

 

Classmate answer: 1. First, I'll ask them what they want to talk about. What brings them joy? What is something the love? Their answer (if not following a prompt) would be the topic of their essay/speech/outline. Let's say they chose an object that they have around a lot of times, a toy. For the introduction, I'd tell them to think of the most interesting line they can come up with that relates to the toy they would want to talk about. A cool feature, how the toy looks, or a backstory to the toy. That would become their opening line. It would be the thing to grab the audience's attentions. Afterwards, I'd make them list out 3 short important notes about that object that they want us to know about to break the speech down into small parts. This can range from things like how it works to why they chose this toy from many other varieties out there. Then we ask why to each of the 3 points. Their explanations to each of these main points are the subtopics. These 3 points and its subtopics come together to form the body. For the ending, I'd ask them to restate the 3 points and ask them if they had directions for the crowd to go buy the same toy or not. Either that of something of that nature. Finally, I'll ask them to say something either so ridiculous or catchy that the crowd that would hear the speech wouldn't forget them.

2. I would like to start picking up a simple and exciting topic with kids. Let us create a story. Ask them what is their favorite animal? Most kids would say I like dogs. That is a really good start. Let us create a story that dogs are my favorite animal. Then write it down on paper - Dogs are my favorite animal - which would be the topic sentence. Next, I want kids to share with me the reasons why they love dogs. We can fill in our outline accordingly when they start to explain the reasons. Such as  I love doges because  A. Friendly B. Listens when I talk  C. Fun to play with D. Sleep with me. Later, walk through this outline with kids to help them enrich this story. Encourage kids to apply their experiences with dogs to this story, such as giving examples in which experiences they have when they command dogs. Then, we can fill in details under the main points. Step by step on the process until we have a full outline built.