Thesis Statement and Informal Outline Worksheet

provide your thesis statement and begin creating the informal outline for your Continuing Academic Success essay assignment. Include the following in your outline this week:

·         The benefit of creating educational goals, including at least one educational goal you set for yourself

·         Your personal learning style, as well as how knowing your learning style can help you be successful as you move through your program and career

·         How the writing process can help you advance your education and career

·         Which resources, inside and outside of the university, you can use to help you reach your goals and make you more successful

·         An explanation of the importance of academic integrity

Thesis Statement

This is a one-sentence summary of your Week 5 paper that will be based on the bulleted items above.

Informal Outline

Each topic below should be a main idea for a paragraph that might be in your Week 5 assignment (see bulleted items above).  Each support point should be something that you plan to write about that relates to the corresponding topic.

1.     Topic 1

a.     Support

b.    Support

2.     Topic 2

a.     Support

b.    Support

3.     Topic 3

a.     Support

b.    Support

4.     Topic 4

a.     Support

b.    Support

5.     Topic 5

a.     Support

b.    Support