Fill out the Outline Worksheet.

Analytic Paper Outline Worksheet

Your Name: __________________________________________

Instructions: Fill in the following outline worksheet for your paper. This is meant to help you start thinking about the product and the peer-reviewed articles you plan to cite in your paper.

PARAGRAPH 1: INTRODUCTION

· Briefly introduce the product you are evaluating, and make sure that you identify the three aspects of development that you will be focusing on in your analysis. Also introduce the focus of your paper, what you will be arguing in this paper, and how you will provide evidence to support your argument.

State the three aspects of development that you will discuss in this paper:

Aspect of Development 1:
Aspect of Development 2:
Aspect of Development 3:

Write your thesis statement here (1-2 sentences):

PARAGRAPH 2: DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRODUCT

· In more detail, describe the product you are analyzing. What is the product? What does it do? How does it get used? Who is the target audience for the product? What’s the recommended age/age range? Who is supposed to use it? Which domains of development does the product website say that the product impacts?

Write your topic sentence (first sentence) for this paragraph here (1 sentence):

Jot down ideas for what details about the product you’ll want to include in this paragraph:

Write your transition sentence (last sentence) for this paragraph here (1 sentence):

PARAGRAPH 3: ANALYZE THE RECOMMENDED AGE/TARGET AUDIENCE

· This paragraph should focus on what you think about the intended target audience of the product. Make sure to cite a peer-reviewed paper that supports what you think about the intended target audience. What is the recommended age/age range for the product? Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not? If you disagree, what age/age range would you recommend instead? Is this product accessible and/or appropriate for all children? Are there populations who you think may not be able to use this product (or use it as intended)?

Write your topic sentence (first sentence) for this paragraph here (1 sentence):

Jot down ideas for what information you want to include in this paragraph:

Write your transition sentence (last sentence) for this paragraph here (1 sentence):

List the citation(s) you will include in this paragraph:

PARAGRAPH 4: ASPECT OF DEVELOPMENT 1

· This paragraph should focus on one aspect of development impacted by this product. Make sure to cite a peer-reviewed paper that tells us something about the relevant aspects of development. What aspect of development does the product supposedly impact? Do you agree or disagree? Do you think that there are different aspects of development (than what the website says) that would be impacted? If so, what are they, and why?

Write your topic sentence (first sentence) for this paragraph here (1 sentence):

Jot down ideas for what information you want to include in this paragraph:

Write your transition sentence (last sentence) for this paragraph here (1 sentence):

List the citation(s) you will include in this paragraph:

PARAGRAPH 5: ASPECT OF DEVELOPMENT 2

· This paragraph should focus on another aspect of development impacted by this product. Make sure to cite a peer-reviewed paper that tells us something about the relevant aspects of development. What aspect of development does the product supposedly impact? Do you agree or disagree? Do you think that there are different aspects of development (than what the website says) that would be impacted? If so, what are they, and why?

Write your topic sentence (first sentence) for this paragraph here (1 sentence):

Jot down ideas for what information you want to include in this paragraph:

Write your transition sentence (last sentence) for this paragraph here (1 sentence):

List the citation(s) you will include in this paragraph:

PARAGRAPH 6: ASPECT OF DEVELOPMENT 3

· This paragraph should focus on yet another aspect of development impacted by this product. Make sure to cite a peer-reviewed paper that tells us something about the relevant aspects of development. What aspect of development does the product supposedly impact? Do you agree or disagree? Do you think that there are different aspects of development (than what the website says) that would be impacted? If so, what are they, and why?

Write your topic sentence (first sentence) for this paragraph here (1 sentence):

Jot down ideas for what information you want to include in this paragraph:

Write your transition sentence (last sentence) for this paragraph here (1 sentence):

List the citation(s) you will include in this paragraph:

PARAGRAPH 7: RELEVANT DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY

· Connect the product to at least one developmental theory. Make sure to cite your textbook when discussing a developmental theory. What developmental theory do you think the product fits with, and why? Make sure to connect the developmental theory to the information about the product on the product’s website and the information you have learned from the papers you cite and your textbook.

Write your topic sentence (first sentence) for this paragraph here (1 sentence):

Identify the developmental theory (or theories) you plan to discuss:

Jot down ideas for how you will connect the product to this theory/these theories:

Write your transition sentence (last sentence) for this paragraph here (1 sentence):

PARAGRAPH 8: CONCLUSION

· Provide a one-paragraph summary that restates your position on this product

Write your topic sentence (first sentence) for this paragraph here (1 sentence):

Jot down ideas for information you will include in your conclusion:

Write your concluding sentence (last sentence) for this paragraph here (1 sentence):