Outline

Final Assessment/ Research Paper Outline
Use this outline to prepare your thoughts and ideas for your paper. Once you finish, cut and paste it over to your blog. This paper will be between 3-5 pages, so make sure you have enough to discuss. There are spaces for 4 body paragraphs; if you don’t need that many, then ignore them.

What is the question you are answering in your own words?
If you could take out any book in the school and replace it for another one, which would you take out and why? Write the essay by comparing the importance of reading one book over the other.


What is your thesis statement? This sets up the entire paper with your focus and direction. Tuesdays with Morrie should be put in Pascack Hills High School’s curriculum in place of The House on Mango Street, for its themes are in closer relation to everyday situations and its impact can lead to becoming an emotionally stronger person whereas The House on Mango Street is misleading and does not positively influence students.

BODY PARAGRAPH 1
What is the topic/idea of this paragraph?
Old age

What quote(s) ideas from research will you use to help prove your points?
a. "The good news is that with age comes happiness," said study author Yang Yang, a University of Chicago sociologist.

b.

What example(s) from the book(s) will you use to help prove your points?
a. Morrie talks about how being old isn’t something to be ashamed of because you have already been through all the other ages so you don’t have to be depressed.


b.


BODY PARAGRAPH 2
What is the topic/idea of this paragraph?
forgiveness

What quote(s) ideas from research will you use to help prove your points?
a. But forgiveness "isn't just removing the bad stuff. It's moving beyond that to adding the positive."


b.

What example(s) from the book(s) will you use to help prove your points?
a. Morrie talks about forgiveness and how you cant move on without it.


b.Morrie also says that once someone dies who is not forgiven, the one who didn’t forgive feels badly and has to live with the horrible feeling.







BODY PARAGRAPH 3
What is the topic/idea of this paragraph?
greed

What quote(s) ideas from research will you use to help prove your points?
a. “In other words, it is alright to retire from work but do not retire from society. If someone is physically and mentally able to contribute, do so.”


b. “This is why some people, such as Bill Gates, his wife (Melinda Gates), and Warren Buffet are donating most of their huge fortunes to charity. They understand the virtue of generosity, instead of succumbing to greed.”


What example(s) from the book(s) will you use to help prove your points?
a. Morrie talks about how money isn’t the solution to happiness. You have to do what you really love


b. The house on mango street sets a bad example because the main characters are poor and hate their lifestyle.


CONCLUSION
What should we now understand after reading your paper? Where idea(s) does your paper lead to?
a. Tuesdays with Morrie is a much more appropriate book to read for students, rather than reading The house on Mango street because the themes are useful.


b. The house on mangro street does not have an impact on the reader, unlike Tuesdays with morrie, where every reader is intrigued by the book.