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ENC1102 Planning Sheet #3   Directions: Create a formal outline that shows your preliminary thesis along with the main ideas and details that you will discuss in each body paragraph. Don’t forget to use Roman numerals and include your counterclaim paragraph in your outline. There is a student example below, and more examples are in the Sample Essays module.   Formal Outline Chemotherapy is often the safest and smartest option for children, despite the parents wishes, the doctor should always have the child’s life as top priority. I. Introduction: Chemotherapy for children II. Past cases of Chemo refusal            A. Nick Gunderson                       1. Boy taken from mom for declining health after refusing Chemo.            B. Cassandra Callendar                      1. Girl who originally refused, but was forced too and is thankful for it.            C. 7-year-old cancer patient                     1. Boy who was allowed to proceed with holistic therapy. III. The doctors are professionals            A. 7-year-old patient who followed holistic therapy with a professional.            B. The ethical principle of Beneficence                   1. Always acting toward doing the best for their patient. IV. Holistic therapy does not always work            A. All therapies have ups and down.                   1. Chemotherapy is shown to be a smarter and less risky option.            B. For courts to rule holistic therapy safe it must still be performed by a licensed doctor.            C. Better statistics of survival with Chemo              1. 80% after 10 years V. Counter Arguments:            A. Chemo brain                      1. Patients experience more depression.            B. Constant visits to the hospital.            C. Parents legal right to choose for their children.            D. The cost of chemotherapy. VI. Conclusion: Chemotherapy is the better option. *NOTE: You do not need multiple counterclaims, but having more than one makes your argument stronger. You could also include your rebuttal on your outline as well.   TIP: To help you get started, it may be beneficial to use one of the various planning methods listed below so you can gather a rough sketch of ideas for your research paper. You do NOT have to use any of the additional methods if you do not want to. Think of them as  preliminary planning if you feel like you do not know where to start. The only assignment that will be graded is your actual formal outline. To explore what you already know about a subject… Freewriting – Write whatever you can about a topic for a set number of minutes and when time is up, highlight the most important sections that interest you   Looping – Write whatever you can about a topic for a set number of minutes and when time is up, write a single summarizing sentence about the most important or interesting idea. Then, write whatever you can related to this specific sentence for a set number of minutes. This looping can continue multiple times.   Listing – Make a list of all the ideas that occur to you while thinking about your topic. Look for relationships among the items on your list and search for patterns. Arrange them in an order that makes sense and could serve as the beginning of an outline.   Clustering (Mapping) Ideas – Connects ideas visually by circling your topic in the middle of the paper. Write ideas related to your topic around it, circle them, and connect them to the central circle. Then, write examples, facts, or other details relating to each idea and join them to the appropriate circle.   To think about your topic from a different perspective… Cubing – Look at your topic from six angles: Describe it – What’s its color? Shape? Size? What’s is composed of? Compare it – What is it similar to or what is it different from? Classify it – Associate it to other things. What does it remind you of? What connections does it have to other things? Analyze it – How is it made? What did it come from? Where is it going? How are the parts related? Apply it – What is it used for? What can be done with it? Argue it – Choose a position relating to your side and argue for or against it   Questioning – Ask questions as if the topic were a play. WHO – Who are the participants? Who are the spectators? How does he action affect them? WHAT – What happens? How is it similar or different to other actions? WHEN – When does the action take place? How often? What happens before, after, or at the same time? Would it be different at another time? WHERE – What is the setting? What is the situation, and what makes it significant? WHY – Why did this happen? What are the motives behind it? What end does the action serve? HOW – How did this action occur? What are the steps in the process? What techniques are required?   To generate sentences for your text… Create an Outline: There are 3 different types of outlines… Working Outline – Listing your ideas and distinguishing your main ideas from your supporting ideas usually by  indenting Informal Outline – Listing your ideas and numbering them in the order you wish to write about them Formal Outline – Listing your ideas and showing hierarchy through a system of indenting, numbering, and lettering.   Letter Writing – Write a letter to someone you know explaining your topic in a way that the recipient would understand.   Keep a Journal – Make a note of your ideas, thoughts, feelings, or events related to your topic. After writing several entries, highlight any useful patterns.   Discovery Drafting – Jump in and write. Write your draft quickly and in one sitting if possible.  Don’t worry about grammar or factual correctness. This draft will discover what you want to say and will be improved upon later.