I will divide the class into two groups. One group will read the POINT-BY-POINT ESSAY. The other group will read the BLOCK ESSAY.
Make sure you have a sheet of paper and a pencil and then pair up within your group. You need to come up with an outline that fits your essay. Make sure both of you write down your outline. This is very important for the next part of class.
You will now pair up with someone from the opposite group. Those of you who read the BLOCK ESSAY will now be partners with the students that read the POINT-BY-POINT ESSAY and vice-versa. You will discuss how each your outlines are different from each other by focusing on the form of the outline rather than the content. This is making a contrast by the way :D Write down the ideas you come up with because you may be called upon to discuss this in front of the class.
You will discuss what your outline looked like and then tell how it is different from your partner's outline with a focus on form rather than content.
We will then review a sample BLOCK OUTLINE.
After that we will review a sample POINT-BY-POINT OUTLINE.
Any further questions will be addressed with a POWERPOINT. This is also a handy reference if you choose to write a compare/contrast essay.
