3-4 Create an outline or graphic organizer to manage your information
An outline is a tool for planning and organizing information.
It is a sequential list of the main ideas that you will use in your paper and the information that supports each of these ideas.
	Your outline will be the backbone of your paper.
	sample outline	blank outline
Graphic Organizers are visual way of organizing ideas.
They structure information by starting with a central idea or topic and branching out to include supporting information and details.
Inspiration is a program that allows users to create their own graphic organizers. When you create a diagram it automatically creates the corresponding outline. You can change shapes and colors to designate a hierarchy.
Inspiration is a Collier network program found in Softricity. If you work from home, downlaod a trial version at: http://www.inspiration.com/Freetrial
	sample Inspiration diagram	sample Inspiration outline

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