Objective: draft an outline for the ‘Details of Impact’ using summary sentences
Duration: about 45 – 60 minutes
Note: This workshop assumes that you have created the summary statement using the key sentences approach described in these workshops: Writing a 4* Summary; Using Key Sentences.
Task 1
Revisit your summary statement and ensure that it follows the four-sentence structure:
- Describe what has changed
- Explain the link to the research
- Identify different aspects of the change
- Describe the reach of the change
Task 2
- Write out (or cut out) each sentence onto different strips of paper.
- Copy each aspect of sentence 3 onto separate strips of paper.
Task 3
- Combine sentences 1 and 3. This creates the opening statement for Section 4.
- Set out each aspect of sentence 3 – one under the other. This creates the sub-headings for Section 4.
- Repeat sentence 4. This creates the conclusion to Section 4.
- You now have an outline for Section 4.
Task 4
Write or type the new outline onto a fresh piece of paper/document.
In pairs share the outlines and discuss
- what might be missing
- implications for the summary statement (i.e. does this need to be revised?)
Reminder of sentence combinations
- Sentences 1-4 combine into the 100-word summary (Section 1)
- Sentences 1 and 3 combine to open Section 4 ‘Details of Impact’
- Sentence 2 provides the key ideas identified in Section 2 ‘Underpinning Research’
- Sentence 3 provides aspects of impact to structure Section 4 ‘Details of Impact’
- Sentence 4 provides the reach to close Section 4 ‘Details of Impact’