Associate Program Material Narrowing a Topic Example Worksheet

Review the following example worksheet: What general topic have you selected?
Education
What components, or subtopics, are related to this topic?

Multiple intelligences
Classroom management
Importance of higher education
Benefits of higher education
Elementary school
Standardized testing
Parental involvement

What particular aspect of this topic interests you most? Classroom management.
What is your purpose or goal for writing an essay on this topic? To explain to the reader the various methods of classroom management used in the elementary-school classroom.
What questions do you want to answer or address in the essay? What styles of classroom management exist? What effect does classroom management have on the classroom?What is your narrowed topic choice for final expository essay? Classroom management in the elementary-school classroom.
Is your topic still too broad for the length of the paper? No, I think my narrowed topic would be acceptable for the length. Explain your answer.
If so, how might you narrow it further? of the final paper. I will be able to explain the various types of classroom-management styles and explain the effect that they have on the classroom.
Expository Essay Topic
If you selected Option 1 for this assignment, complete the following worksheet:What general topic have you selected?
Video gaming.
What components, or subtopics, are related to this topic?

Types of games
Price of games
Hand and eye coordination and motor skills
Addictiveness/time management
Violence related to game play

What particular aspect of this topic interests you most? Educational value of video games in children.
What is your purpose or goal for writing an essay on this topic? To inform the reader what educational benefits video games have upon a child.
What questions do you want to answer or address in the essay? How would a child benefit from playing video games.
What is your narrowed topic choice for final expository essay? Is your topic still too broad for the length of the paper? Explain your answer. If so, how might you narrow it further?