Junko Shiozaki
ARW Section AA
27 April 2010
Essay 1 Outline


The Importance of Deciding Goals

I. Introduction

A. Background information

B. Thesis Statement: Deciding goals raises student motivation because if students have a clear goals, 1) they can bear many hardships and so not lose their motivation, 2) they can take a positive action toward those goals, which raises motivation, and 3) they use goals to evaluate their progress, which also helps motivation.


II. Body

A. Deciding goals raises student motivation because if students have a clear goals they can bear many hardships and so not lose their motivation.

1. "Living is more fearfully than death".

2. endless is the most fear situation

3. end and goal is the same mean in philosophy.

B. Deciding goals raises student motivation because if students have a clear goals they can take a positive action toward those goals, which raises motivation.


1. if we don't have clear goal?

2. The importance of take a positive action

3. my experiences

C. Deciding goals raises student motivation because if students have a clear goals they use goals to evaluate their progress, which also helps motivation.


1. The importance of evaluation

2. too big goal sometimes crush our mind

3. evaluation help achieving own goal


III. Conclusion

A. summary of the body paragraphs

B. paraphrase of the thesis

The thesis statement I've chosen for essay is the following: Deciding goals and plans raises student motivation. This is because , first, If we have own goal and plan they can't bear many hardships. Second, we have own goal and plans, so we can take a positive action. Third, Whatever we do, they should aim high. However too big goal and plan sometimes crush our mind. So we need to make a small object and little by little achieve own small aim. If we do that I think we will achieve own big goal and plan in the future.

How do "good" college teachers present information?

According to Meiland, a " good" college teacher presents information in the following way. Good college teacher spend much time talking about the basis on which this information is current believed. The reason why Meiland thinks it is important to understand the material. Moreover, college students were required a different and higher type of understanding, critical examination and evaluation.

I almost agree with Meiland's opinion but I don't agree with his opinion on this point. He says college students need to acquire high type of understanding, however I don't think so. that's why high type of understanding sometimes prevent from thinking of a nice idea. And we can not imagine what happenes in our life, so there is no necessity for cultivating high type of understanding. if you want to know about it , you can easily get usuful information by Internet, book and so on.