- Pick up your TOPIC I stack of notes.
- Spread them out then arrange them so they make sense.
- Beginning with a 1, number all your TOPIC I notes in the circles.
- On your Topic Outline write your TOPIC I note numbers in the bubble for TOPIC I.
- Turn your TOPIC I notes faced down.
- In your TOPIC II bubble write the next note number.
- Pick up your TOPIC II stack of notes.
- Arrange them, and continue numbering them.
- In your Topic Outline bubbles write the last TOPIC II number and the first TOPIC III number.
- Turn your TOPIC II note stack faced down, and criss-cross it over your TOPIC I note stack.
- Arrange and number your TOPIC III notes.
- On your Topic Outline write the last number in the TOPIC III bubble.
- Turn your TOPIC III notes faced down, and criss-cross them over your TOPIC II notes.
- If you have a TOPIC IV, V, or VI, continue numbering and criss-crossing your note stacks.