CREATING OUTLINES
1. Arrange this information into the proper outline format. Find the title. Some items are topic sentences. One item is the thesis. The rest are supporting details. Outside the basement door and to your left we have an awesome kids’ play area. Two tall elms Lots of green grass under the shade trees Tomato plants Two lawn chairs near the table In the center of the yard we have shade trees and a picnic area. Swing set My backyard On the far right we have a small, fenced in vegetable garden. Sweet corn If you look out the living room window at my house, you’ll have a great view of my back yard. Yellow slide Picnic table Pumpkins Sand box My sister’s plastic 3-wheeler and toys Squash
2. Arrange this information into the proper outline format. Create a title. Find the thesis. Some items are topic sentences. The supporting details are given, too, but you’ll have to take them out of sentence format and list them as separate details. You may have more than 4 details under a topic sentence. Eating is something most people do at least three times a day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Breakfast is the morning meal. The meal can include eggs, bacon, ham, cereal, bread, or fruit. Lunch is the meal eaten halfway through the day. Many people like to eat foods such as soup, salad, and sandwiches. The evening meal, dinner, is usually the largest meal of the day. People may eat a main dish of meat or fish. They may also have salads, vegetables, and rice or bread.