CREATING
OUTLINES from Text
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.
3. Bigger
Challenge – Put the following information into an outline. Come up with your own details for A., B., C.,
D., etc.
MANY MOVIES
Thesis: There are
lots of different movies available at your DVD rental store.
I.
INTRODUCTION
II.
Horror movies
III.
Action movies
IV.
Comedies
V.
Westerns
VI.
Science Fiction
VII.
Children’s movies
