Outline Activity

  1. Select each of the lists below and organize its individual items into categories.
  2. In the table that follows, label your categories and copy the individual items into their appropriate spots.
  3. The table provides for four categories, but you do not need to have that many.

List 1: onion, pork chop, apple, hamburger, banana, carrot, green bean, peach, chicken breast, potato, plum, hot dog

List 2: Hoe, rake, spoon, roto-tiller, socket wrench, screwdriver, blender, fork, hammer, spatula, power drill

List 3: Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Olympia, WA; Detroit, MI; Miami, FL; Portland, OR; Springfield, IL; Sacramento, CA; Lansing, MI; Seattle, WA; Albany, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Tallahassee, FL; Salem, OR

List 4: All of the items or ideas being used in your essay.