Executioner's Outline for essay #2

Executioner’s Outline

I. Introduction strategy- need to rewrite because it is too obvious
a. Thesis: When I think of family, food is among the thoughts that first that spring up in my mind.
A. Topic Sentence: Meal times allow for bonding and memories that cannot be replaced.
1. Type of meal does not matter
2. Meal together may not be every night but an effort is important
3. The meal can be eaten anywhere together
4. Time shared during the meal cannot be replaced
B. Topic Sentence: For my family, Cardinal baseball games include special memories when it comes to being a family with food.
1. Go two to four times a year because Dad and sister enjoy going
2. Mom, sisters, and I get the supreme nachos
3. What is on the nachos
4. Enjoy and share among each other
C. Topic Sentence: As a family that loves to travel to as many places as possible on vacation we take the opportunities to try new, different, or specialties of that area to try.
1. New Orleans
a. Creole food
b. Jambalaya
2. New York
a. Pizza
b. Cold Stone
3. Mexico
a. green salsa
b. other specialties
4. Costa Rica and Panama
a. rice and beans
D. Topic Sentence: Camping is something my whole family enjoys doing together and allows us to make lots of memories.
1. grill
a. hot dogs
b. hamburgers
c. chicken
d. brats
2. inside cooking
a. baked beans
b. hominy
c. Macaroni and cheese
3. easy favorites
a. potato salad
b. salad
c. chips
d. lunch meat sandwiches
e. BLTs
E. Topic Sentence: Desserts rank at the top of many people’s favorite food lists.
1. homemade pies
a. pecan
b. cherry
c. pumpkin
d. custard
2. Chocolate Cake
3. Christmas candy
a. fudge
b. puppy chow
c. nutty noodle
d. toffee
4. Circle Things
5. Sour Cream Pound Cake
F. Topic Sentence: When it comes to holiday meals my family can be quite unusual.
1. New Year’s Day
2. Easter
3. Thanksgiving
4. Christmas
a. the different possibilities that we eat
II. Conclusion Strategy-Food and family go together in everyone’s life.