English Assignment
Project Outline
The outline subject is: how does food shape our identity?
For each bolded sub-heading below, fully explain your intentions for your Project essay.
Your outline should be typed and double spaced in Times New Roman 12 point font, and should be two pages in length. It should include the bolded sub-headings as they are listed below. Your explanations/ answers to the questions need to fully answer each question.
Introduction Paragraph
Explain your selected packaged food product. How will you introduce your topic to the reader? What is your hook? Fully explain the idea of your introduction. What do you hope to accomplish? Does your introduction set up the argument you will make in your thesis?
Thesis
What is your working thesis? Is it an argument? Who would disagree with your position? Is your thesis one sentence? What concerns you about your thesis? What are your key words?
Body Paragraphs
1. Body paragraph #1 First supporting idea: Name it here. What source from research or class materials will you use as evidence in this paragraph?
2. Body paragraph #2 same questions and explanation for each body paragraph.
3. Body paragraph #3
4. Body paragraph #4
5. Body paragraph #5
What concerns do you have about your body paragraph ideas at this point?
Conclusion
How can you most effectively sum up your essay's contents? Avoid starting with "in conclusion". Instead try to return to the ideas you set up in your introduction and then add a new idea, concern, or question for the reader. Be specific here as you explain your essay's conclusion.