Using the Dialogue for Organization

The problem of recalling the items to buy relates to the seven-plus-or-minus-two rule. You are going to have a difficult time remembering all the items, even if they had been presented to you on a piece of paper that looked like this:

However, think about how you could categorize items by expanding on the idea of the Dialogue with the Reader that you worked with in the previous module. The Dialogue with the Reader is an organizing strategy.

• What are you getting?
  Some drinks and some food items.
• What kinds of drink and food?
  Hot drinks and cold drinks. Pastries and fruit.
• What kinds of hot drinks?
  Coffee and tea.
• What kinds of cold drinks?
  Juice and milk.