1. Welcome to Dairy Queen May I take your order?

2. You are in Dairy Queen and must choose a treat. Write about how you went about in selecting your treat in this slow down step-by-step replay.

3. Treats The Original! Blizzard® Flavor Treats Creamy smooth DQ® soft serve blended with your favorite candy, cookies, or fruit add up to one irresistible taste sensation. MooLatté® Frozen Blended Coffee DQ® soft serve blended with Colombian coffee, ice and crowned with whipped topping. Arctic Rush® Frozen Beverage A semi-frozen fruit flavored non- carbonated beverage available in a variety of flavors.

4. Brownie Earthquake™ Our Brownie Earthquake™ is shaking things up with an Oreo® Brownie covered in DQ® soft serve, smothered in marshmallow topping, hot fudge, whipped topping and sprinkled with crushed Oreo® cookies! Peanut Buster® Parfait Loads of peanuts, mounds of creamy smooth DQ® soft serve, and tons of rich hot fudge layered high for one tempting treat.

5. DQ® Shakes & Malts Creamy DQ soft serve blended together with milk available in with a variety of flavors. DQ® Sundaes For over 60 years DQ® has been know for it's great sundaes. Top one off with hot fudge, caramel or any of our delicious toppings. DQ® Cones & Dipped Cones A DQ® classic! Eat it plain or dipped in one of our crunchy cone coatings.

6. Dilly® Bar Experience the great combination of DQ® reduced fat ice cream dipped in a luscious chocolate flavored coating. Buster Bar® Experience layer after layer of chocolate fudge, peanuts and Dairy Queen® reduced fat ice cream dipped in luscious chocolate flavored coating. DQ® Sandwich Bite into a DQ® Sandwich and taste the sensation of cool Dairy Queen® reduced fat ice cream nestled between two chocolate wafers.

7. Standing in Line Sentence #1- In one sentence, get out of the car, into the building, and in line. My example- After baseball practice one afternoon, my mother drove me over to Dairy Queen, told me to get out of the car by myself, and make a decision on a treat I wanted.

8. Standing in Line Sentence #2- Look at the menu and all of your choices. Tell me what you are thinking in one sentence. My example- Immediately my eyes scanned the choices and I realized that I had to make a difficult decision- it would be between the Dilly Bar, the DQ Dipped Cone, and the Brownie Earthquake.

9. Standing in Line Sentence #3- Look around and focus on one person in line with you. Tell what they are doing and give them an outstanding feature or characteristic so the reader can visualize them (ex. The little boy with the red hair and freckles…) My example- To my right, a slight boy with dark brown hair and oval glasses was literally leaping up and down out of excitement.

10. Standing in Line Sentence #4- Now focus on an inanimate object in the Dairy Queen such as chocolate sauce dripped on the floor, a napkin curled up on a table, crumbs on the floor, etc. My example- As I stepped closer to take my order, I realized that there were some ice cubes dropped on the floor from a spilled drink that hadn’t entirely been cleaned up.

11. Standing in Line Sentence #5- Now write a transition sentence that gets you from waiting in line up to the counter. My example- Just a moment later, the lady at the counter motioned towards me and told me that she was ready to take my order.

12. Standing in Line Sentence #6- Focus on the person taking the order. Describe them. My example- The lady at the counter seemed quite exhausted and agitated with strands of hair wisping from underneath her uniform cap.

13. Standing in Line Sentence #7- What are you feeling right now as you are about to make your decision and order your treat? My example- In my mind, I was thinking about how I had to make up my mind fast and avoid the possibility of being whacked in the face by this disgruntled Dairy Queen employee!

14. Standing in Line Sentence #8- As you order your treat, describe what the person next to you is doing. My example- After what seemed like an eternity to the frowning woman taking my order, I ordered a dipped chocolate cone with a crunchy coating and just then saw the boy to my right argue with his mother!

15. SECOND PARAGRAPH! Sentence #9- Now write a transition sentence that moves you from ordering to waiting for your treat to be made. My example- After I ordered, I anxiously walked over to the napkins and grabbed a bundle.

16. SECOND PARAGRAPH! Sentence #10- Look around the restaurant and describe the inside of the Dairy Queen. My example- I then realized that it must have been an incredibly busy day because there were loads of people waiting (some patiently, some QUITE impatiently) for their orders.

17. SECOND PARAGRAPH! Sentence #11-What are you thinking? My example- You know what, I thought to myself, Being impatient like some of those people will not help your dipped cone to arrive more quickly.

18. SECOND PARAGRAPH! Sentence #12-Describe another order as it goes out with another customer. My example- Yet I do think I was famished because my senses awoke when I spotted someone else’s bacon cheddar cheeseburger loaded with dill pickles, lettuce, and tomato.

19. SECOND PARAGRAPH! Sentence #13- How do you feel when you see your treat? My example- However, just after that moment, a man with a bowtie called my number and I received an absolutely divine ice cream masterpiece coated in chocolate!

20. THIRD PARAGRAPH! Sentence #14- Why do you remember this experience? My example- I could not have been any more excited in Dairy Queen that afternoon because I was hungry to where I could have devoured every order on the menu.

21. THIRD PARAGRAPH! Sentence #15- Did you learn anything, hope anything, or wish anything? My example- Hopefully, I thought to myself, my mother would take me to Dairy Queen the next time I had baseball practice!

22. After baseball practice one afternoon, my mother drove me over to Dairy Queen, told me to get out of the car by myself, and make a decision on a treat I wanted. Immediately my eyes scanned the choices and I realized that I had to make a difficult decision- it would be between the Dilly Bar, the DQ Dipped Cone, and the Brownie Earthquake. To my right, a slight boy with dark brown hair and oval glasses was literally leaping up and down out of excitement. As I stepped closer to take my order, I realized that there were some ice cubes dropped on the floor from a spilled drink that hadn’t entirely been cleaned up. Just a moment later, the lady at the counter motioned towards me and told me that she was ready to take my order. The lady at the counter seemed quite exhausted and agitated with strands of hair wisping from underneath her uniform cap. In my mind, I was thinking about how I had to make up my mind fast and avoid the possibility of being whacked in the face by this disgruntled Dairy Queen employee! After what seemed like an eternity to the frowning woman taking my order, I ordered a dipped chocolate cone with a crunchy coating and just then saw the boy to my right argue with his mother!

23. After I ordered, I anxiously walked over to the napkins and grabbed a bundle. I then realized that it must have been an incredibly busy day because there were loads of people waiting (some patiently, some QUITE impatiently) for their orders. You know what, I thought to myself, Being impatient like some of those people will not help your dipped cone to arrive more quickly. Yet I do think I was famished because my senses awoke when I spotted someone else’s bacon cheddar cheeseburger loaded with dill pickles, lettuce, and tomato. However, just after that moment, a man with a bowtie called my number and I received an absolutely divine ice cream masterpiece coated in chocolate! I could not have been any more excited in Dairy Queen that afternoon because I was hungry to the point where I could have devoured every item on the menu. Hopefully, I thought to myself, my mother would take me to Dairy Queen the next time I had baseball practice! 16 transition words used!