The document discusses key elements of writing essays, including: 1. The three main parts of an essay are the introduction paragraph, body paragraphs, and conclusion paragraph. 2. The topic of an essay is what the essay is about, often the assignment given by the teacher. 3. The thesis statement is the main idea of the essay located in the introductory paragraph. 4. There are two types of historical essays - free-response essays which require recalling information and document-based essays which require analyzing documents.

1. Colonization Essay

2. Group of paragraphs that work together to support one idea What is an essay?

3. Introduction paragraph (main idea or thesis) Body paragraphs (can be one or more paragraphs that support the thesis) Conclusion paragraph (summary of ideas in essay) What are the three main parts of an essay?

4. What the essay is about (often the assignment given by the teacher) What is the topic of an essay?

5. Main idea of the essay located in the introductory paragraph What is a thesis statement?

6. 1. Free-response essay: requires author to recall information and report on it must contain accurate information What are the two types of historical essays?

7. 2. Document-based essay: requires author to analyze documents and refer to them in the essay must contain accurate information (historical evidence)

8. color-coding of the main parts of an essay What is ratiocination?

9. What is third person narrative? Using pronouns such as “he, she, it, they” NOT using “I”, “my”, and “me” in the essay

10. What are the five stages of the writing process? Pre-writing (brainstorming, outline) Drafting (make a rough draft from outline) Revising Editing Publishing (final draft with all revisions) (revise/edit rough draft)

11. You will write free-response and DBQ essays using this format in high school.

12. Analyze to what extent geography affected the economic development of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies. Box outline Rough Draft Edit/Revise Final Copy