Monday, September 14, 2009

Essay Core Worksheet Assignment- Due Friday, 09/18/09

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Assignment: Answer the following essay question using the worksheet below.

Compare the ways in which religion shaped the development of colonial society
(to 1740) in TWO of the following regions:
New England
Chesapeake
Middle Atlantic

Core Structure Worksheet
Thesis Statement: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
State three major topic sentences that support the thesis.
1.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rank the four most important pieces of factual information that support the topic sentence.

1a _____________________
1b _____________________
1c _____________________
1d _____________________
2a _____________________
2b _____________________
2c _____________________
2d _____________________
3a _____________________
3b _____________________
3c _____________________
3d _____________________
Create a clincher sentence that ties the paragraph together and links it to the thesis.
1.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Conclusion: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 comments:

  1. From which chapter do we get references on? Chapter 2 or 3?

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  2. from which chapter do we get references on for the essay? Chapter 2 or 3?

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  3. For this essay, the info may overlap between Ch. 2 & 3, but most of the info should be in Ch. 3.

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