Topic: Jamestown (Places)

Introduction/Lead:
Greets or hooks reader, introduces topic
Last Spring Break, I had the opportunity to go to a historic place. This place was right on the
ocean. The weather was warm. It’s a really important place to America. This place was where
the first successful English settlement was. Can you guess where it was?

Body:
Explains the bulk of the information to the listener, broken up into categories or sub-categories
(rather than reasons/evidence in a persuasive argument)

Category or Sub-Category 1: Ships Land in 1607

Category or Sub-Category 2: Swamp in Virginia

Category or Sub-Category 3: Impact on the Future American Colonies

Ending/Conclusion:
Restate the topic, leave the listener thinking
 Topic: Revolutionary War (Time Period)
Introduction/Lead:
Greets or hooks reader, introduces topic
“The British are coming! The British are coming!” When Paul Revere road on horseback to
warn the colonists, did you know that the colonies had not yet declared war on Great Britain?

Body:
Explains the bulk of the information to the listener, broken up into categories or sub-categories
(rather than reasons/evidence in a persuasive argument)

Category or Sub-Category 1: Description of the Revolutionary War

Category or Sub-Category 2: The Colonists Get Angry, King George III Gives Up

Category or Sub-Category 3: How the War Won our Freedom

Ending/Conclusion:
Restate the topic, leave the listener thinking
 Topic: Stamp Act (Event)
Introduction/Lead:
Greets or hooks reader, introduces topic

Body:
Explains the bulk of the information to the listener, broken up into categories or sub-categories
(rather than reasons/evidence in a persuasive argument)

Category or Sub-Category 1: King George III Turns the Colonies Upside Down

Category or Sub-Category 2: Quartering Impacts Stamp Act

Category or Sub-Category 3: Stamp Act Affects Townshend Acts

Ending/Conclusion:
Restate the topic, leave the listener thinking
 Topic: King George III (People)
Introduction/Lead:
Greets or hooks reader, introduces topic

Body:
Explains the bulk of the information to the listener, broken up into categories or sub-categories
(rather than reasons/evidence in a persuasive argument)

Category or Sub-Category 1: ______________________

Category or Sub-Category 2: ______________________

Category or Sub-Category 3: ______________________

Ending/Conclusion:
Restate the topic, leave the listener thinking