What is the best way to write an 1000 word essay on Jamestown colony?

Question

This essay is written in a letter form. The essay is written in ftrist person. I have to write the essay as if I was sent to Jamestown Colony and I recieved a letter from one of my family members and I am writing back to them about how it is going and how I am doingand about the activies and the hardships and fellow people!~

Answer 1

copy and paste

Answer 2

Do your research then write an outline covering the topics you want to cover. Write the paper so that it is a little on the long side, then go through and start editing your paper. Try reducing the length of your sentences down by eliminating unnecessary words such as "that, which, like, etc" and use action verbs to replace verbs such as "am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been." The action verbs will may your story sound more interesting and good short sentences that keep the same idea will make it so you have less grammer errors. Also make sure that you start out each paragraph with a topic sentence and the following sentences back up the topic sentences in a continuous logical flow.

After you revise it once, revise it a second time and you should have eliminated most of the errors by the end of the 2nd revision.

Answer 3

"Fellow people?" as different from "fellow dogs, cats and chickens?"

All right, I've had my fun, now here's my advice:

Do the research. Find out what daily life was like in Jamestown colony. Pick a particular time in the colony's existance. Life would be very different in the colony's first year than it it's 25th year. Best if you can research the daily activitis of someone of the same gender and age as you, because you might better relate to this hypothetical person.

First write a chronological list of the day's activities. What did you do that entire day? What time did you wake up? HOW did you wake up. Did someone wake you, or was it a rooster, did your digital clock radio turn itself on? You got dressed. What did you wear? Think about small details like, did you take a bath or shower? Where? How? Did you wear your hair up or down? Did you wear a hat? What kind of shoes? What was your first chore? What did you eat for breakfast? Who fixed it? Where did the food come from? Did you have school, or did you work most of the day? What did your parents do for a living? Any other kids your age? What were their names? What did THEY wear, and what did their parents do for a living.

Outlline the entire day, in as much detail as you can think of. This is NOT the letter you will send. This list is just a way to help you "capture" pretend memories of that day and the typical things you might have done. By going through that list, and imagining the season, the weather, the sights and sounds of the period, you can better place yourself in the setting.

THEN, from a position in that setting, such as at the end of a long day, after supper and all your chores are done, you sit down at a table or desk, and, by the light of a lamp, (candle, oil, torch, glass, metal, etc?) you write letter back to your family member. (cousin, aunt, uncle, parent?)

Dear _______

Things have been (exciting, difficult, hectic, peaceful, frightening). I was so happy to receive your letter .......

Remember, you will not be writing a research paper. You are writing a letter. Grammar and sentence structure will not be as important as accurate details and the "feeling" of the time and place you are sending back to England. You will want to tell that relative how YOU and your family in Jamestown are. You will want to tell the relative about things in Jamestown that are DIFFERENT that those in England.

What would a young person in Jamestown want to tell someone in far away England? Remember how long it takes letters and people to travel back and forth. It is quite likely that the colonist may NEVER again see that relative, back "home."

Answer 4

Go to the library and look up all the reference material you can to start writing. There is the World Book Encyclopedia, and additional references such as: Jamestown, 1544 - 1699, written by Carol Bridenbaugh, The World of Captain John Smith, written by Genevieve Foster, The First Eighteen Years: Virginia, 1607 - 1624, written by Charles Hatch. Related articles you can also look up would be: Bacon's Rebellion, John Smith, Williamsburg, John Rolfe. I hope this helps!

Answer 5

start writing! Do your research first, and then go for it. The Jamestown colony was pretty much a disaster at first, so you can write as if you were there during the first few years of its establishment.

Answer 6

Jamestown and how America started.

http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/01_02/AH/jt/jt.htm

http://cvesd.k12.ca.us/finney/journey/___thebeginning.html

http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/01_02/AH/ca_intro.htm

http://www.apva.org/history/

http://www.academicinfo.net/usearlycolonial.html

Although there were other Europeans who had visited and even tried to establish colonies on the eastern coast of the New World, the British were the first to establish a permanent colony. They named their fort Jamestown.

http://www.dasd-ew.org/kirk/jamestown.htm

Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 7

I would make an outline first.. n then go from there

Answer 8

Start from http://www.apva.org/history/index.html