ESSAY-PLAN TEMPLATE Introduction Introductory material Dot points relevant to general background information and lead-in sentence(s) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thesis Statement  (part of introduction paragraph) Sentence stating the focus of the essay (including key concepts and limiters) and ‘map’ (essay sub-topics) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Essay Body Body paragraph 1 Topic Sentence (relate to thesis