Lessons tagged with "thesis"
Write a Coherent Thesis Statement
- Grade:
- 8
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing strategies lesson focuses on writing a coherent thesis statement. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the topic of the text and the controlling impression. Then, they read the remaining sentences to determine the author's reasoning as seen in supporting details. Finally, they combine the topic, controlling impression, and reasoning into a coherent thesis statement. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review modeled on current adaptive testing methods.
Support a Thesis with Quotations and Paraphrasing
- Grade:
- 8
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing strategies lesson focuses on supporting a thesis using quotations and paraphrasing. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a given thesis based on a provided text. Then, they read the text, identifying quotations that support the thesis and paraphrasing other information that supports the thesis. Finally, they explain how the quotations and paraphrasing support the thesis. In addition to the lesson, there are four more articles and graphic organizers for Independent Practice and review modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Write a Coherent Thesis Statement
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Write a Coherent Thesis Statement
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts