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Central Idea That Gives The Direction' To Your Essay: Thesis Exploration

This document provides guidance on developing a strong thesis statement for an essay. It explains that a good thesis has a central idea, is comprehensive yet defined, and uses opinion supported by reasons and evidence from the source text. Students are prompted to write a choice board question, answer it by explaining how and why the author achieves the answer, and then list three reasons to support their answer before crafting a thesis statement using all of these elements.

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Central Idea That Gives The Direction' To Your Essay: Thesis Exploration

This document provides guidance on developing a strong thesis statement for an essay. It explains that a good thesis has a central idea, is comprehensive yet defined, and uses opinion supported by reasons and evidence from the source text. Students are prompted to write a choice board question, answer it by explaining how and why the author achieves the answer, and then list three reasons to support their answer before crafting a thesis statement using all of these elements.

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Thesis Exploration

Central idea that gives the direction to your essay


How do you find a thesis? Think about how we revealed the themes within our mentor text We started with a topic, discussed what this topic meant to the story and finished with our opinion statement on the topic in the text. Need to use inferring, determining impotence and synthesizing to reveal your opinion on the topic in the book Same for your thesis- revealing your opinion statement that answers your question See Thesis Creation Handout Thesis Checklist- Refining your Thesis What questions should I ask to get my theme? Main Questions 1. Is my thesis statement comprehensive? 2. Is my thesis statement defined? 3. Does my thesis statement have a central idea? Supporting Questions Does my response use the questions language and answer the questions completely? Is the language clear and concise? Is there a direction for my argument? Have I cut away other options? Have I decided on the way my idea will move? 4. Does my thesis statement use opinion? 5. Can my thesis statement be proved with reasons and evidence? Can I see my idea in the answer? (how or why) Can I come up with good reasons to prove my thesis? Can I find proof in my text to back up my reasons (and central idea)?

Thesis Creation Handout Question: Write your choice board question in full here.

Answer: Using your opinion, give your answer to the question; make sure that you explain how and why the author achieves your answer.

Reasons: Write 3 reasons that explain your answer. 1. 2. 3. Thesis Statement: Write your thesis statement below using your answer, the three reasons and the language of the question.

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