Today we will discuss our thesis statements. Your thesis statement is the backbone of your paper--it is the contract with your reader that you are responsible for. We will talk about characteristics of thesis statements and what makes them better or worse.
Here are the links for the activities we will be doing today.
Task I
Task II
Task III
HOMEWORK
For homework, look over your diagnostic (I'll post some comments later today), and UNDERLINE your thesis statement. Also, read this article and come up with your own thesis statement. Upload your homework to your "Unit 1" folder in Dropbox with the file name thesishomework_name.doc
