We-Search due Thursday - Complete Wednesday night

Wednesday night -
Write your first draft thesis paragraph on a piece of notebook paper:

The parts of a Thesis Paragraph - Thesis statement and Three Arguments
Thesis sentence -

• This is the topic sentence of the paragraph, and of the entire paper
• Stated as an argumentative statement that the writer will attempt to prove in the paper
• Has measurable details
• Avoids using adjectives by themselves - use details to show the opinions that you want to express
• Uses key terms related to the topic

Three Arguments - the rest of the paragraph - Each argument statement should:

• make a clear statement that can be supported, later in the paper, with evidence
• cover different details about the thesis
• may be connected in some way, but without too much overlap