Get out your Nonfiction Photo Essay packet.
Objectives: Today I will finish writing my introduction.
Homework:
Agenda:
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Objectives: Today I will finish writing my introduction.
Homework:
- Completed introduction (including thesis!) due tomorrow
- (Optional) Vocabulary Quiz Corrections due Friday, 2/14
Agenda:
- Thesis Writing
- A thesis is your claim + reasons.
- It is used to share what your essay will be about.
- Claim = your statement about your topic (ex. Climate change negatively affects sea turtles)
- Reasons = main ideas to support your claim (what each body paragraph will be about)
- It endangers sea turtles’ habitats
- It destroys their migration currents
- It throws off the gender ratio of their eggs
- It endangers sea turtles’ habitats
- Combine to Create a Thesis:
Climate change negatively affects sea turtles by endangering their habitats, destroying their migration currents, and throwing off the gender ratio of their eggs. - Note: Your thesis does not include any evidence or citations!
It is only to organize your essay and share what you will be writing about.
- Thesis Practice
- Spend 5 minutes brainstorming a possible thesis for your essay.
- What is your claim about your topic?
- Is your topic important for a specific reason?
- What is the most important thing you want your reader to know?
- What have been the main ideas showing up in your research?
- What is your claim about your topic?
- Spend 5 minutes brainstorming a possible thesis for your essay.
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