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7th Grade Language Arts
Agenda:
Assignments
1. Warm­up: Update home page
• Literature Circles (W)
2. Thesis Statement lesson
• Tentative Thesis Statement (F)
3. Researching
• Reading Log #1 (F)
• Vocab Writing (F)
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What is a thesis statement? Next
A thesis statement...
is the heart of your paper. Without it, your piece
will not survive.
lets the reader know what your paper will
be about.
is like a giant umbrella. Everything in your paper
should fit underneath it (be related).
lets the reader know what position you're taking
(persuasive essay).
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What is a thesis statement? Next
A thesis statement should tell the reader two things:
Thesis Statement
Topic Position
There are several reasons why our school should have
vending machines.
Pull T: Ve
Even though murder is a heinous crime, the death
penalty is not the answer.
Pull
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A Thesis Statement is Not:
• A promise or a statement of purpose
• A question
• Just a topic sentence
• A Few words about the topic with no complete
thought
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Draw a diagram to illustrate how your thesis statement fits into
your report
Body Paragraph
1 Details
Body Paragraph
Body Paragraph 4
2 Details
Thesis Statement
Details
Body Paragraph 3 Details
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What is a thesis statement? Agenda
With your partner, determine which of the following are
thesis statements.
1. There are many reasons why I should have a cell
phone.
2. I could pay for it myself.
3. In order to decrease fatigue during instruction, we
should have shorter class period.
4. It is imperative that we have vending machines
in school.
5. They could have healthy snacks only.
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Number Statements Next
Number statements can be short or long; in fact, they can
be any grammatical structure you need or want. A Number
statement is a sentence that contains a number word. (two,
three, four, several, many, some, a few, numerous, a couple
of, a number of, a myriad, various, plenty…)
There are many reasons why every teenager
#
should have a cell phone.
Voting for John Doe will benefit you in four
different ways. #
Uniforms in school are a must for several reasons.
#
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Agenda
DC, IC Statements Examples
A DC,IC statement is a complex sentence that begins
with one of these dependent words.
If Even though Until
After Although Where
Since Unless Though
Before While Even if
So that When Because
Whenever Even Wherever
As long as As if As soon as
As Whether
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DC, IC Examples
If you are looking for an excellent school year, vote
John Smith for class president.
Even though murder is a heinous, inexcusable
crime, capital punishment is not the answer.
For my birthday, you should consider buying me a
cell phone.
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Are these Poor thesis statements or good thesis
statements?
1. It seems to me that probably one of the seriously important decisions almost all teenagers
face today is deciding what jobs they might have someme in the future.
2. The most important dilemma today’s teenager face is making informed career decisions:
choosing a type of work that will sustain them and preparing adequately for that career.
3. In this community crime is problem that people can work together to overcome.
4. Crime Watch, a community based resident patrol is a praccal, effecve way for cizens of all
ages to cooperate in protecng themselves and their community from crime.
5. Dogs can be trained to help disabled people.
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Are these Poor thesis statements or good thesis
statements?
6. For thousands of disabled Americans, “service dogs” improve the emoonal, social, and
economic quality of life.
7. How can high school students start a school radio staon.
8. With as lile as $500, high school students can create and staff a “drive‐by” radio staon,
benefing both the students and the school in significant ways.
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