Developing a Question, Hypothesis, Thesis Teacher Resources

Students submit rough drafts of position papers and post them on computer networks for review.

In this social studies essay learning exercise, students follow the provided steps listed in the graphic organizer to write their own social studies essays. Students also read a sample essay about the U.S. government.

Students examine the elements of a persuasive speech and brainstorm topics related to school that they think should be changed. They compose and deliver a three to five minute persuasive speech to their classmates using the key...

Students defend their stances regarding topics. In this writing process lesson, students read The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal and participate in writing activities that require them to determine how the feel about a...

Learners discuss the purposes of persuasive speaking and writing with emphasis upon what makes them different from other kinds. They brainstorm and discuss ways to select "The Greatest American Who Ever Lived" and prepare a persuasive...

This slideshow lesson focuses on thesis statements. It lists, defines, and provides examples of three types of thesis statements: analytical, expository, and argumentative. It discusses the location of the thesis in the paper and offers...

This slideshow lesson focuses on thesis statements; it defines thesis and its purpose. It explains the three types of thesis statements: analytical, expository, and argumentative; offers questions to ask about the thesis to determine if...

This tutorial focuses on thesis statements; it defines thesis including purpose and location, lists 3 types: analytical, expository, and argumentative and defines and provides examples of each. It lists 4 question to ask to determine if...

Readable, but thorough handout on the thesis statement. Covers what it is, why it's important, how to come up with one, examples, and how to evaluate. Bibliography included. W.9-10.2a Intro/org/graphics

This is a five-page PDF handout on how to write strong thesis statements for argumentative essays with examples.

This site gives advice on how to write an effective purpose (thesis) statement. The summary is given as answers to four questions: what? why? when? how?.

These guidelines show how to write effective thesis statements with examples of effective and ineffective statements.

This lesson focuses on identifying thesis statements including explicit and implicit thesis statements, "How to Identify the Thesis Statement" (video), topic sentences, paragraph parts graphic, and a self-check activity.

This page defines the thesis statement and tells how to develop one when the topic is assigned and when the topic is not assigned. Also gives guidelines for determining whether the thesis statement is strong or weak.

Discover tips for writing thesis statements for analytical, expository and argumentative writing.

An excellent tip sheet for creating and perfecting a statement of purpose. Also includes information about thesis statements and examples.

This site has an examination of five different thesis statements with examples of how to write each of the statements.

An explanation and example of a thesis statement.

A screencast lesson [2 mins, 39 secs] defining a thesis statement and outlining five steps to use when creating a strong thesis statement.

This lesson introduces how to write a thesis statement. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast [04:45] with the lesson's content.

This lesson focuses on argumentative thesis statements and on recognizing an arguable thesis.

This practice exercise focuses on recognizing and evaluating argumentative thesis statements.

In this lesson, you will learn how to write the argument for a thesis statement by turning the purpose statement into a claim. [3:52]

In this lesson, you will learn how to write the sub-points for your thesis statement by turning the argument into a why question. [3:26]