EngageNY
TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 6
Is a college education necessary for success in today's world? The class investigates the question, along with others at the end of the sixth workshop in a 15-part series. The lesson has four parts with multiple activities and...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Thesis Statement
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...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Thesis Statement
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...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Thesis Statements
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...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The Writing Center: Thesis Statements [Pdf]
This is a five-page PDF handout on how to write strong thesis statements for argumentative essays with examples.
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Constructing Thesis Statements
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
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Critical Reading: Identifying Thesis Statements
This lesson plan 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.
University of Washington
Guide to Writing Thesis Statements
These guidelines show how to write effective thesis statements with examples of effective and ineffective statements.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Creating a Thesis Statement
Discover tips for writing thesis statements for analytical, expository and argumentative writing.
Other
Research Assistant: For Students: Purpose Statement
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?.
Indiana University
Indiana University: How to Write a Thesis Statement
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.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Academic Argument: Argumentative Thesis Statements
This lesson plan focuses on argumentative thesis statements and on recognizing an arguable thesis.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Thesis Statement
An explanation of a thesis statement and how it is used in an essay.
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Madison: Writing Center: Developing a Thesis Statement
This is a well-organized page that allows you to zero in on a particular aspect of stating your hypothesis and writing your thesis statement.
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Writing a Statement of Purpose
An excellent tip sheet for creating and perfecting a statement of purpose. Also includes information about thesis statements and examples.
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania: The Thesis Statement
This site has an examination of five different thesis statements with examples of how to write each of the statements.
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Writing a Thesis Statement
An excellent tip sheet for creating and perfecting a thesis statement. Also includes information about statement of purpose and examples.
Indiana University
Indiana University: Wts: How to Write a Thesis Statement
Learn what a thesis statement is, how to generate a thesis statement for an assigned topic, and how to generate a thesis statement if a topic has not been assigned.
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
Teaching History: Teaching Guides: Stating Your Case: Writing Thesis Statements
Lesson plan on writing thesis statements specifically addresses writing essays on historical subjects and themes, particularly essays written in response to document-based questions (DBQs). Walks students through identifying clear thesis...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revising Thesis and Topic Sentences
A series of notes and lessons focused on writing thesis statements and topic sentences. The lesson begins with a four-page downloadable PDF containing information about the function and form of a thesis statement as well as how to...
Other
Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: Determining a Thesis
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center article provides information about the "thesis" of a paper. Examples of clear thesis statements are also provided.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Evaluating and Revising a Thesis: Practice 1
In this lesson, you will learn how to evaluate a thesis statement and identify the problems that might call for revision. It provides practice activities to learn to identify and evaluate thesis statements.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Evaluating and Revising a Thesis: Practice 1 (English Ii Writing)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn how to identify, evaluate, and revise thesis statements and how to identify the issues that might need to be revised. It also provides...
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