Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Academic Argument: Argumentative Thesis Statements

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan focuses on argumentative thesis statements and on recognizing an arguable thesis.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Thesis Statement

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of a thesis statement and how it is used in an essay.
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin Madison: Writing Center: Developing a Thesis Statement

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Writing a Thesis Statement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An excellent tip sheet for creating and perfecting a thesis statement. Also includes information about statement of purpose and examples.
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W. W. Norton

W.w. Norton & Company: Elements of the Essay: Thesis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation and examples of interpretive claims and evaluative claims in a thesis statement. Click on list on the right for more information about elements of the essay.
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SUNY Empire State College

Empire State College: Thesis and Shaping Information

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial on writing essays contains several sections pertaining to the thesis. These include thesis definition, characteristics, analysis of thesis to gather and shape information, and topic sentences. Many examples given. W.9-10.2...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Choosing and Narrowing a Topic to Write About (For Research Papers)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on choosing a topic for research and then narrowing it down to a workable thesis statement. It starts with information about choosing a topic and the 3 steps involved and then provides 3 steps to narrowing the...
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SUNY Empire State College

Empire State College: Shaping Information: Thesis Definition

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive explanation of thesis development.
Activity
University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site: Practice: Constructing a Working Thesis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this interactive lesson, students will refer to a synthesis grid to determine the "best" thesis to use when answering a business management question.
Handout
University of Sydney (Australia)

University of Sydney: Planning the Overall Structure

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource discusses the steps in planning the structure of a student's argumentative essay. Page 4 of this article focuses on Thesis statement.
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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Developing the Central Idea

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What do you want your audience to remember the most about the topic of your speech? This is will be your central idea and it can be boiled down to one sentence! Follow these guidelines for writing a concise central idea and then practice...

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