Thursday, June 4

Objective: By the end of class, students will practice finding and citing sources and create a reference page in order to prepare to write a properly formatted research paper.

DO NOW

WRITE THIS DOWN 

A thesis statement is the single most important sentence in your research paper. It is always contained in the introductory paragraph. 

Direct Instruction

How to write a THESIS STATEMENT:

1. CHOOSE A TOPIC.
2. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT HIS TOPIC?
3. NARROW DOWN THREE AREAS OF DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ABOUT YOUR TOPIC.
4. WRITE ONE SENTENCE THAT ENCOMPASSES all of these ideas about your topic. This is your thesis statement.

Example:

1. Topic = Transgenders
2. Sexuality and gender identification are different.
3. Gender identification, sexuality and social acceptance.

THESIS STATEMENT
4. The transgender community consists of individuals that are in their minds one gender but physically another; it is therefore a challenge to be socially accepted when changing their physical identity but not sexual preference.

Guided / Independent

Choose a topic and create a THESIS STATEMENT FOR YOUR TOPIC. Let me check it! THEN FIND THREE good sources for your thesis by google searching. Remember .gov and .org are usually good sources. Also, look for articles with authors and dates published.


Current event topics in several categories 


Knightcite each source to create a reference page.

If you have done all of the above, you will begin to look for a catchy phrase, quote or anecdote to open your introductory paragraph. Remember, your thesis statement will be in this paragraph.