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Objectives:
SWBAT construct and compose a thesis statement
SWBAT outline the components of a thesis statement
SWBAT discuss their thesis statement to the class
Materials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wxE8R_x5I0 (appendices a)
Prompt questions (appendices b)
Internet streaming device (at home)
Poster board
Markers
White board
Tape
Scissors (for the teacher to cut out prompt slips)
Anticipatory set: Teacher will review the thesis video students watched for homework the night
before and will go over the key factors it covered.
Teaching Strategy/Procedure/Activity:
Time
10 minutes
Student is doing
Listening to the teacher review
how to write a thesis, asking
any questions they may have
in regards to the video they
watched for homework
breaking up into assigned
groups.
Teacher is doing
Cutting out prompt slips
(appendices b)
Teacher is reviewing the four
basic steps covered in the
homework video on how to
write a thesis. Factors 3
(Introduce supporting topics)
and 4 (have at least 3
supporting points) will be
combined for this activity.
Writing these key factors on
the board;
1. Establish an issue or
problem
2. Express your opinion
on the issue
3. Introduce supporting
25 minutes
15 minutes
Summary/Closure:
Students will hang up their posters boards and turn in their markers
Assessment:
Homework/follow-up assignment:
None
Accommodations/adaptations:
Herbert Millner (M)- ADHD
will be allowed to walk quietly in the back of the room if he needs to let off energy, he will be
told that he does not have to go up and share with his group if he does not feel comfortable,
teacher will monitor him to make sure he is staying on task
Paten Vander (F)- Speech impairment
Will be told that he does not have to go up and share with his group if he does not feel
comfortable
Lya Gross (F)- Mild dyslexia
The teacher will give assignment instructions orally to Lya and will monitor student to make sure
she is staying on task and understands the assignment.
Oliver Fore (M)- Mild autism
The teacher will monitor student to make sure he is staying on task and understands directions
Attachments/Appendices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wxE8R_x5I0
(Appendices a)
Plan B:
If students finish too early then the teacher will go over other example prompt questions on the
projector with the students
If the assignment is too hard, the teacher will stop the activity and will go over a few more
example prompt questions with the students
If students are not collaborating with one another, the teacher will write down the five questions
on the board, call of the students 1-5, and will make the students individually write down a thesis
on a regular sheet of paper without group help
Works Cited
Home | CPALMS.org. (n.d.). Retrieved June 24, 2016, from http://www.cpalms.org/Public/
S. (2013). How To Write A Killer Thesis Statement by Shmoop. Retrieved June 23, 2016, from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wxE8R_x5I0