Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Writing Center: Thesis Statements [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a five-page PDF handout on how to write strong thesis statements for argumentative essays with examples.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Thesis and Support in the Persuasive Essay (English I Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] A learning module that teaches students about thesis statements and supporting details in an argumentative essay in five mini-lessons: Introduction, Choosing a Topic,...
Unit Plan
University of Sydney (Australia)

University of Sydney: Module 3 Unit 1: Planning Your Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This unit index contains links with to guide students through the process of planning a multi-paragraph argumentative essay. Students will learn how to interpret the essay question, develop a writing plan, thesis, writing the argument,...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Write a Persuasive Text With a Clear Thesis

For Students 7th - 9th
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] A learning module that teaches students how to focus on a thesis in an expository text in four lessons: Introduction, Opening Statement: Your Thesis, Maintaining Your Thesis...
Handout
Harvard University

Harvard University: Strategies for Essay Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website provides a series of links to detailed information about each segment of how to write an academic essay from how to read the assignment to the final edits. Use the links to the right. W.9-10.1a claims/intro/org, W.9-10.2a...
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Other

Research Assistant: For Students: Purpose Statement

For Students 4th - 9th
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?.
Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Organizing Your Argument Presentation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) explains how to organize information for an argumentative essay.
Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Organizing Your Argument

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) explains how to organize information in an argumentative essay. Several examples are provided to show how each piece of evidence is elaborated.
Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Personal or Social Tragedy? Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will challenge students to weigh the textual evidence for and against the claim that Ethan's woes lay in staying in Starkfield-and not in the details of his personal relationships. In the process, students will close read...
Handout
Boise State University

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This online writing assistance offers help in the writing process, grammar and mechanics, usage, and four different types of essays, as well as help on deciding what and how to document.
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.
Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of a Composition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Writing a Paper? Here at the Capital Community College is everything you could ever ask for while preparing your essay. This site includes the writing process, structure, thesis statement, transitions, the computer as a writing...
PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Claim Evidence and Reasoning

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
A slideshow with twelve slides about reading or writing an argument, analyzing the claim and looking at how it is supported with observation, evidence, and reasoning.
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University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site: Structuring Your Individual Arguments

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A diagram is provided to help students organize an argument. Assertions, sub-assertions, evidence, and counterarguments are included. Click on page 2 at the bottom to see the functions of the above and page 3 to for a practice activity....