Research Guide Link to Thesis Development (LibGuide)
What is a thesis?
Attributes of a Good thesis:
http://sdst.libguides.com/content.php?pid=184760&sid=1552957
The above link contains a substantial amount of information on the thesis.
Links to great sources
Thesis Statement Creator:
http://johnmcgarvey.com/apworld/student/thesiscreator.html
Chicago Metro History Education Center:
http://www.chicagohistoryfair.org/
1. Type of source
2. Source information
3. Notes on source
4. Information for Annotation
5. Citations with links to Easybib, BibMe, and Citation Machine.
Parts of the Introduction:
Search for: advanced writing for ESL students - sample
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/sample/advanced/unit1/u1_l1a_1.htm
http://johnmcgarvey.com/apworld/student/thesiscreator.html
- This web page explains the different parts to a thesis statement and helps you create your own. You can click on the example button in each section to see an example of a thesis statement.
Chicago Metro History Education Center:
http://www.chicagohistoryfair.org/
- Inspires students interest in history and works to improve history education. Excellent source for taking notes on sources.
1. Type of source
2. Source information
3. Notes on source
4. Information for Annotation
5. Citations with links to Easybib, BibMe, and Citation Machine.
- Excellent source for note-taking
Parts of the Introduction:
Search for: advanced writing for ESL students - sample
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/sample/advanced/unit1/u1_l1a_1.htm
The Thesis
UNIT 1 — Lesson 1A
Parts of the Introduction
The Thesis Statement
The thesis statement in an essay is similar to the topic sentence in a paragraph. Both must have a narrow topic with a clear focus or controlling idea and supporting main points. But the essay's thesis statement also has a much broader purpose.
Whereas the topic sentence in an illustrative paragraph introduces the main idea of just that paragraph, the thesis statement in the introductory paragraph introduces the topic and the main points of a whole essay.
A thesis statement:
- tells the reader the topic of the essay. For example: The new fitness centre is an asset to our school because it provides opportunity to swim, weight train, and play squash.
- lists the points the writer is going to make in the essay. For example: The new fitness centre is an asset to our school because it provides opportunity to swim, weight train, and play squash.
- sets the tone of the essay. For example: The new fitness centre is an asset to our school because it provides opportunity to swim, weight train, and play squash.
- is a narrow topic rather than a broad, general topic. Poor example: Fitness Centres are assets.
- does not use clichéd, over-used, phrases. Poor example: This essay will explain the benefits of having our new fitness centre.
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/sample/advanced/unit1/u1_l1a_4.htm
Study Zone
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/
Thesis Essay Organizer
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The Paragraph
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10th grade standards
● RL.9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
● RI.9-10.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
● RL.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.