Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Day 8: Thesis-based Writing

A. How to Respond to a Reading
  1. Discuss: Significant Idea.
  2. Read "Thesis-based Writing" (12-13). Discuss: Topic, Claim, Reasons, Thesis Statement, Topic Sentence.
  3. Re-read: "How To do One Thing at a Time" and examine the professor's claims and theses responding to it (14).


B. Group Work 
Type the following in an MSWord document:
  1. A Significant Idea from "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" (8). 
  2. A group Claim that responds to this main idea. 
  3. Group Reasons that support the group Claim.
  4. A Thesis that is a combination of your group Claim and group Reasons. 
  5. Paste all of the above HERE. Responses HERE. 


C. On Your Own
Type the following in an MSWord document:
  1. A Significant Idea from "I Know the Truth, so Don't Bother me with Facts" (9). 
  2. A Claim that responds to this main idea. 
  3. Reasons that support your Claim.
  4. A Thesis that is a combination of your Claim and Reasons. 
  5. Create Blog 3 and paste all of the above into it.

    D. Reflecting on Thesis Statements
    Type a brief reflection of what you have learned about summary that answers the questions below. Paste it as a COMMENT to today's post.
    • What did you learn from thinking and discussing Significant Idea, Claim, Reasons, Thesis Statement? 
    • What did you learn from writing a Thesis Statement with your group?
    • What did you learn from writing a Thesis Statement on your own?
    • How could organizing your writing around a thesis statement make you a better writer?

    HOMEWORK: Outlining  Claim, Reasons, and Evidence 
    1. Read "Organizing Your Essay Around a Thesis" (13).
    2. Using the Persuasion Map HERE, write an outline of your response to   "I Know the Truth, so Don't Bother me with Facts." 
    3. Send me your outline BEFORE Thursday's class via e-mail by clicking "Share Final" and sending it to: xgallardo@lagcc.cuny.edu 
    4. Print your outline and bring it to class.