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Thesis Activity: Please write the date here:

Please write your name:

What story have you decided to write about?

What theme or issue will you be writing about?

Please write your thesis statement:

What events from the story do you think you want to include to support your main idea?

What quotations might you include from the short story?

Then, comment on at least one other person's page (Students please comment on the student below you on the list. If you are the last student on the list, comment on the first student in the list.). You will need to sign in, click on the student's page, click Edit, highlight the text you want to comment on, click Comment, and then type your comment answering the questions below. Then click Save.

1. What is the "source" in the thesis statement?

2. Does it give the writer's opinion? Why or why not?

3. Does it imply a structure for the essay? How many body paragraphs?