Topic: Class: Date:

Thesis statements and Pre-AP English 10 Thursday Oct 6th

analytical writing

Content Objectives: Language Objectives:

Students will Students will create a strong thesis
understand the features statement about a previous work that weve
of a strong thesis encountered in class.
statement and the
purposes of analytical
writing.

Key Vocabulary: Materials (including supplementary and

adapted):
Content Vocabulary: PowerPoint presentation with features of a
Analytical writing strong thesis statement and examples
Handouts of excerpts from The House on
Cross-Curricular Mango Street
Vocabulary:
Thesis

Higher-Order Questions:
How can creating a focused thesis statement help me organize my ideas in
my writing and produce a strong argument?

Lesson Sequence Activities

1) Warm-up: vocabulary
chapter 3 introduction:
words in context
2) Quickwrite: Describe a time
that you were new to a
place, a culture, a group of
friends, a sport or hobby.
How did you feel? How did
you start to fit in to this
new setting?
3) Review of new vocabulary
and answers to words in
context section
Building Background
Explicit Links to Previous Experiences: In step
2, students will have to make a personal
connection to the concept of being somewhere
new. This personal experience will tie into our
discussion of an excerpt from The House on
Mango Street and the idea of the American
Dream.
Explicit Links to Past Learning: Students will
revisit the idea of universal theme once more in
their discussion of the American Dream. They
will also review any previous knowledge they
might have about forming thesis statements
during our discussion in step 4.

Lesson Sequence Student Activities (Check all that apply for

4) Think, pair, share: What is a activities throughout lesson):
thesis statement?
5) Introduction to thesis Scaffolding: Teacher Modeling Guided
 statements and the features (Small Group/Partner)
of a strong thesis through a Independent (I watch and
PowerPoint presentation respond; You do independently)
with examples
6) Sharing quickwrite ideas Grouping: Whole Class Small Group
aloud in a whole class Partners Independent
format
7) Reading the excerpt from Language Processes: Reading Writing
The House on Mango Street Listening Speaking
aloud as a class
8) In groups, students will Strategies: Hands-on Meaningful
come up with a thesis Links to Objectives
statement/argument about
this section of The House Review and Assessment (Check all that
on Mango Street. We will apply):
then share aloud. I will take
these up as formative Individual Group Written Oral
assessments for students
understanding of how to (Include methods of assessment throughout
write a thesis. Lesson Sequence)
9) I will introduce the paper
topics for students Review Key Vocabulary: How and When?
upcoming analytical papers. I will review the goals of analytical writing in
Their rough drafts will be step 5 as I explain what a thesis statement for
due in two weeks and I will an analytical paper should look like and what
notify them of this due its goals are.
date.
Review Key Content Concepts: How and When?
I will review the concept of a thesis statement
in step 5 along with examples and a list of
features of a strong thesis. Students will show
their understanding of this concept by writing
their own theses in groups.

Review of all content and language objectives:

How and When?

I will write objectives on the board so that they

are visible for students throughout the class. I
will discuss them following the warm-ups for
the day so that students are aware of what our
goals are.