ESSAY TIME! Let's write a thesis statement - 7 November and 8 November 2019

Today's Goal: 
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1.A
Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.

The Plan:

1. No Red Ink Growth Quiz
2. Copy and Paste today's assignment into your ELA Journal from Ms. Black's
3. Hatchet Essay Thesis Statement (In ELA Journal)
4. Hatchet Essay Evidence Collection (In ELA Journal)

Reminders/Homework:

• READ YOUR INDEPENDENT READING BOOK! YAY!
• Finish your Evidence Collection Chart in your ELA Journal BY NEXT CLASS.
• Typing.com #13-15
• Due Friday, 8 November, 4pm
• This will finish out the beginner levels.
• Typing.com INTERMEDIATE #1-4
• Due Friday, 15 November 4pm

Hatchet Prompt:

In the novel, Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, how does Brian Robeson change as a character from the beginning of the story to the end?

CLICK HERE for the overall essay guidelines. 

Thesis Statement:
A thesis statement is your claim. It is the thing you will argue and prove and defend in the rest of your essay. This should always be step one in writing an essay.

Some sentence frames you could use for your thesis:

• Before his troubles began, Brian was ____ and ____ because ________, but after he had been stranded for weeks, Brian became _____ and _____ because _______.
• In the beginning of the story, Brian is ______, but by the end of the story, Brian has changed to become more _____ because _______.
• After he realized _______________, Brian became more _________ and _______. Before that realization, Brian was a _____ person because ___________, but he changed because __________.

You must show your teacher your thesis statement and get it approved before going on to the next activity.

Evidence Collection Chart:

In your ELA Journal you will also paste a chart to collect evidence. On here, you will use your thesis statement to return to the evidence tracker results and find the absolute best evidence that helps to prove your thesis to be the correct thesis. 

You may use this document that has all the results of the evidence tracker activities we did.

Please note:

1. There are two tabs at the bottom. One is for the first half (before he changed) and one is for the second half of the book (where we see the changes).
2. I didn't erase answers that are wrong or incomplete. Do not trust this sheet to be perfect; it is NOT perfect.