Exercise for Writing Thesis Statement

Hello everyone!! How are you today? As I promised in the last entry, I have prepared 3 different exercises on writing thesis statement. If you want to check whether you have understand it or not, you can do these exercises. If you want to get the answer, I will check it for you. You can submit your answers to my inbox : nasywazubir@yahoo.com. I will try my best to check it as soon as I receive your email. Enjoy your exercises!!

Exercise 1 

1. Jimmy is a good student.

2. It is important to tell the truth.

3. My best friend and I have many similarities.

4. Watching television is not a waste of time.

5. There are several causes for the spread of bird flu.

6. Learning a new language is hard work.

7. A good teacher should be knowledgeable,hardworking and caring.

8. The best experiences in my life happened during my school life.

9. Ice cream is the best dessert.

10. It is and advantage to speak a foreign language.

Writing the Thesis Statement Part 2

What is a good thesis statement ? Look at the following examples.

1)  A good thesis statement should be expressed in one complete sentence.


Not thesis statements :
Smoking in restaurants.
The advantages of learning English.

• These are not complete sentences. They are just topics?
• What is the writer trying to tell us about these topics?

Thesis statements :
Smoking in restaurants should not be allowed.
There are three main advantages of learning English.

• These are complete thoughts. The writer tells us :-

           - that smoking in restaurants should not be allowed .
           - that is he is going to discuss 3 advantages of 
             learning English .

Writing the Thesis Statement Part 1

Hai! Hai! hai!....(^_^)

Nice to see you again. If you have followed my " Write it Right " from the first entry until now, I can say that you are already learned basics of writing paragraph. If you are not following me, it's ok, you still can learn from the first step with go through one by one of my entries. Let's move on to our next lesson. With hope, you gain something from this entry.

From Paragraph to Essay

What is a paragraph ?

• It is a group of sentences that develops one main idea.
• It contains about 5 to 8 sentences.
• The first sentence is usually the topic sentence that states the main idea.
• The first sentence of a paragraph is intended - this means it starts away from the margin.
• The last sentence is the concluding sentence.

Basics of Paragraph Writing Part 4

Smile!! Hai! How do you feel today? Hopefully, you enjoy your day today. Today, I want to show you different kinds of transitional expressions that you can use in your essay and don't forget to conclude your paragraph with write it right. Peace!!

Using Transitional Expressions

·      Transitional expressions or transitions signals are words that help link ideas in sentences and paragraphs together. They are like road signs that tell you the direction the writer is taking. They help you to understand and follow the writer’s thoughts and ideas better.

Basics of Paragraph Writing Part 3

Welcome again to my "Write it Right". Today, I would like to continue our Basics of Paragprah Writing with the fourth steps. 

4.  Writing up the Paragraph

• When you are writing up the paragraph, there are several things you have to remember.

        

         1.   Give your paragraph a title 

         2.   Start the paragraph away from the margin -

                 

                 indent the first line 

         3.    Write good sentences.

         4.    Use transitional expressions wherever 

                necessary.

Basics of Paragraph Writing Part 2

       Hello everyone. Today I want to continue my lesson on how to write a good paragraph. Before this, I showed you the first step of it. Let's see what we need to do for the next steps.

.      2. Brainstorming for Ideas

   After you have your topic sentence, think of ideas to explain or develop the main idea. Writing all these ideas down.

·        Write down any and all ideas that come into your head.

·        Write your ideas in short notes.

Ex : It is expensive to own a car.

Ideas :  1) road tax and insurance

            2) maintenance costs

            

            3) bank loan

            4) petrol 

            5) tyres

     3. Selecting and Organising Ideas

After writing down all your ideas, look at them again. Keep the ones which are relevant to the main idea and drop or cancel those which are not relevant.

Ex : It is expensive to own a car.

Ideas :  ( / )  road tax and insurance

            ( x ) maintenance costs

            

            ( / )  bank loan

            ( / )  petrol 

            ( x ) tyres 

The next thing you have to do is how you want to arrange the ideas you are keeping. Whcih idea do you start with in your paragraph ?

There are 2 ways you can arrange your ideas :- 

1) You can list your ideas in a simple plan :-

    Topic sentence : It is your ideas in a simple plan :- 

     1. road tax and insurance

      

     2. maintenance costs

     3. rising cost of petrol 

2. You can arrange your ideas into a graphic organiser :-

click here to see example of graphic organiser :


http://www.mediafire.com/?85s711d0jsj8sfo

Ok , now you can try to do this exercise to practice doing brainstorm for your essay. You need to look back at the Exercise 1(Exercise for Basic Paragraph Writing Part 1)  in my previous entry to get the topic. 

Exercise 2 :

Choose any 2 topics from Exercise 1 ,and

1.   brainstorm for ideas;

2.   select and drop ideas;

3.   arrange ideas into a plan or graphic organiser

   

Exercise 1 ( Basics of Paragraph Writing 1)

Previously, I have shown you the example of an introduction paragraph and how to write topic sentence. Now, I want you to try this exercise  as your practice to write good topic sentence. Dont' forget to "Write it Right". If you want to get the answers, leave your email in the comment box below and I will submit it to you. Enjoy the exercise!!

Exercise 1

  Write topic sentence from the topics and opinions given below.

         

                 Example :   1) Topic – Jogging         Opinion – good form of exercise 

  

Joging is a good form of exercise

             

 2)          Topic – My sister                         

        Opinion – spoilt little girl

      

 3)         Topic – Merdeka Celebrations       

        Opinion – many cause

      

 4)         Topic – Cancer                             

        Opinion – many causes 

 5 )      Topic – Increase in snatch thefts      

        Opinion – three main reasons