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CM103Unit 3
BRAINSTORMING & THESIS BUILDING
Tara G. Smith Contact Information
• Tara Smith
• AIM: SmtTara2
• Office Hours 9:00-11:00 PM ET Wednesdays or by appointment.
• ***NOTE MY NEW PHONE NUMBER: 530-877-2840
For tonight’s class, please do a system check—thanks! **You must have Java 8.**
UNIT 3 SEMINAR AGENDA
In this session, we will address the following:
Brainstorming
Creating an effective thesis statement
‘Hooking’ your reader as shown in Rules For Writers
Thesis Workshop
BRAINSTORMING
How do you brainstorm? Make lists?
Outline?
Use clustering, mapping,
or webbing?
Use charts or graphs?
Free write?
Something else?
KND Chart—What I Know/What I Need to Know/What I Need to Do
A great way to brainstorm and begin research!
***Check out the link in Webliographyhttp://www.shs.d211.org/ForeignLang/faculty/Jll/knd_chart.htm
BRAINSTORMING: Thesis Statements
What makes an
effective thesis
statement?
Class . . . ?
What makes an effective thesis statement?
“An effective thesis statement is a central idea that
requires supporting evidence; it is of adequate
scope for an essay of the assigned length, and it
is sharply focused” (Hacker, 2009, p. 23).
Contains a key word or controlling idea that limits
its focus
Basically, a good thesis statement shows the
reader your slant or position and what you’re
going to write about.
“Hook” your reader leading up to the thesis
What are ways to
“hook” your reader
(from Rules for
Writers)?
Sentences leading up to the thesis: “The HOOK”
A review. . . . page 22 of your book. A good hook provides:
• a startling statistic or an unusual fact
• a vivid example
• a description
• a paradoxical statement
• a quotation or a bit of dialogue
• a question
• an analogy
• an anecdote
THESIS WORKSHOP Let’s talk about your ideas for our problem topics.
Our broad starting point is: law enforcement and judicial process (or fire science).
This is what we did in the Unit 2 DB.
DRUGSDRUGSWHITE COLLAR CRIMESWHITE COLLAR CRIMES
GANGSGANGS
SEX CRIMESSEX CRIMES
FIRE SCIENCEFIRE SCIENCE
THESIS WORKSHOP In the Unit 3 DB, think about the "core issue" of the problem associated with your topic.
What do you hope to learn about this topic?
What is your “debatable point”? This main point should include the three key points you plan to explore in your essay.
DRUGSDRUGSWHITE COLLAR CRIMESWHITE COLLAR CRIMES
GANGSGANGS
SEX CRIMESSEX CRIMES
FIRE SCIENCEFIRE SCIENCE
Chat about your topics now!
Chat about your topics now!
Please join the appropriate Chat Room in our classroom. For example, if your topic is drugs, please join the chat room, “Drugs topics.”
Click Button to Enter Chat
How to use the chat room
Type here.
What you’re discussing• This is where you can discuss your white collar crime topics.
• Here are some discussion starters:
• What is the "core issue" of the problem associated with your topic?
• What do you hope to learn about this topic? What is your “debatable point”?
• Take these ideas and your conversation to the Unit 3 DB after class is over!
Paragraph organization• Please be sure to organize your paragraphs effectively. Please read this
week’s Rules for Writers reading to learn more about these kinds of paragraphs:
• Examples and illustrations
• Narration
• Description
• Process
• Comparison/contrast
• Analogy
• Cause/effect
• Classification/division
• Definition
Fun with grammar! Avoiding run-ons
RUN-ON:
Cosmo and Cassie love each other they curl up together.
COMMA SPLICE:
Cosmo and Cassie love each other, they curl up together. Avoiding comma splices
and run-ons . . . .
Fun with grammar! SENTENCE FIXESCosmo and Cassie love each other; they curl up together.
Cosmo and Cassie love each other. They curl up together.
Cosmo and Cassie love each other, so they curl up together.
Because Cosmo and Cassie love each other, they curl up together. Fixing comma splices
and run-ons . . . .
Tara G. Smith Contact Information
• Tara Smith
• AIM: SmtTara2
• Office Hours 9:00-11:00PM ET Wednesdays or by appointment