It's time to create a thesis statement (claim) and create your plan. ( THE THING I CHOOSE Is education important?)

Remember...you claim MUST have two reasons within the statement. It should ONLY be one sentence!!

Example Claim: While some people think it's acceptable to own a gun, they should not be placed in the hands of the people because they create a false sense of power and they can be a cause of people dying.

Once you've written a claim, you need to also point out your TWO supporting claims.

Example Supporting Claims:

1. Guns give people a false sense of power.

2. Guns are the cause of people dying.

THEN create plan for your essay. Your two supporting claims will the be topic sentence for each body paragraph.

The Plan must include the following:

Introduction:

claim
commentary
Body 1 Paragraph:

IDENTIFIED transition word or phrase
Supporting Claim #1
Text Evidence 1
Commentary
Text Evidence 2
Commentary
Closing Sentence
Body 2 Paragraph:

IDENTIFIED transition word or phrase
Supporting Claim #2
Text Evidence 1
Commentary
Text Evidence 2
Commentary
Closing Sentence
Conclusion

IDENTIFIED transition word
RESTATED claim
Commentary

Read this excerpt from “what i hope to leave behind.” for a number of years it took so much vitality to keep the home going, and that home represented so many different kinds of activities, that none of us had any urge to go outside of this sphere. if “what i hope to leave behind” was the subject of a class discussion, why might paraphrasing this sentence be ? you could analyze the key themes while also staying true to the original language. you could summarize the key ideas, which would shorten the length of the excerpt. you could use your own ideas and concepts, which would add important information. you could rephrase it in your own words, which might clarify the meaning of the excerpt.

Who is the speaker? read the quotations and answer the questions for each quote. quotation analysis "those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of " what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 2. "all communities divide themselves into the few and the many. the first are rich and well born, the other the mass of the people…" what is the main idea of the quotation? they divided the people in between rich and poor who do you think is the speaker? hamilton what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? federalists believed that the country should be ruled by the by the best people 3. "laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 4. "a fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker?

If you begin to question the validity of the catholic church's teachings, then you could be considered a