A SPECIAL INVITATION FOR TEACHERS...

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LessonPlansPage.com would like to take a moment to let you know about Concordia University's new Master’s Degrees in Education that you can complete online in just one year!

Available Master's Degrees in Education include:

• Curriculum & Instruction: Reading
• Curriculum & Instruction: Methods & Curriculum
• Curriculum & Instruction: English to Speakers
  of Other Languages
• Educational Leadership

These programs can help you:

• Open the door to a variety of school leadership career opportunities like higher education teaching, department chair, ELL consultant, literacy coach, or curriculum coordinator
• Complete your degree in one year, on your schedule,
  from the comfort of your home
• A Master's Degree could mean an automatic salary increase in your school district!

Find Out More!

A national university system with 10 campuses throughout the United States, Concordia was founded more than 100 years ago and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.

Printable Version

• Books Used and Multidisciplinary Connections
  
• Introductory Lesson, Lesson Overviews, Culminating Activity, and Materials
  
• Lesson 1 - Writing A Research Report
  
• Report Worksheets
  
• Lesson 2 - Writing A Narrative
  
• "Grandpa" Worksheets
  
• Lesson 3 - Writing Poetry
  
• Terezin Overheads
  
• Lesson 4 - Writing An Editorial
  
• Writing a Thesis Statement Worksheet
  
• Writing an Introduction Worksheet
  

Writing Your Thesis Statement

To create a thesis statement for your own research report, think about your research and your main idea.

1. My paper's main idea is:




2. Some of the most important ideas I learned in my research are:






Review the approaches listed below. Which approaches would work best with your topic? Pick two of them. (If you are writing about a current problem, you might want to pick "point out a cause and effect relationship" and "define something." If you are writing about famous works of art, you might select "compare and contrast" and "classification.") Then write two thesis statements - one for each selected approach. Read the two thesis statements carefully. Which one expresses what you most want to say about your topic? Circle that statement.

- Explain how something works, using a step-by-step process.
- Compare and contrast people, events, or ideas.
- Define something.
- Classify by dividing things into groups with common characteristics.
- Point out a cause-and-effect relationship.


3. Thesis statement one:





4. Thesis statement two:







Writer's Choice: Research Paper and Report Writing

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