English I Identify Prompt & Thesis Practice

Identify Prompt & Write Thesis

Multiple Choice

Which paragraph is the prompt?

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Multiple Choice

What is the prompt?

• Write a well-organized essay that uses specific evidence from the article to support your

  answer.

• Read the article "When the World Feels Dark, Seek Out Delight." Based on the information in the article, write a response to the following:

• Explain how seeking delight can be beneficial for someone.

• Remember to: paragraph

Reorder

Reorder the thesis responding to the prompt: Explain how seeking delight can be beneficial for someone.

• Seeking delight

• can be

• beneficial for

• someone by

• (reason #1) and (reason #2)

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Multiple Select

What question/direction words are NOT included in the thesis from the prompt: Explain how seeking delight can be beneficial for someone.

• can be

• Explain

• for

• how

Match

Match the following prompts with the FIRST WORDS in their THESIS.

• Explain how seeking delight can be beneficial for someone.

• Argue who has the greater responsibility in school: students or teachers.

• Write a letter to a school board member in which you argue whether or not school is a positive environment for students.

• Explain what makes seeking delight a challenging thing to do. 

• Argue why seeking delight is important.

Seeking delight can be...

The greater responsibility in school...

School is/is not a positive...

Seeking delight is a challenging...

Seeking delight is important because...

• Seeking delight can be...

• The greater responsibility in school...

• School is/is not a positive...

• Seeking delight is a challenging...

• Seeking delight is important because...

Fill in the Blank

What are the first three words of the THESIS that responds to the prompt: Explain what makes seeking delight a challenging thing to do. 

Drag and Drop

Prompt: Argue whether Mrs. Lapidus made the right decision to let Gogol choose his name. 



Thesis: ​

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made the right ​

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to let ​

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choose his name ​

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(reason #1) and (reason #2).

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Mrs.

Lapidus

Gogol

decision

because

Labelling

Identify the important words that we will use in the THESIS and the question/direction words we will NOT use in the THESIS.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Direction/Question Words (DO NOT USE)

Important Word (USE!)

Draw

CIRCLE the Question/Direction Words (there are 2 words) that we will NOT USE in our THESIS.

Draw

Circle everything EXCEPT the Direction/Question Words in the prompt.

Fill in the Blank

What are the first TWO words in the thesis that answers the prompt: Write a letter to a school board member in which you argue whether or not school is a positive environment for students.

Multiple Choice

Choose the THESIS that responds to the prompt: Argue whether or not Mrs. Lapidus made the right decision to let Gogol choose his own name.

• Gogol should not have gotten to choose his own name because (reason 1) & (reason 2). 

• Mrs. Lapidus made the wrong decision to let Gogol choose his own name because (reason 1) & (reason 2).

Multiple Choice

Choose the THESIS that responds to the prompt: Argue whether or not Gogol’s parents should have had the final say in choosing Gogol’s name.

• Gogol’s parents should not have had the final say in choosing Gogol’s name because (reason 1) & (reason 2).

• Gogol’s parents had no right because (reason #1) & (reason #2).

Multiple Choice

Choose the THESIS that best responds to the prompt: Explain how Gogol is characterized in the story. 

• Gogol is characterized in the story as shy because ____ & ____. 

• Gogol is shy because ____ & ____.

Multiple Choice

Choose the THESIS that BEST responds to this prompt: Argue Explain how Gogol’s father, Ashoke, is characterized in the story.

• Gogol’s father, Ashoke, is characterized as stern and compassionate because _____ & _____.

• Gogol’s father is stern and compassionate because _____ & ____ .