Evaluating sources - High School

A thesis statement is a complete sentence. A thesis statement is not a question.

Which of these is a thesis statement?

• A. Knowing a foreign language.

• B. Why should people know a foreign language?

• C. Knowing a foreign language is a very useful skill. It can help one advance in a career, relate better to others, and open one's mind to the ideas of another culture.

These are some sample essay questions. Based on the question, choose the best thesis statement.

You have been asked to write an article for the school newsletter to list strategies that students themselves can adopt which will help them master the English Language.

• A. English Language should be learned because it is used worldwide in all fields including education and business strategies.

• B. Some strategies that students can adopt to help them use English Language proficiently include using the language in conversations and reading a lot.

A report in The New York Times reporting about the pandemic.(Can be more than one answer listed below)

• Scholarly source

• Secondary source

• Non-scholarly source

• Primary source

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Documents written by experts or scholars discussing results of scholarly works like research.

• books

• scholarly articles

• government document

• reference materials

• news/magazines

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Sources providing answers to questions such as statistics, maps, background information (re)directing to additional resources.

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Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The collection of information from primary and secondary sources.

• Third source

• Second hand source

• Tertiary Sources

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9