Flash Writing

Flash Writing :
Connecting Thesis Statements to Topic Sentences

​Mrs. Dimos
2024

Flash Writing:

Identify the type of prompt, then write a thesis statement

and outline using three topic sentences.

Example 1:

While every subject in school has it benefits, some are more helpful in the real world than others. Think about one subject in school that you will use in your future—whether in college, career or personal life. Write to explain why that subject will best help you prepare for your future.

Example 2:

At a time when tension is growing between communities and local law enforcement, an increasing number of police departments around the country are outfitting their patrol officers with body cameras. Write an essay in which you argue whether or not all police officers should be required to wear body cameras.

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Multiple Choice

Parents seem to love posting videos and photos of their children online, sometimes for the whole world to see. But are children going to grow up regretting being a viral star? Should they somehow have a say in the matter? Write an essay in which you argue whether parents are violating their children’s privacy when they share photos and videos of them online.

What type of prompt is this?

• Informative

• Argumentative

• Narrative

• It isn't a prompt

Multiple Choice

• Parents seem to love posting videos and photos of their children online, sometimes for the whole world to see. But are children going to grow up regretting being a viral star? Should they somehow have a say in the matter? Write an essay in which you argue whether parents are violating their children’s privacy when they share photos and videos of them online.

Based on the prompt, what is the best thesis statement?

• I think parents should be allowed to post their kids online if they want to.

• Sometimes parents are violating privacy but sometimes they aren't.

• Parents are violating children's privacy because children should have a choice, it could impact their future, and it could impact their safety.

• Parents are violating privacy of students for many reasons.

Reorder

Parents are violating children's privacy because children should have a choice, it could impact their future, and it could impact their safety.

Based on the thesis statement, place the topic sentences in the correct order.

• One reason that parents are violating their children's privacy is because children should have a choice of what information about them gets posted online.

• Another reason that parents are violating their children's privacy is because the posts could impact a child's future.

• The final reason that parents are violating their children's privacy is because it can impact a child's safety.

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Multiple Choice

Homework is part of school, however, lately there has been public backlash against too much of it. Do teachers give too much homework, or is it a necessary part of learning? Write an essay in which you argue whether or not teachers give too much homework. 

What type of prompt is this?

• Informative

• Argumentative

• Narrative

• It is not a prompt

Multiple Choice

Homework is part of school, however, lately there has been public backlash against too much of it. Do teachers give too much homework, or is it a necessary part of learning? Write an essay in which you argue whether or not teachers give too much homework. 

Based on the prompt, which is the best thesis statement.

• Teachers give too much homework because students are at school all day, they deserve to have free time and some of them work.

• I think teachers give too much homework because students are at school all day, they deserve to have free time and some of them work.

• Teachers give too much homework.

• Do teachers give too much homework, or is it a necessary part of learning?

Reorder

Teachers give too much homework because students are at school all day, they deserve to have free time and some of them work.

Based on the thesis statement, place the following topic sentences in the correct order.

• Teachers give too much homework because students are already at school all day and shouldn't have to do more work.

• Teachers give too much homework because students deserve free time.

• Teachers give too much homework because some students have jobs outside of school.

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Open Ended

Some people feel that the public school system does not adequately prepare students for the real world. Identify one improvement you think schools need to make in order to better prepare students for life after high school. Write a letter to the school board in which you describe this improvement and explain why it is needed.

Based on this prompt, please create a thesis statement where you give your opinion and 3 reasons why. Then provide 3 topic sentences, in the correct order, to match that thesis statement.