Informational Writing

Open Ended

If you were a teacher how would you know if your students understood what  they have read? What should they be able to tell you?

Informational writing prompts are your way of proving you understand, analyze, and explain information clearly just like you would in real life.

Multiple Choice

What is a thesis statement?

• A general idea overview of the topic
• A summary of the main idea
• A statement that explains the main idea of an essay
• A suggestion that you should read the essay

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of a thesis statement?

• To be a pretty sentence
• To be a sentence in your introduction
• To introduce your paper to the reader
• To explain what your essay will be about

Multiple Choice

How long should a thesis statement be?

• One paragraph
• One essay
• One sentence
• One word

Multiple Choice

The thesis statement should express a main idea that links to supporting points

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

High school sports have a positive influence on high school students because they teach social skills, reinforce time management skills, and provide exercise to students.

• Good thesis

• Bad thesis

Multiple Choice

Burma is a country in Southeast Asia.

• Good thesis

• Bad thesis

Multiple Choice

In Hacket and Goodrich's play, we see many characters with different personalities, giving rise to the theme of personality conflict.

• Good thesis

• Bad thesis

Multiple Choice

Because high school offers more class choices, increased personal freedoms, and additional extracurricular activities, it is a better educational institution than middle school.

• Good thesis

• Bad thesis

Multiple Choice

Through the selection of characters, setting, and point of view, "A Rose for Emily" examines the consequences of social discrimination.

• Good thesis

• Bad thesis

Multiple Choice

"The Road Not Taken" and from Call Me Maria, both share a common theme.

• Good thesis

• Bad thesis

Multiple Choice

Which of the following choices, would be the best way to make this bad thesis "'The Road Not Taken' and from Call Me Maria, both share a common theme." a good one?

• "The Road Not Taken" and from Call Me Maria share a common theme about making decisions.

• By using first person point of view in the works "The Road Not Taken" and from Call Me Maria, Robert Frost and Judith Ortiz Cofer are able to showcase the common theme that decisions are not always easy to make.

• It is easy to see that both Frost and Cofer wrote stories that share the same theme.

Multiple Choice

Choose the strong thesis.

•  I would like to become a chef when I finish school
•  Although both chefs and cooks can prepare fine meals, chefs differ from cooks in   education, professional commitment, and artistry.