Stating the Thesis Statement of an

Academic Text
- Thesis Statement and Topic Sentence
- Explicit and Implicit Thesis Statement
- Good thesis statement
Review of the Previous Lesson
•Assignment? Asa na?
•THE Sea IS calm and I am on the
Seashore TAking my TimE enjoying the
moMENT.
Answer:
•THESIS STATEMENT
Questions:

1. What is a thesis statement? Or who

can give me key words or concepts of
a thesis statement?
• It is a sentence.
Questions:

2. What kind of sentence is a thesis

statement?

A sentence that expresses the main idea of a

research paper or an essay.
A Thesis Statement…
• expresses main idea.
• tells the reader what the paper is about
and helps guide the writer and keep his
arguments or ideas focused.
 A Thesis Statement…
• is not a topic sentence.
•A topic sentence on the other hand is different
from the thesis statement.
•The thesis paper tells what the entire paper is
about. It is used to define the purpose of the
paper, to argue or to state a point.
 A Thesis Statement…
•While the topic sentence shows only what the
paragraph is about. It is sometimes called the
focus sentence in the paragraph.
 2 Types of Thesis Statement
•The implicit and explicit.
• An implicit thesis statement implies the paper’s
main idea. No “I” statements should be used.
• Example: Studying for the exam is a difficult
task while balancing work, school and family,
for it creates problems with time management.
 2 Types of Thesis Statement
• Explicit statements are simple statements.
• It expresses the paper’s main idea with “I”
statements.
• Example, “I am going to study for the coming
summative exam”.
The things Helps you start drafting.
that thesis
statement Helps keep you focused.
does for Helps to narrow your subject to a
single, central idea.
you:
Serves as a point of reference if
changes occur.
Activity: Spot a Good Thesis Statement
Early on in life, people develop an admiration for heroes. In an essay,
discuss a person you admire and why you chose this person.

Option A
•One person I admire is Babe Ruth, who played baseball from 1914
until 1935.
Option B
•One person I admire is Babe Ruth, the greatest baseball player of all
time.
Activity: Spot a Good Thesis Statement
Discuss the social, political and economic effects of World War II on
the United States.
Option A
•World War II was a costly war that had a major impact on the
economy of the United States.
Option B
• World War II not only affected the economy of the United States,
but also altered the role of the American government and the
American people forever.
Activity: Spot a Good Thesis Statement
Describe three physical features of Latin America and their
importance to the region.
Option A
•The Andes Mountains, the Amazon River and Yucatan Peninsula are
the three most significant physical features in Latin America.
Option B
•Three physical features found in Latin America are the Andes
Mountains, the Amazon River and the Yucatan Peninsula, which are
all vital to the region.
Activity: Spot a Good Thesis Statement
In South-East Asia, globalization has played a big role in the
developing economies of the region. Discuss the positive and
negative effects of globalization in one South-East Asian country.
Option A
•Globalization in Philippines has offered solutions to poverty for
some and created more severe poverty for others.
Option B
•In Philippines, globalization has meant new jobs for Philippines’s
emerging middle class.
 Activity: Spot a Good Thesis Statement
Discuss the effect of climate and the vegetation on Isabela. Be sure to discuss
the factors contributing to climate, and the impact human activity has on the
vegetation.
Option A
•Human activity is altering the vegetation of Isabela and causing
desertification, which will have devastating effects on the people of the region.
Option B
•Even though the climate and vegetation of Isabela varies as a result of latitude
and human activity, they are still the two most important factors in
determining the quality of life.
Questions you need to answer when writing a thesis
statement?
• Did I address all parts of the prompt?
• Can I argue against this statement?
•Will I address all this in my essay?
•Is it grammatically correct?
•A thesis statement is the controlling idea
that you will develop in your paper.
•This can be found usually at the end of an
introduction.
•A thesis statement can be one sentence.
•However, if necessary, it can also be two or
three sentences.
Elements of a Thesis Statement
1. Topic. The topic of your paper.
2. Argument/Claim. This depends on the type of
paper you are writing. If it is an argumentative
paper, then this should express your opinion. If it
is a research or explanatory paper, this should
explain the purpose of your paper.
3. Evidence. The support for your argument/claim.
 If you already have these three elements, you can
combine them to create your thesis statement.

• Example 1: (argumentative)
1. Topic – The Harry Potter book series
2. Argument – stole many fantastical elements from The Lord of
the Rings series
3. Evidence – giant spiders, dangerous hooded undead creatures
(Dementors and Nazgul), and a wise mentor.
 The Harry Potter book series stole
many fantastical elements from the Lord
of the Rings series. Some of the uncanny
similarities include giant spiders,
dangerous hooded undead creatures, and
a wise mentor that the hero must learn to
survive without.
Example 2 (Research/explanatory)
1. Topic – Cheese
2. Argument – has healthy tendencies
3. Evidence – calcium helps bones and teeth,
boosts the growth of good bacteria in the gut,
and the protein helps cells repair themselves
 Research has shown that cheese has
healthy tendencies because its calcium
provides necessary nutrients for the
growth of bone and teeth, it boosts the
growth of food bacteria in the gut, and it
has protein that helps cells repair
themselves.
By-Pair Activity
Directions: In pair, read the following thesis
statements and on a separate piece of paper,
identify each as weak or strong. For those that are
weak, list the reasons why. Then revise the weak
statements so that they conform to the
requirements of a strong/good thesis.
1.The subject of this paper is my experience
with ferrets as pets.
2. The government must expand its funding
for research on renewable energy resources
in order to prepare for the impending end of
oil.
3. Edgar Allan Poe was a poet who lived in
Baltimore during the nineteenth century.
4. In this essay, I will give you lots of reasons why
slot machines should not be legalized in Baltimore.
5. Because many children’s toys have potential
safety hazards that could lead to injury, it is clear
that not all children’s toys are safe.
6. My experience with young children has taught
me that I want to be a disciplinary parent because I
believe that a child without discipline can be a
Questions:
1. What have you learned from today?
2. What’s the difference of a thesis
statement and a topic sentence?
3. How about the explicit and implicit thesis
statement? What are their differences?
Questions:
4. What is the importance of thesis statement,
and what are the thigs we should remember?
5. When we are writing a thesis statement
what are the questions we should always
remember?
 Assignment:
Directions: One of the best practices of an
effective writer is to write an exact thesis
statement that leads to a good composition. Your
final task is to write an essay that requires a thesis
statement to provide a specific focus and suggest
how the essay will be organized.
Outline
Reading
Text
Review of the previous lesson
1. What are those tips in reading
Academic Text?
2. How those tips helped you?
Do you experience making an outline? Or
do you know how to make an outline?
 Outline
•…is usually in a form of a list divided into
headings and subheadings that distinguish main
points from supporting points.

Writing an Outline
1.Format your outline
2.Indent your outline
 Tips in creating a reading outline
1. Read the entire text.
2. Locate the main ideas.
3. Look for key phrases.
4. Locate the topic sentence.
5. Arrange the contents according to levels.
6. Evaluate the supporting details.
7. Go back to the text to check whether you have
GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. What is Outline?
2. How to make an ouline?
Activity (Research)
1. Give (3) Three tips in creating a
reading outline.
2. How those (3) Three will help you in
creating a reading outline?
Guidelines in Writing an Outline:
•Place the title at the center above the outline.
•Every level of the outline must have at least
two items (I and II, A and B, 1 and 2).
•Put a period after each numeral and letter.
•Indent each new level of the outline.
 Guidelines in Writing an Outline:
• All items of one kind (roman numerals, capital letters,
Arabic numerals) should lineup with each other.
• Capitalize the first letter of each item.
• The terms Introduction, Body, and Conclusion do not
have to be included in the outline. They are not topics;
they are merely organizational units in the writer’s
mind.
Example
Benjamin
Franklin –
Scientist and
Inventor
Application
•Make an outline of the text entitled Love
Is a Fallacy by Max Shulman.

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Reminder:
Short quiz tomorrow.