ENG 100 Week Eight. INDEPENDENT WORK Practice Writing Thesis Statements for the Following Prompts (Pick two). Should schools start later in the day? Should

ENG 100Week Eight

INDEPENDENT WORKPractice Writing Thesis Statements for the Following Prompts (Pick two).

• Should schools start later in the day?

• Should schools ban the sale of junk food in school?

• Should college athletes be paid for playing?

• Should students be paid for having good grades?

• Should students have to pass a basic skills test to graduate high school?

INDEPENDENT WORKPick up the handout from the bookcase. Label the following Thesis Statements in the following way:

• Draw a square around the topic.

• Put a check mark above the arguable adverb.

• Underline the claim.

• Circle the universal theme or idea (what is it that everyone can relate to?)

• Number the points with a 1,2, and 3.

Then make notes about how to improve the thesis under each.

INDEPENDENT WORKThesis Review – 1st Pd.

• Obviously, students should get

payed for having good grades,

because ① they try hard and should

be rewarded for their efforts, ②it

will make them try harder, and

③pay attention in class.

• COMMENTS: payed = paid,

parallelism


Schools should start later in the day

because; kids will learn more, kids will

be more energized, and there won’t be

any stupid breaks.

COMMENTS: Adverb? Why the semicolon? Parallelism.

Stupid?


Schools shouldn’t ban the sale of junk food in school.

Obviously, ❶ it’s the child’s decision to get the food,

not the school’s fault that they decided to get it. If

they banned junk food in school, ❷ there wouldn’t be

anything for kids with extracurricular activities after

school, ❸ the school would lose money from the

sales and I believe if they want to buy it, they should

be able to because it’s their decision.


Schools shouldn’t ban the sale of junk food in school.

Obviously, ❶ it’s the child’s decision to get the food,

not the school’s fault that they decided to get it. If

they banned junk food in school, ❷ there wouldn’t be

anything for kids with extracurricular activities after

school, and ❸ the school would lose money from the

sales and I believe if they want to buy it, they

should be able to because it’s their decision.


Students should clearly pass a basic skills test

to graduate high school. ❶Some students

don’t know anything, but still pass with a low D.

❷Some teachers don’t like teaching the student

regardless of their grade, they will pass them. And

finally, ❸some people will go and work at jobs

when they graduate but never know what to do.


Students should clearly pass a basic skills test

to graduate high school. because ❶Some

students don’t know anything, but still pass with a

low D, ❷Some teachers don’t like teaching the

student and regardless of their grade, they will pass

them, and finally, ❸some people will go and work at

jobs when they graduate but never know what to do.

INDEPENDENT WORKThesis Practice – 1st Pd.

College athletes certainly should not

get paid for playing because ❶ its

playing for a school, ❷that’s and unfair

method of recruitment, and ❸ if they are

good enough to be paid in college, they

can just go to a professional team.

INDEPENDENT WORKThesis Practice – 2nd Pd.

Incentivization for grades seems to

undermine the system as a whole, thus, I

stand in opposition of the idea of paying

fro grades as it makes grades inept,

inaccurate, and furthermore a nasty-

Americanized way of __________

gratification versus that of actual

knowledge.


If school started later in the day students

would be more likely to have a better

attitude and be more attentive in class

because they would not be tired.


Schools shouldn’t ban the sale of junk food

because it takes away from choices, it

limits the profits of the school, and it

restricts the less fortunate.


Students should have to pass a basic skills

test to graduate high school because

that’s what all your schools have

prepared you for, the basics, and if you

can’t pass it then how could you pass real

life basic “tests”? The students who

actually gave forth effort have the right

to move on because they would pass.


College athletes should not be paid

because, one, many schools, like MSU,

cannot give their teachers raises, and

two, it is a sport for fun and if athletes

are paid they will devote more time to

sports and less to classes.


Schools should not start later in the day

because some kids would get home very

late, there would be no time with

families, and there would be no time with

families, and we would not get enough

time for homework.

INDEPENDENT WORKThesis Practice – 3rd Pd.

Students should clearly get paid for having

good grades because those kids try the

hardest in classes, the kids with good

grades try their best so they can get

scholarships and grants for college and

they are better behaved than other

students.


Schools should clearly start later in the

day, because studies show students will

get higher grades, kids will be well rest

for school, and kids will not be as angry

to go to school.


Absolutely, schools should not ban the sale of junk

food in school because students should be able to

choose what they want to eat, the food is bought

by the student which means someone else

shouldn’t decide if they should or should not by

that food, and just because the schools ban junk

food, doesn’t mean that will made the students

healthier.


Students should absolutely have to pass a basic

skills test to graduate because they’ll have to

know basic skills in the real world, they’ll need

some way to know which skills they need to work

on, and they’ll need to know what they’ll be good

at.


College athletes should clearly not

be paid for playing because it

would be expensive, it isn’t

necessary for them to play, and it

warps the purpose of college.


Obviously college athletes shouldn’t be

paid for playing. They already have

scholarships that pay for tuition anyway,

if they go pro they will make way more

money that most people, and its just

unfair for all the students who have to

pay so much for school.

INDEPENDENT WORKThesis Practice – 5th Pd.

Clearly students should be paid for having

good grades because they are doing well,

they would want to do better if they got

paid, and they would feel proud of

themselves for doing good.


It is extremely practical for schools to start later in the day.

Starting school in the day will benefit everyone involved in

going to school. Everybody would love to have an extra

hour of sleep in the morning I’m sure. Starting school later

in the day would help kids to think and work more

effectively since they could get a little extra, much needed

sleep. It would allow for the early morning bus and car

rides to be safer since the sun will have already been out.

It will also prevent those annoying one and two hour

delays in the winter months because of snow because the

light snow from the night would have melted already.


It is obvious that schools should ban

the sale of junk food because it’s

unhealthy, it’s a inhibitor of

appetite for lunch and a destraction

form learning.


Students obviously shouldn’t have to

pass a basic skills test to graduate

because they’ve already passed

their classes, it would be a waste of

money, and some students aren’t

good test takers.


College athletes should definitely not be paid for

playing, this would ruin the public view at college

and collegiate scores, because by having

scholarship athletes are already being payed

through education, this would take away from the

competitive nature of college spots, and if

athletes go payed then emphasis would be

switched form having good grades to being

athletic.


Schools definitely shouldn’t ban junk

food because their options

shouldn’t be limited, some people

can afford to have it, and it helps

wakes people up to do work in

school.


• Should students’ grades in gym affect their grade point averages?

• Should girls be allowed to play on boys sports teams?

• Should teenage girls be allowed to get birth control without the permission of their parents?

• Should school athletes have to be on the honor roll to play in games?

• Should music with curse words be allowed at school dances?

INDEPENDENT WORKPick up the handout from the bookcase. Label the following Thesis Statements in the following way:

• Draw a square around the topic.

• Put a check mark above the arguable adverb.

• Underline the claim.

• Circle the universal theme or idea (what is it that everyone can relate to?)

• Number the points with a 1,2, and 3.


• Should teens be able to buy violent video games?

• Should boys and girls be in separate classes?

• Should schools offer fast food options like McDonalds or Taco Bell?

• Should smoking be allowed at parks and other outdoor public venues?

• Should cities offer free public wi-fi?

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ENG 100 Week Eight. INDEPENDENT WORK Practice Writing Thesis Statements for the Following Prompts (Pick two). Should schools start later in the day? Should