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LESSON TWO: Writing THESIS statements that relate CONCEPTS  

Learning Goals:

1. Read closely to determine what a text says.
2. Select key diction, details, images from a text, notice patterns among them, and draw conclusions that connect to conceptual ideas about the text.
3. Write a thesis sentence connecting to the associative concept.

I Model:

• "A Noiseless Patient Spider" by Walt Whitman NoiselessPatientSpider.docx

Practice Together:

• "My Wood" by E.M. Forster  My Wood.pdf

You Do It By Yourself:

• Share Your Thesis (via Concept Board in Google Drive)