Anti-Roosevelt/Anti-Fireside Chat Speech

Opening activity: Brainstorm qualities of "good" thesis statements.

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Your Thesis Statement Should:

  1. Sum up the main point of your paper (speech)

  2. Be 1-2 sentences long

  3. Appear at the end of your introduction

Your Thesis Statement Should Include:

  1. Your criticisim of the other side (Roosevelt)

  2. A short overview of your plan

  3. An argument of why your plan is better than R's

US II: Thesis Statement Organizer
DEMO US II: Thesis Statement Organizer



Practice Activity: Work through the sample thesis statements to rewrite them into stronger statements.

US II: Thesis Statement Practice