Forming a Thesis, Organizing Your Evidence, & Avoiding Plagiarism

Students submit their forty (minimum) note cards.

Mr. Stone gave credit to students who brought their copy of Diana Hacker's A Pocket Style Manual (Fifth Edition).
He read and discussed pp. 104-109 and pp. 120-122 of Hacker's manual.

Mr. Stone stated that a genus differentia definition classifies the item and describes how it is different from itmes in the same class or family.

Homework:

1. Turn your primary question into a thesis statement. Since this is a factual report, the students' thesis will be a generalization of facts as opposed to an argumentative claim.

2. Arrange your subtopics into a meaningful order.