Sometimes my students struggle when trying to craft their own thesis statements. In hopes of remedying this, I have created this PowerPoint presentation. There are three slides meant to reinforce the purpose and depth of thesis statements and supporting details--a thesis is broad and sort of open-ended; a supporting detail is specific and clear, and clearly related to the thesis.
Following that, there is a short "game". There are four statements, and students must decide (either by voting, or