Works pupils through how to write a thesis statement for GCSE.

The purpose of this lesson is to build students鈥� confidence in thesis writing, linking the thesis statement to the body of the essay and encourages聽students to explore the thought process behind each step. The purpose of this lesson is to 鈥榙emystify鈥� the writing process. This lesson seeks to explicitly teach one strategy to tackling essay writing.

The slides walk students through a heavily scaffolded, step-by-step process, which, by the end of the lesson students will have practiced the skill of essay/rhetorical writing and will have exercised the聽thought process that goes into each聽section.

In the 鈥楻esources鈥� section, there are a range of texts that you can choose from which can be used to explore the 鈥榪uestion鈥� used to model the process. The questions is聽鈥楬ow does the writer present聽attitudes towards love?鈥�. The teacher has the freedom to choose from a range of texts (can be found at the end of this PPT under the 鈥楻ESOURCES鈥� section). Teachers can choose from:
Shelley鈥檚 鈥楲ove鈥檚 Philosophy鈥�
Barrett Browning鈥檚 鈥楽onnet 29鈥�
Extract from a Guardian newspaper article on the science behind love
Extract from the novel 鈥榃ar Horse鈥�