The document provides instructions for students to build a thesis statement and outline for a paper analyzing the children's story "Jack and the Beanstalk". It has students choose facts and opinions to compose a thesis about whether the story is good, bad, awesome, or terrible. It then has them outline three supporting paragraphs analyzing Jack commits crimes, Jack disobeys his mother, Jack gets money for his family, Jack almost gets killed, Jack meets a giant, or Jack doesn’t follow directions. The document encourages students to then build their own thesis on a topic of their choice supported by an opinion and three facts.

2. Bad

3. Jack commits crimes

4. Jack disobeys his mother

5. Terrible

6. Jack gets money for his family

7. Jack almost gets killed

8. Awesome

9. Jack meets a giant

10. Jack doesn’t follow directions

11. Jack makes his family happy

13. ________________________________________________________________

14. ________________________________________________________________Once you have all your information you can create your thesis statement. Combine all that information into one sentence. REMEMBER: Don’t use I, my, we, or you, and never say, “This paper is about . . .”. It’s okay if your sentence seems to be long, it is very important that your thesis statement be one (1) sentence!<br />Your thesis statement: _________________________________________________<br />____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br />If you were going to write a paper now what would your first supporting paragraph be about? _____________________________________________________________<br />___________________________________________________________________<br />What would your second supporting paragraph be about? _____________________<br />___________________________________________________________________<br />What would your third supporting paragraph be about? _______________________<br />___________________________________________________________________<br />When you’re finished or if you have questions let Ms. Herzl know!<br />