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COLOR-CODING/STRUCTURE ACTIVITY

Part 1: Check: does the thesis respond directly to the essential question?

Instructions:Take five minutes to highlight the subject of the thesis statement in olive green, and the claim of the thesis statement in red.

EQ: What is one reason that violence against women continues in American society, and how can people be transformative (in other words, how can they do things differently in order to remedy that problem)?

Thesis: Violence against women continues in America because many people don’t know the signs that a woman is being abused. However, if people were better educated about the signs of domestic violence, violence would decrease.

Part 2: Identify the thesis key terms that you will need to support with a topic sentence.

Instructions: Take five minutes to highlight each thesis key term in a different color.

Thesis: Violence against women continues in America because many people don’t know the signs that a woman is being abused. However, if people were better educated about the signs of domestic violence, violence would decrease.

Part 3 and 4:Check: does each thesis key term have one or more supporting topic sentences?

Check: does each topic sentence connect back to at least one thesis key term?

Instructions: Take five minutes to highlight each topic sentence in the same color as the thesis key term it supports.

Topic sentences:

  • Many people don’t know some of the major signs of abuse.
  • Not knowing the signs of abuse means that people won’t be able to help the victim, which can have serious consequences.
  • Schools should teach more about the signs of domestic violence so children can grow up aware of what to look for.
  • There should be more public advertisement of the signs of domestic violence.

Part 5: Identify the topic sentence key terms that will need to be analyzed as you write.

Instructions: Take five minutes to highlight thetopic sentence key terms that will need to be analyzed or supported as you write your paper.

Topic sentences:

  • Many people don’t know some of the major signs of abuse.
  • Not knowing the signs of abuse means that people won’t be able to help the victim, which can have serious consequences.
  • Schools should teach more about the signs of domestic violence so children can grow up aware of what to look for.
  • There should be more public advertisement of the signs of domestic violence.