Name:_____________________________________________

Date: ________________________________ Period _____

Write Your Own Thesis
Part 1
Instructions: Read the introductory paragraph below. Underline the
thesis statement. Place a check mark by the supporting sentences
that make the thesis believable to the reader.
If you are a teenager you undoubtedly engage in many forms of social media such as
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapcheck, texting, Myspace, or Email. The ease of posting and
accessing personal information is the most dangerous problem teens face today. Photos shared
through a texting device can get posted for all to see on Facebook, strangers can readily access
personal information, and teens can easily be lured by catfishing predators.

Part II

Instructions: Re-write the thesis to reflect your opinion:

Issue My opinion The issue and my

opinion strongly
worded = Thesis

Part III
Instructions: List three follow-up pieces of evidence that make your
thesis believable to the reader.

1.

2.

3.