an activity that requires

organization and through

it starts as a chaotic
process; more is needed in
terms of preparation
WHY DO YOU THINK WRITING
IS A PROCESS OR STEP?
 of
Thesis Statement
and
Outline
 Thesis
Statement
 the claim or stand that you
will develop in your paper.
It is the controlling idea of your
essay.
 It gives your readers idea of what
your paper is all about.
COMPONENTS OF WRITING
THINK OF YOUR OWN THESIS STATEMENT.

AFTER 3 MINUTES SHARE IT IN CLASS.

WHAT MAKES YOUR THESIS
STATEMENT INTERESTING?
 DO YOU THINK YOUR THESIS
STATEMENT IS STRONGER? WHY?
 DEVELOPING YOUR THESIS STATEMENT
1. A strong thesis statement
usually contains an element of
uncertainty, risk or challenge.
This means that your thesis
statement should offer a
debatable claim that you can
prove or disprove in your essay.
COMPONENTS OF WRITING: THESIS STATEMENT
 DEVELOPING YOUR THESIS STATEMENT
Example:
Poor example: What is
plagiarism?
Question: How can you
improve the thesis
statement?
COMPONENTS OF WRITING: THESIS STATEMENT
 DEVELOPING YOUR THESIS STATEMENT

2. Your thesis
statement should not
merely announce
something or state a
fact.
COMPONENTS OF WRITING: THESIS STATEMENT
 DEVELOPING YOUR THESIS STATEMENT
Example:
“Women and men are born to
perform specific roles”
Question: Is this an example
of good thesis statement?
Why?
COMPONENTS OF WRITING: THESIS STATEMENT
 DEVELOPING YOUR THESIS STATEMENT

Example:
“Women and men are born to
perform specific roles”
Question: How can you
improve our given example?
COMPONENTS OF WRITING: THESIS STATEMENT
 DEVELOPING YOUR THESIS STATEMENT

3. You should give your

thesis tension by
introducing ideas that
may challenge your
reader’s view.
COMPONENTS OF WRITING: THESIS STATEMENT
 Outlining
an effective way of ensuring
the logical flow of your ideas.
With regard to format there
are two types: The traditional
and standard.
COMPONENTS OF WRITING
 WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES OF
TRADITIONAL AND STANDARD FORMAT?
 EXAMPLE:
TRADITIONAL FORMAT
Title of Work: Units of a Research
University
I. College of Medicine
A. Community Medicine
B. Pathology
II. College of Engineering
A. Industrial Engineering
B. Chemical Engineering
C. Mechanical Engineering
III. School of Fine Arts
A. Painting
B. Sculpture
IV. College of Liberal Arts
A. Political Sciences
B. History
C. Literature
COMPONENTS OF WRITING: OUTLINING
STANDARD FORMAT
Title of Work: Units of a Research
University
1.0. College of Medicine
1.1. Community Medicine
1.2. Pathology
2.0. College of Engineering
2.1. Industrial Engineering
2.2. Chemical Engineering
2.3. Mechanical Engineering
3.0. School of Fine Arts
3.1. Painting
3.2. Sculpture
IV.0 College of Liberal Arts
IV.1 Political Sciences
4.2. History
4.3. Literature
 ORGANIZING YOUR PAPER
1. Support your thesis
statement with sufficient
evidence, data, and
example.
 ORGANIZING YOUR PAPER
2. Organizing your ideas
means finding the
connections of one point to
another and establishing a
link from one
idea to another.
 ORGANIZING YOUR PAPER
3. Outlining is an effective
way of ensuring the
logical flow of your ideas.
WHAT IS AN
a short piece of writing
that tells a person’s
thoughts or opinions
about a subject.
PARTS OF AN
PARTS OF AN ESSAY
PARTS OF AN ESSAY: INTRODUCTION

for academic essay, it provides a

background of your topic, poses a
question regarding the topic, explains
how the question is problematic and
significant, and gives the writer’s thesis
statement
PARTS OF AN ESSAY

B
O
D
Y
PARTS OF AN ESSAY: BODY
this is where the bulk
of the essay is found
and where you
develop an answer or
propose a solution to
the thesis statement
that you have given in
the introduction.
PARTS OF AN ESSAY
PARTS OF AN ESSAY: CONCLUSION
should bring together the points
made in your paper and emphasize
your final point. The conclusion may
also leave a thought-provoking idea
that you wish your audience to
consider
 According to Murray (2005),

“WRITING IS REVISING”
Post-Writing Process
Two processes involved in
post-writing.
Post-Writing Process
According to Murray (2005:273)
REVISING is re-seeing the entire
draft so that the writer can deal
with the large issues that must be
resolved before he or she deals with
the line-by-line, word by word
issues involved
in EDITING.
ACTIVITY
Accomplish the table below.
Write an initial draft of your thesis statement.
Aspects of Planning Response
Topic
Title of your essay
Purpose
Audience
Role