09.+Generating+a+Thesis

Go to the Empire State College tutorial on Developing a Thesis and work through the exercises, reading carefully.

The Thesis Generator is a fabulous tool, but you'll have to do some research into your topic before you can use it. You will need to have the following:
 * an opinion about your topic,
 * two pieces of evidence to support that opinion, and
 * one significant argument //against// your opinion.

Once you've found those basic pieces, go to Thesis Generator and see what evolves. Is it better, worse or equal to than the one you created from reading the ESC site? Post both thesis statements to the Discussion Board. Write about your preference and give reasons for your choice.

The Extended Essay is really just an expansion of the Five-Paragraphy Essay, but do you really know what that is? If you want a review, go to the Five-paragraph Essay Review from TeacherTube

You have the following document, Presearching Student Organizer, as a hard copy. However, I think it will be so useful to you in any research-based project that you undertake in the next few years, that I've included a link to it as well. Download it, save it and use it whenever you want.