1. Warm Up 10/5 Solve this murder:
A man is found murdered—stabbed multiple times in the chest. The blood is soaking through the carpet he is lying on.
His wife says that another man broke in through their window and stabbed her husband after insisted on money. A number of valuables are missing.
A knife is found but the prints on it are smeared.
The window is broken and shards of glass are found all over the lawn outside.
Does the wife’s story check out? What evidence do you have to support that?

2. How does your evidence connect?
You have your evidence.
WHY does that lead to your conclusion?
Make a rule that connects your evidence to your conclusion.
Example: “if there is blood on the knife, it means it was used to stab someone”

3. Thesis Claim Method statement Warrant A thesis has 3 parts: A Claim
A method statement
A warrant
Example:
The wife’s story is inconsistent
because broken glass was not found inside
And glass would have been inside the house if a man had broken in.
Claim
Method statement
Warrant

4. Thesis A thesis has 3 parts:
A Claim: an answer to the question/prompt.
A Method Statement: your main reason why your answer is correct.
A Warrant: an explanation as to why your method statement proves your answer to the prompt.

5. Boiler plate Thesis A good template to write a thesis is this: Claim…
Because…
Which matters because…

6. Boiler plate Thesis example
Prompt: Who was the greatest athlete ever?
Claim… Bo Jackson was the greatest athlete ever
Because… he was the only player to play an all-star game in two different sports.
Which matters because… the word “athlete” suggests that the person should be naturally good at sports, not a particular sport, so we have to look at people talented at multiple sports.

7. Boiler plate Thesis example
Prompt: Who was the greatest athlete ever?
Bo Jackson was the greatest athlete ever because he was the only player to play an all-star game in two different sports, which matters because the word “athlete” suggests that the person should be naturally good at sports, not a particular sport, so we have to look at people talented at multiple sports.

8. Example 2 Prompt: What is the greatest movie of all time? Claim…
Because…
Which matters because…