A 22 slide PowerPoint on thesis statements and topic sentences, understanding them, their importance and how to use them in preparation for extended writing.

Includes:

Strong and weak exemplar thesis statements.
Strong and weak exemplar topic sentences.
The ingredients of a thesis statement and its location within an essay.
The ingredients of a topic sentences and its location within an essay.
How to use both.
The differences between topic sentences and thesis statements.
An activity on how to spot a strong and weak thesis statement and topic sentence.
An activity allowing students to provide their own revision resource for topic sentences and thesis statements.