How do parents, students, and coaches show good and bad sportmanship, and how can we change the bad to good?
Read your articles. Keep this question in mind. As you read, look for insightful ideas that help to answer this question.
When you come to a good insight from a writer, write a sentence about it (topic sentence). Add an example and some explanation, and the sentence will grow into a paragraph.
Use one paragraph for each idea, and the paragraph should start with a topic sentence.
After you write paragraphs about ideas from 3 or 4 different articles, you will see a THEME starting to develop. That will be the time to write your thesis. Make an interesting observation, and express an opinion that some people might not agree with.
If you try to write about respect, team play, responsibilities, you will be sending yourself on a scavenger hunt for articles that discuss these three. It is better to find some cool articles, and then write paragraphs about them until you discover your thesis.
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