You need to do THREE things for this prompt: (1) pick a side (your position), (2) come up with a reason why you're right, and (3) come up with another reason why you're right. Position statement: It is better to laugh than to cry [this tells the reader which side you picked].

Reason 1: laughing can make a person actually feel happy

Reason 2: laughing is physically good for people.

Then you put them all together into ONE SENTENCE: It is better to laugh than to cry because laughing can make a person actually feel happy and laughing is physically good for people.

For today's Daily Attendance Check, use the formula above to write a one-sentence Thesis Statement on the following prompt in the text entry box (click blue submit assignment button):

Write an essay stating your position on whether online school is or is not beneficial for students.

Read the excerpts from "the royal house of thebes" and "the story of a warrior queen." "we are women," she told her sister. "we must obey. we have no strength to defy the state." "choose your own part," antigone said. "i go to bury the brother i love." "you are not strong enough," ismene cried. "why, then when my strength fails," antigone answered, "i will give up." she left her sister; ismene dared not follow her. —"the royal house of thebes" again and again the romans were defeated, till it almost seemed as if the britons really would succeed in driving them out of the country. boadicea herself led the soldiers, encouraging them with her brave words. "it is better to die with honor than to live in slavery," she said. "i am a woman, but i would rather die than yield. will you follow me, men? " and of course the men followed her gladly. —"the story of a warrior queen" how are the archetypes presented in these two passages different? the first passage shows antigone as a warrior, and the second passage shows boadicea as a tragic heroine. the first passage shows antigone as a tragic heroine, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage. the first passage shows antigone as a rebel, and the second passage shows boadicea as a warrior. the first passage shows antigone as a villain, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage.