✅ Checkpoint: Thinking-First Foundations

By Better Wise

Quiz

  1. During a timed freewriting session you notice a typo in the sentence you just wrote. According to lesson 1.1, what should you do?
    • Keep writing and leave the typo alone until the timer ends.
    • Fix it immediately so the page stays readable.
    • Stop the session, reread the page, and restart once it is clean.
    • Paste the page into an AI tool and ask it to clean it up.
  2. While mining a freewrite, you find the line 'Slow writing makes you think ahead.' You believe it but cannot support it yet. What should you do with it?
    • Keep it and present it as a proven fact in the draft.
    • Cut it, because an unsupported line has no place in the project.
    • Ask an AI tool to supply a statistic that supports it.
    • Tag it as a gap or question and carry it forward for later evidence work.
  3. In a memory-only outline, a sub-point is marked 'shaky.' What does that marker mean?
    • You recognize the term but could not say anything accurate about it.
    • You have the general idea but cannot defend a specific number, date, or causal claim.
    • The point has been verified against a reliable source.
    • You can explain it out loud without notes and give a concrete example.
  4. Which sentence is a thesis rather than a topic or an announcement?
    • Remote work is a common arrangement in many industries.
    • Remote work slows how fast junior employees learn, so hybrid schedules should protect in-office days for new hires.
    • This paper will explore remote work.
    • Remote work has grown quickly since 2020.
  5. A working thesis passes the dispute test but is far too broad to finish in a short essay. According to lesson 1.3, what is the right next move?
    • Add a limit such as a specific case, group, or time frame.
    • Replace it with a descriptive sentence nobody can dispute.
    • Keep it broad so you have more to write about.
    • Start browsing sources and let the thesis emerge from what you find.
  6. In lesson 1.2, a named knowledge gap has the shape: 'I need to know ______ so I can ______.' The three gap types are fact, mechanism, and ______ gaps.
  7. In lesson 1.3, the useful check is: if you cannot finish the sentence 'I believe this ______ ...', you are not ready to write the essay yet.
  8. In lesson 1.2, when two markers both seem to fit a point, you should choose the ______ one.
  9. Produce your Module 1 thinking-first foundation on your project question: a six-minute freewrite, a memory-only outline with markers, and one working thesis. Do this before opening any AI tool, then evaluate your own work against the rubric.

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