Today we reviewed how to write the conclusion and we wrote body para. three during class. We also read fifteen pages. Be sure to complete a book over the next few days. You may include To Kill A Mockingbird as one of your USSR books this month.
Writing the Conclusion: Very Similar to the Introdction
Before you begin writing the conclusion. Re-read the entire essay. Do the body paragraphs prove what you said you were going to prove in the introduction?
If yes, you are ready to write the conclusion.
If no, you need to re-write the introduction so that it reflects the opinions proven in the three body paragraphs.
Writing the Conclusion
First Sentence: Restate the thesis as clearly and emotionally as you can. Do not repeat the author's name or title.
Second Sentence: Repeat the main point of the first body paragraph as persuasively as you can.
Third Sentence: Repeat the main point of the second body paragraph. Be dramatic.
Fourth Sentence: Repeat the main point of the third body paragraph. Be clear. Use synonyms. Vary the sentence length.
Final Sentence: Restate the overall thesis in a short but important manner.
There is a sample in your booklet. Read it. Write the conclusion. Use the checklist there to ensure that you have followed all of the criteria.
This weekend:
FOCUS ON STYLE AND INSIGHT. STYLE = SYNONYMS, SENTENCE VARIETY, STRONG VERBS, PERSUASIVE DICTION, LOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, STRONG TRANSITIONS AND CONCLUDING SENTENCES. MAKE SURE EACH SENTENCE MAKES SENSE. READ IT ALOUD.
INSIGHT=PROVING THE THESIS WITH THE BEST EVIDENCE YOU CAN FIND. GO OVERBOARD WHEN EXPLAINING EACH QUOTE. DISCUSS THE LANGUAGE IN THE QUOTE, THE CONTEXT, WHO IS SPEAKING AND HOW THE QUOTE PROVES YOUR THESIS. IF YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE WRITING, YOUR READER WILL BE TOO.
Peer Editing Monday. If you arrive without your essay, you will not get a peer editing mark. You will not get your essay marked either. No extensions for this exercise. If you have to rush your first draft, do so. Arrive with your work.
Final Copy + Peer-Edited Draft + Cover Page and Works Cited Page is due
Wed. Nov. 26th.
USSR Forms due: Monday, Dec. 1.
