Grade 6

Informative Writing:Conclusions

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A Strong Conclusion Should...reinforce your thesis

give the essay a sense of completeness and closure

leave an impression on the reader

Your conclusion should reflect why the reader should care about your topic. What is the significance of your thesis? Why is it important to you? What information should you or the reader take away from this?

Conclusion – WHAT NOT TO DO!

DO NOT simply rephrase the thesis.

DO NOT introduce a new piece of evidence or subtopic.

Conclusion Techniques:

• Include a brief summary of the paper's main points as a portion of the conclusion

• End with rhetorical question

Conclusion Techniques: • Include a brief summary of the paper's main

points.

Obviously, buying U.S. savings bonds to save for college expenses is a good idea. They don’t cost a lot of money. They are secured by our own government. In fact, they are guaranteed to grow, and they are a tax advantage as well as an investment in your child’s future.

Conclusion Techniques: • End with Rhetorical Question

The Auto-Tune or not Auto-Tune debate always seems to turn into a moralistic one, like somehow you have more integrity if you don’t use it, or only use it occasionally. But seeing how really innocuous-yet-lovely it could be, made me rethink. If I were a professional musician, would I reject the opportunity to sound, what I consider to be, “my best,” out of principle? The answer to that is probably no. But then it gets you wondering. How many insecure artists with “annoying” voices will retune themselves before you ever have a chance to fall in love?

from Seduced By ‘Perfect’ Pitch: How Auto-tune Conquered Pop Music by Lessley Anderson http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/27/3964406/seduced-by-perfect-pitch-how-auto-tune-conquered-pop-music

Conclusion Techniques: • Suggest results or consequences

So, what advice should one give to a young person? By all means, go to college. In fact, approach college in the spirit of craftsmanship, going deep into liberal arts and sciences. In the summers, learn a manual trade. You’re likely to be less damaged, and quite possibly better paid, as an independent tradesman than as a cubicle-dwelling tender of information systems. To heed such advice would require a certain contrarian streak, as it entails rejecting a life course mapped out by others as obligatory and inevitable. From Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew Crawford The New Atlantis http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/shopclass-as-soulcraft

Your Turn

Write three different possibilities for conclusions based on the article for the following task:

Writing Task: Using information from the article Orville and Wilbur, write to explain how the Wright brothers went from having an idea to creating a working invention.

If you haven’t already written introductions and body paragraphs for this topic, a partial essay is provided on the handout.