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Conclusions

Call to Action


 * I would like you to consider...
 * So please, rethink your...
 * Be a role model.
 * Our concern is loud and needs to be heard. Congress must act immediately to protect our children...
 * Order before midnight tonight and...
 * If we pull together, can we change the culture of news delivery on TV?
 * We demand taht the United States Congress act immediately to put an end to...
 * Here is a challenge to you, my readers:
 * Stand together now to...

Ideas for PSA


 * not enough nurses for everyone that gets sick
 * people text and drive
 * people do drugs when they are bad for you
 * people not helping Haiti citizens
 * people abusing their pets
 * people killing wild animals for profit
 * Adults abusing kids (child abuse)
 * People who don't recycle
 * Robberies

People who don't recycle Texting and Driving
 * You must recycle!
 * Help the earth stay green.
 * Go Green!
 * I would like you to consider what the earth would be like if you never recycled.
 * one
 * two
 * three

Generating Ideas for Personal Narratives


 * List important people
 * List important events
 * List important places
 * Let objects spark your memory
 * List turning points --- First/Last time you do something, First/Last time you saw something/someone, something that changed you in some way
 * List of emotions

Writing a Conclusion Paragraph The purpose of a conclusion paragraph:
 * to wrap it up; so you don't end abruptly
 * restate your thesis in other words - remind your reader what you were writing about
 * to sum up your main points



Writing an Introduction Paragraph The purpose of an introduction paragraph:
 * let your reader know what you are talking about
 * convince your reader that he/she wants to read your essay (engage your reader)

Examples of what introduction paragraphs might look like: Hints for writing a lead and thesis:

Making a good ending: 1. Rephrasing (saying in a different way) something important 2. Wrap up with a feeling, a summary of what happened, a decision, or a hope for the future 3. Make a lasting impression

Conferencing: Which example shows a student that knows their job in a conference?

Example 1: Teacher: What are you working on as a writer? Student: Writing about the baseball game. Teacher: What are you trying to do as a writer? Student: Writing about the winning game. Teacher: What will you do today in your writing? Student: Write about how I hit the ball.

Example 2: Teacher: What are you working on as a writer? Student: I'm writing a personal narrative about baseball and I've zoomed in on the last time I was up at bat. Teacher: What are you trying to do as a writer? Student: I want to really write with details, but I'm not sure I remember them. Teacher: What will you do today in your writing? Student: I was going to sketch the scene to see if that gets me remembering details I've left out.

Things we've talked about in class that should be in your story: 1. An entertaining beginning 2. True, exact, elaborate details 3. Seed Story

Choosing a topic for a personal narrative: 1. Think about people that are important to you. 2. Think about places that are important to you.

Ways to plan a story:
 * Story Mountain
 * Timeline
 * Web
 * List/chart
 * Draw a picture (for beginning/middle/end)

Writing a Good Beginning: 1. Give a description of the setting (use your senses) 2. Give a sound effect (with a description of what it was) 3. Dialogue (people talking) 4. Have an action 5. Feeling (emotion)

Watermelon Topic: When you talk about a huge topic (a whole summer). Seed Story: A short story that is shrunken down into the most important event. Personal Narrative: A story that is real, that is about you, that happened to you.