I can evaluate effective hooks and closings and identify what makes them

complete. I can create a closing on my own byusing words or phrases from the hook to

make it complete.

Onomatopoeia

Question

Dialogue

Use a quotation

Restate the prompt

Five Ways to Begin an Essay

Hook- Click, click! That is the sound I heard as I was

walking down the sidewalk in front of my house. Suddenly I found a penny that I will always cherish.

Conclusion- I think of that penny often when I am walking on my sidewalk. It was a discarded penny, but now you know why it is a cherished coin.

Onomatopoeia Example

Have you ever found something really interesting?

This is the story about a time I found something that changed my life.

Turn and Talk to your Table and discuss a good two sentence conclusion.

Question Hook

Have you ever found something really interesting?

This is the story about a time I found something that changed my life.

(Example Ending)

Clink, clink. That is the sound of that penny going into my bank. That penny changed my life and I will keep it forever!

Question Hook

“Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you’ll have

good luck.” That penny on the sidewalk was the start of a crazy day for me.

Turn and Talk to your shoulder partner and create a two sentence conclusion.

Now it’s your turn!

One day I was walking down the sidewalk and

found something really interesting. I couldn’t believe my eyes!

Now create a two sentence conclusion on your own.

And Again!

I can create a title that represents the main idea of

my composition.

Titles

Alliteration

One-Word

Mysterious

Descriptive

Time or Place

5 Different Ways to Write a Title

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Eric

Carle

“The Terrible Twisted Tooth” by Zach

Write your own alliterative title.

Alliteration

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

“Gorilla” by A.J.

Write your Own!

One-Word Title

Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis

“The Day Was Totally Lost” by Jacqueline

Write your Own!

Mysterious Titles

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K.

Rowling

“My First Ride on a Horse” by Emma

Write your own!

Descriptive Title

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

“Up in the Treehouse” by Ethan

Write your own!

Time or Place