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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