PPT-Concluding Sentences: 

Dos and Donts  Time4Writing provides these teachers materials to teachers and parents at no cost More presentations handouts interactive online exercises and video lessons are freely available at Time4Writingcom . 2-3 sentences. Anecdote: . a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or . person (Example: pg.225). OR. Description: use sensory details. Example: . . I . open my bedroom door on a warm Saturday morning, and the crisp, clean colors shimmer in the sunlight. My brightly colored bedspread covers the fluffy pillows; not a speck of dust lingers on my shiny new dresser; a small desk sits by the window, completely clear of clutter. This is my dream! Please help me make this dream a reality by allowing me to redecorate my bedroom. Then, I’ll be able to organize all my belongings and create a new design to reflect my personality.. Finish it!. Learning Target. Concluding paragraphs. TSWBAT write a final sentence that concludes their paragraph. Finish your paragraph. Don. ’. t leave us hanging - complete your paragraph!. It is important to bring your ideas/opinion to a close.. What is the concluding sentence?. It is the last sentence in the paragraph which closes the paragraph so that the reader is not left expecting more .. Forming . the concluding sentence . . 2- You can summarize the main . The concluding . paragraph. A conclusion . should:. i. . stress . the importance of the thesis . statement . ii. give . the essay a sense of . completeness . iii. leave . a final impression on the . reader. TOPIC Sentences and CONCLUDING Sentences. Your . topic sentence . introduces the main idea of your paragraph. Your . concluding sentence . sums up your paragraph and main idea in a fresh, new way. For your descriptive paragraph, you can think of a new adjective or explain your idea in a completely new way. By. Cheryl Hamilton. Grade 5. Four Types of Sentences. Declarative. Interrogative. Imperative. Exclamatory. Declarative Sentence. A . declarative sentence . makes a statement.. It ends with a . period. It was late . but. she wasn’t tired.. People like jogging because it helps them get fit.. The dog lay in the sun . although. it was hot.. 13. Preposition Sentences. On. the wall, hung a large mirror.. A review of simple, compound, and complex. The Building Blocks of all Sentences. Remember: All sentences must have a _________, which describes . who . or . what . the sentence is about. In addition, all sentences must have a ___________, . one. topic.. The Paragraph. The Topic Sentence. The . topic of a paragraph. is stated in one sentence. This is called the. . topic sentence.. The rest of the paragraph consists of sentences that develop or explain the main idea.. Page 79. Compound and complex sentences . . Conjunctions. are words that join ideas (think about the word ‘junction’). . Sentence. . sentence.. . conjunction. and. although. but. when. after. In this presentation you will…. Learn the definitions of Loose, Periodic, and Balanced Sentences. Learn the rhetorical purpose and function of Loose, Periodic, and Balanced Sentences. See examples of Loose, Periodic, and Balanced Sentences. Andrea Lunsford. The Everyday Writer. Definition. A comma splice results from placing only a comma between clauses. A fused or run-on sentence is the same error with NO punctuation between clauses. They can be repaired in several ways including:. mins. ) Please write your responses in your composition book.. 1. I went to the mall, for I bought a lot of shoes.. 2. I love to eat cake, and I do not like icing.. 3. You shouldn’t skip breakfast, so should you skip lunch.. Methods of Conclusion. Summary. recaps the main points of your essay, using different wording than you used in the thesis and topic sentences. . Recommendation . suggests a solution to a problem raised in the essay..