Concluding Paragraph

Today we worked on the concluding paragraph. Here are the main things you want to remember about the concluding paragraph:

--You need to summarize the thesis statement but put it into a specific context.

--Then, summarize the effects of your main points. For example, summarize the effects of drug and alcohol abuse in teens, or summarize the effects of students working together in virtual study groups.

--Finally, leave your reader with a final thought. If you have been arguing the benefits of social media, give your reader an example of how social media can be used even more widely than it already is, or explain another benefit that you haven't mentioned before. If you have been arguing the harms of social media, give your reader a solution to some of the problems that you've been talking about.

For homework, you need to type out your ENTIRE research paper and bring it to class printed. Remember also what Mr. Hannah and I said about formatting. If you're typing your research paper out on Notes on your iPad, you're going to have to do some re-formatting when you copy and paste it into Microsoft Word.

If you have any questions, please email me or Mr. Hannah.

DEETS
In-class:
--Morphology Quiz
--Concluding Paragraph

HW:
--Rough Draft due! (typed and printed!)
--Read to pg. 65 in Night