Activities

1. Define the importance of a strong concluding section in an opinion writing piece.
   
   
2. Identify key reasons, facts, and details in opinion writing that should be included in a concluding section.
   
   
3. Write an appeal sentence that invites the reader to take the side of the writer.

4. Determine the appropriateness of the information selected for inclusion in concluding section.
   
   
5. Organize information to be included in concluding section in a logical manner.
   
   
6. Construct a concluding section that includes appropriate information organized in a logical manner.

7. Critique conclusion to assure that relevant information was chosen.
   
   
8. Analyze concluding section for effectiveness to the persuasion topic.
   
   
9. Revise concluding section as needed to provide additional reasons.
   
   
10. Revise concluding section as needed to provide logical organization.

Answer Key/Rubric

1. Student is able to share that a good concluding section for an opinion writing piece restates the opinion, includes a recap of the reasons that support the opinion, and includes an appeal to the reader to align with the writer’s opinion.
   
   
2. Using his/her own opinion writing piece, the writer identifies the reasons that should be included in the concluding section.  A few facts and details may be included in the concluding section.  Reasons, facts, and details chosen for the concluding section should be carefully considered and very significant.
   
   
3. Appeal sentence is written to invite rather than demand that the reader sides with the writer’s opinion.  It provides a welcoming opportunity to align with the writer’s opinion.  Appeal sentence logically follows the reasons, facts, and details introduced throughout the paragraph.
   
   
4. Writer considers the reasons, facts, and details that will be included in the concluding section.  Appropriate material for inclusion is reasons, details and facts that logically and importantly defend the opinion stated in the writing.
   
   
5. The order of the information to be included in the concluding section is considered.  Likely the order of the information is the same as it is presented throughout the piece of writing.  If the order is different, the writer should be able to state and defend a logical reason for the change.
   
   
6. Writer constructs a concluding section that includes the opinion restated from the introductory section; a summary and/or restatement of the reasons, facts, and details; and a final plea to the reader.
   
   
7. Writer critiques the information included in the concluding section.  Relevance to the stated opinion is considered.  A direct connection should be evident.  Information that doesn’t belong should be revised or eliminated.
   
   
8. Writer analyzes the concluding section to assure that the information included is appropriately persuasive.  Logical reasoning should be employed.  Information should be appropriate for the intended audience.
   
   
9. Based on analyzing and critiquing the opinion writing, the writer revises the concluding section to include additional necessary reasons.  Additional reasons may be added to the conclusion if stronger support of the opinion is needed.  Reasons may be omitted if they are unneeded or repetitive reasons are included.
   
   
10. Based on analyzing and critiquing the opinion writing, the writer revises the concluding section to be more logically organized.  Most likely the order of information follows the same order it was presented in the writing piece.