The document provides examples and guidance on writing effective hooks and conclusions for essays. It discusses five types of hooks: onomatopoeia, questions, dialogue, quotations, and restating the prompt. For each type of hook, it provides an example and has students work on writing a two sentence conclusion to match. The document also covers creating effective titles, discussing five styles: alliteration, one-word, mysterious, descriptive, and time/place. It provides examples for each title style.

1. I can evaluate effective hooks and
closings and identify what makes them
complete. I can create a closing on my own by
using words or phrases from the hook to
make it complete.

2. Five Ways to Begin an
Essay

 Onomatopoeia
 Question
 Dialogue
 Use a quotation
 Restate the prompt

3. Onomatopoeia Example

 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.

4. Question Hook

 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.

5. 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!

6. Now it’s your turn!

 “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.

7. And Again!

 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.

8. Titles

 I can create a title that represents the main idea of
my composition.

9. 5 Different Ways to
Write a Title

 Alliteration
 One-Word
 Mysterious
 Descriptive
 Time or Place

10. Alliteration

 Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Eric
Carle
 “The Terrible Twisted Tooth” by Zach
 Write your own alliterative title.

11. One-Word Title

 Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
 “Gorilla” by A.J.
 Write your Own!

12. Mysterious Titles

 Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis
 “The Day Was Totally Lost” by Jacqueline
 Write your Own!

13. Descriptive Title

 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K.
Rowling
 “My First Ride on a Horse” by Emma
 Write your own!

14. Time or Place

 Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
 “Up in the Treehouse” by Ethan
 Write your own!