1. Wrap Ups

2. WHERE? Comes at the end of all body paragraphs.
WHAT? Signaling to your reader you are finishing up your thoughts on this main idea.
HOW? What techniques can I do to write these?

3. How Do I Write One?
Use a smiley face trick to give a final thought or remind the reader what the paragraph was about.
Use magic 3: three ideas separated by commas, usually with a modifier (and/or).
Use figurative language: simile, metaphor, personification
Use repetition for effect: repeating a phrase
Use a hyphenated modifier – a new way of saying something using hyphens

4. The Old Boring Way…
First and foremost I would invent a new family. My sister completely drives me crazy. For example, she is always pulling my hair when we wrestle. Also, she bites me when I try to help her get dressed for school. Besides my sister, I would change my mom and dad slightly. They are completely unreasonable: Last week they made me clean out the refrigerator AND wash the dog. That was in addition to sweeping the driveway, making dinner, and babysitting while they went out on a date. Now you see why I don’t like my family.

5. Magic 3
First and foremost I would invent a new family. My sister completely drives me crazy. For example, she is always pulling my hair when we wrestle. Also, she bites me when I try to help her get dressed for school. Besides my sister, I would change my mom and dad slightly. They are completely unreasonable: Last week they made me clean out the refrigerator AND wash the dog. That was in addition to sweeping the driveway, making dinner, and babysitting while they went out on a date. I wish someone could help me escape this chaos or teach them how to act or at least allow me some peace and quiet.

6. Figurative Language (metaphor)
First and foremost I would invent a new family. My sister completely drives me crazy. For example, she is always pulling my hair when we wrestle. Also, she bites me when I try to help her get dressed for school. Besides my sister, I would change my mom and dad slightly. They are completely unreasonable: Last week they made me clean out the refrigerator AND wash the dog. That was in addition to sweeping the driveway, making dinner, and babysitting while they went out on a date. My family is a dying tree just waiting to fall and crush me.

7. Repetition for Effect
First and foremost I would invent a new family. My sister completely drives me crazy. For example, she is always pulling my hair when we wrestle. Also, she bites me when I try to help her get dressed for school. Besides my sister, I would change my mom and dad slightly. They are completely unreasonable: Last week they made me clean out the refrigerator AND wash the dog. That was in addition to sweeping the driveway, making dinner, and babysitting while they went out on a date. My parents are insane, my sister is insane; I really need a new, saner family!

8. Hyphenated Modifier
First and foremost I would invent a new family. My sister completely drives me crazy. For example, she is always pulling my hair when we wrestle. Also, she bites me when I try to help her get dressed for school. Besides my sister, I would change my mom and dad slightly. They are completely unreasonable: Last week they made me clean out the refrigerator AND wash the dog. That was in addition to sweeping the driveway, making dinner, and babysitting while they went out on a date. My so-called-love-you-unconditionally relatives should really just leave me alone.

9. Why does this help me? Here is the rubric for STYLE in your writing:
4 Exceed Standard
__ 20+ descriptive words per paragraph
__ Added 3 Smiley Face Tricks: metaphor, simile, magic 3, personification, echo etc…. in essay
__ No sentences start with the same words in each paragraph
__ No dead words & uses 4 or more context clue words
__ Had funny, sad, ironic, and/or prophetic statements woven into paragraphs to make the “voice” of the paper completely unique
Using 3 smiley face tricks as wrap-up means you already have one of the components needed to reach Exceeding Standard for style!

10. Add to your Cornell notes section please…
NEVER end an essay with:
“And this is why I like ….”
“That’s all I have to say about…”
“This is why I…”
“Onto my next topic…”
“My essay is about…”
Basically, don’t tell me you are writing an essay, I already know, I am reading it. You need to be creative to end your thoughts.

11. YOUR TURN - Show me what you know
YOUR TURN - Show me what you know! Look at your rough draft or t-chart from this week’s essay. Your Task: Use a different kind of wrap-up for each body paragraph: magic 3, figurative language, repetition for effect, or hyphenated modifier. Also make sure to include other elements we have discussed for introductions and conclusions.