CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2f
The Standard
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students write an ending that grows logically from the information already presented. They explain why the topic matters or what the information may mean.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A strong writer connects the ending to the main explanation and key details. The conclusion shows the topic’s significance or likely implications without introducing unsupported ideas.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often repeat the introduction word for word or end with “That is why this topic matters.” Some add a new claim or fact that the essay never explained.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short informational paragraph and ask them to write a two-sentence conclusion that states one implication and adds no new evidence.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups sentence strips from an essay and have them build a conclusion using a key idea, significance, and final insight.
Ask students to compare two conclusions and write which one better fits the essay, citing one specific reason.
Play Conclusion Repair by having pairs revise weak endings that repeat, wander off topic, or introduce new evidence.
Read the ending of a news explainer and identify how the writer shows why the issue matters to readers.
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