Virginia SOL 9.W.1.A.iv
The Standard
Provide a concluding section that follows from the information or explanation presented.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English
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 bring key ideas together, show why the explanation matters, and avoid adding unrelated information.
What Mastery Looks Like
- The ending connects clearly to the focus and brings the main ideas together. It answers the reader’s “so what?” question without introducing an unsupported claim.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may copy the thesis word for word or list every point again. They may add new evidence, use a generic closing phrase, or stop without explaining why the information matters.
How to Assess It
- Using your current explanatory draft, write a three-sentence conclusion that connects the main ideas, explains their significance, and adds no new evidence.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Print introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions from model texts on strips, then have students match them and mark the connecting words.
Compare two endings for the same essay and write three sentences explaining which one provides stronger closure and why.
Run a Conclusion Repair Relay where teams revise copied, abrupt, or off-topic endings using details from the provided body paragraphs.
Read the closing paragraph of a news explainer, then write a similar ending for an explanation of a current school issue.
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