Students work best when they have clear examples, so this series of handouts (or transparencies) shows successively improving conclusions. The first sheet explains what a conclusion should do; the next gives a sample introduction comparing the movies Fight Club and Office Space. Six different conclusions follow.
I usually have one student read the conclusions aloud, then have the whole class discuss each conclusion before moving on.

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The 2008-2009 school year is my fourth year at the Bath Central School District and the third year in which I've had the honor of preparing my district's juniors for the NYS Regents Exam.
