How to make conclusion...22/02/2012

Erm, conclusion..Everyone knows that at the end of our essay, we must write a conclusion. So, what is the best way on how to write it?? Let's check it out.. 

Drawing conclusions is an important skill to help you get the most out of your reading, an to understand the writer’s point of view. When you draw a conclusion, you use all the facts that you can find in the passage to help you deduce or figure out what you do not know.

Follow these steps to draw a conclusion 

-Read  the paragraph and identify the topic sentence and main idea. 
-Look for supporting details as evidence that you can use to reach a conclusion (E.g of evidences are: facts,  statistics, reasons, definitions and descriptions.
-Combine your prior knowledge with the supporting details to draw conclusions.
-Ask these questions:                                        
       - What is the writer trying                                          
          to prove?                                                            
       - What is the consequences      
         of these events?
       - What is going to happen
         because of these actions?
       - What can I conclude from
         the paragraph?

But sometimes conclusions are pointed out in the paragraph itself

                                                                 

Here are some expressions that point to a conclusion

•Thus 
•Prove that

•It is believed that

•In fact / Because of this  

•It follows that

•It concludes that

•As a result

•therefore

•We can deduce that

•Points to the fact that

After that, we divided into 5 groups. My group are Farah, Hazwani, Hanis, Ella and Syazwan. Miss Zu played the video and we have to make conclusion based on the video. The videos are Spongebob Squarepants in The Endless Summer, Gollum and Daniel Powter - Bad Day. Unfortunately our group lose. Congratz to the winner.

 Let's see more here : http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/as/309.HTM