I found the suggestions for introductions and conclusions in the following link helpful for my students. Like Bill, the writer suggests not writing the intro first, but rather drafting or at least planning the essay. The link below offeres a whole system for writing a 5 paragraph essay, but if you click on step 6 introduction and step 7 conclusion, your kids can clearly see how the two differ from and relate to each other. The components of each are discussed with examples and there are 4-5 ideas for different types"grabbers" to start the intro and 4-5 ideas for the "clincher" to end the conclusion. Many examples are included. I used this as an exploratory exercise and supplemented with examples of my own. The kids came up with some fabulous intros and conclusions that brought their ideas full circle. Jan http://home.earthlink.net/~khatzi/essay/
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