INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH II

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ACADEMIC FILE IE II 2
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT: WRITING 2
GUIDED PRACTICE

Name: Date:

Teacher: Class:

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

✔ Analyzes the elements of a concluding paragraph

✔ Recognizes an effectively restated thesis statement

✔ Restates thesis statements to use as part of introductory paragraphs

✔ Develops pre-writing and writing strategies

✔ Develops critical thinking skills

Strategy: Activating prior knowledge

Writing

LEAD IN: ALLOTTED TIME: 7 minutes

Answer the question below in the survey activity created by your teacher.

Based on the preliminary task, what can be said about the concluding paragraph of an
essay?

Strategy: Intensive reading

STUDY SKILL ALLOTTED TIME: 8 minutes

Concluding paragraph

Your concluding paragraph should logically conclude your essay, just like your
concluding sentences logically conclude your body paragraphs. The concluding
paragraph should begin by restating your thesis, and then you should broaden back out
to a general topic, mention the topic sentence of the body paragraph and end with a
closing statement. This paragraph looks like the reverse of your introduction paragraph,
going from specific to general.

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A. Restating your thesis

The first sentence of your concluding paragraph should restate your thesis. A restated
thesis expresses the same idea, but the words are different. Remember that the
meaning of your thesis should not change. Compare the thesis with the restatement
below.

Thesis: Exercise is essential because it improves overall physical and mental health.

Restated: Due to the mental and physical health benefits of exercise, it is absolutely
crucial for people’s bodies.

You can restate your thesis by:

 changing the order of the phrases

 using synonyms (e.g., essential / crucial)
 using different word forms (e.g., adjective / noun)

B. Applying your thesis to general contexts

Connect your thesis back to the ideas you mentioned in your introduction and mention
topic sentence of the body paragraph.

C. Giving a closing statement or a final thought

Your closing statement is very similar to the concluding sentence of a body paragraph
except that you will not restate your main idea at the very end of your paper. Your last
sentence can be a prediction, suggestion, opinion, or question.

TASK 1: ALLOTTED TIME: 10 minutes

Go to UE Virtual and complete the activity.

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ASSESSED TASK 2: ALLOTTED TIME: 15 minutes

Group work: Forum on UE Virtual

Go to UE virtual and write the concluding paragraph based on the information

given in the thesis statement and the body paragraph below.

Discuss an effective way to find a job

LinkedIn, a social networking platform, is one of the most powerful tools for
someone trying to find a job.

The social network LinkedIn is unquestionably the best alternative for job
seekers. According to Doyle (2021), there are more than 700 million users on the
platform from countries around the world, and each week, 40 million people use
LinkedIn to search for a job. It is worldwide known that recruiters and hiring managers
use LinkedIn daily to search for the right candidates to join their companies. For
example, Coca-Cola’s LinkedIn page develops a lot of interaction with its 917,000
followers on the website. Recent studies demonstrate that about 50% of its hires come
from this source. Today, about 95 percent of recruiters utilize LinkedIn as a major
sourcing tool to find candidates to present to their client companies seeking top-tier
talent (Fertig 2017). Fertig claims that the latest extensive poll of recruiters confirms the
popular belief that LinkedIn is by far the best consistent source of quality candidates
online. So, based on all the information above, those who are seriously looking for a
good job must consider LinkedIn as the best choice for that.

III. Concluding Paragraph

A. Restatement of the thesis

B. Summary of the body paragraph
C. Final thought

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References:

Kimmons, R. (n.d.). Conclusion paragraphs. EdTech Books. Retrieved April 12, 2022,
from https://edtechbooks.org/academic_a_writing/conclusion_paragraph

IE II Team 2022-1