Restating the Prompt

What is the conclusion?

• Gets your reader interested in your writing

• Finishes your writing by restating the prompt and purpose

• Proves your point

• Proof from the passages

When you paraphrase information from the text, you should ________________ and _______________.

• cite the author

• use quotations & cite the author

• write it in your own words & cite the author

• explain your thinking & use a period

How could you restate this writing prompt?

• The weather creates tornadoes in many ways.

• How does the weather create tornadoes?

• I am going to tell you about how weather creates tornadoes.

• This paragraph is going to be about how weather creates tornadoes.

How could you restate this writing prompt?

• There are several stages in the life cycle of a butterfly.

• What are the stages of the life cycle of a butterfly?

• I am going to tell you about the life cycle of a butterfly.

• This paragraph will be about the life cycle of a butterfly.

In a RACE paragraph, the R stands for:

• respond

• retell

• restate

• react

How would you restate the question, "Explain how the author creates a feeling of sympathy."

• Did you ever wonder how an author creates sympathy?

• The author of this text creates a feeling of sympathy.

• The author creates sympathy by showing how sensitive a character is.

• How does the author show sympathy for a character?

How would you restate the question, "Describe how backpacks have changed over the years."

• Backpacks have changed in many ways over the years.

• Why have backpacks changed over the years?

• Backpacks have changed over the years, in that they have become larger and heavier for kids.

• Should backpacks change over the years.

What can you do to help a friend that is having a hard day?

• When a friend is having a hard day I can help him with his problems and try to cheer him up.

• When a friend is having a bad day, I can listen to her and be sympathetic.

• I can do many things to help a friend when they are having a hard day.

How can you RESTATE this question?

How did the author show that the character was funny?

• How did the author show the character was funny?

• The author shows that the character was funny.

• The author's character is funny because of his personality.

Why was Beethoven such a great musician?

• Beethoven was a great musician.

• Because he practiced and was a hard worker.

• Beethoven was such a great musician because he was so talented.