Once They're Hooked, Reel Them In: Writing Good Endings
The focus of this lesson is how to write a good ending to a story. Students explore literary techniques used to end stories and practice the techniques. Student writers may start out with a catchy beginning, only to get bogged down and just stop at the end. By exploring endings from childrenu2019s literature, students learn that a good ending leaves the reader with something to think about and that it often refers back to the beginning through repetition of words or ideas. This lesson encourages students to recognize literary techniques and use them in their own writing to create a conclusion that will keep readers hooked until the end of the story. This lesson is a logical follow-up to the lesson "Fishing for Readers: Identifying and Writing Effective Opening "'Hooks,'" in which students are taught how to write effective openers.
