Drawing Conclusions
1. Discuss with the students how conclusions are judgments or decisions reached by reasoning. When referring to reading, conclusions can be drawn from the information in the text and also by drawing from personal knowledge and experience.
2. Practice drawing conclusions as a class by looking at some pictures. Ask students to draw conclusions about the relationships or emotions of the people in the pictures or the setting in which the picture takes place. Ask students if they can also draw conclusions from the written word that creates pictures in their mind. GO on to explain that well-crafted writing does just that - creates "pictures" in the reader's mind.
3. Pass out 7 non-fiction articles (below). Each group got a different article. The students are to read and identify at least three details or facts contained in the text.
4. On the four-sectioned paper, have students draw three pictures showing each one of the details or facts and write a caption for each. Have them draw a picture in the fourth box stating a conclusion drawn from the detail/fact pictures.
Carnivorous Plants Worst Game Ever
Kevlar
Seat Belts
Honey Badgers
Metal Detectors The Pony Express
