COUNTRY RESEARCH REPORT Around the World Writing Process Essay Outline NO PREP

Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, print-and-go, 13-page Countries Around the World Online Research Report for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Thematic Unit. In this Countries Research Project, students will be assigned or choose a country. They will research the land, people, a current event, and compare/contrast their own traditions to that country using a variety of provided internet sources. They will use the information to complete an outline. The students will use the outline to create a research paper which will be taken through the writing process.

NOTE: This PowerPoint/Google Slide presentation, It’s a Small World Party, Writing Mini-Lessons with Notes, and Research Skills Mini Lessons with Notes can be added to this product to extend it. Or try this BUNDLE!

Included in the Around the World Research Report:

•Explanation sheet

•List of countries to choose from

•Suggested research website links

•Outline to complete with research (2 formats-with topics and without topics)

•How to Transfer Your Outline to a Report PowerPoint

•Revising/editing checklists

•Color-coding chart

•Rubric

Skills

Text features; Paraphrasing, summarizing, quoting sources; Main idea and supporting details; References sources; skim and scan; Close reading strategies; research papers; outlines; organizing writing; writing process

Ways To Use This Around the World Research Report:

•In-person or virtually

•History class, World Geography class, ELA class, or Enrichment/Gifted class

•Thematic units

•Pair with Informative Writing Lessons, PowerPoint Presentation, Around the World Activities, or have an Around the World Party

•Early finishers

•Practice Speaking, Listening, and Research Skills

•End of the Year Thematic Project

•Want Christmas Around the World instead? Try this!!

Suggested Schedule

•Day 1: Introduce Project, Choose Countries, Explain Outline

•Day 2: Research country

•Day 3: Research country

•Day 4: Write report draft

•Day 5: Write report draft

•Day 6: Revise and edit report

•Day 7: Write final copy

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Check out the Informational Writing section of the Megan Memories store for these related resources:

• Countries Research Report
• Countries Research Presentation
• Countries Research Project
• Countries One Day Research Sheets
• It’s a Small World Presentation Party
• Around the World Day
• Christmas Around the World
• Descriptive Writing Mini-Lessons
• Key Words Mini-Lessons
• Organizing Your Writing Mini-Lesson
• Revising & Editing Your Writing Mini-Lessons
• Text Structures Mini-Lessons
• Quoting, Summarizing, Paraphrasing Mini-Lesson
• Transition Words & Phrases Mini-Lesson
• How to Research Mini-Lesson

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