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Free 8th grade informational text research
Brainstorming Web
This brainstorming web can be used for any grade! It allows for students to collect their thoughts and organize it for creative and opinion writing, research-based essays, and even book study's!
This is a PDF that includes:
✔ A blank brainstorming web template
✔ An explanation on how to fill out the brainstorming web and multiple ways of using it.
✔ 3 examples of using a brainstorming web (informational text, key point with examples, and organizing a story).
This PDF can be projected on a SMA
Grades:
1st - 12th, Higher Education
African American Civil Rights Movement Research Paper with All Steps
This product provides all steps needed for students to write a research paper on a person who impacted the African American Civil Rights Movement. I've included a research guide, planning guide for a rough draft, peer editing sheet, and rubric for grading. Research Guide for writing Civil Rights Movement Paper.Planning Guide for Rough Draft Peer editing sheet (with 3 editors)Rubric for grading (with 10 categories).Everything corresponds, so students should be able to write paper with ease and
Grades:
5th - 8th
Debate Rubric
This editable rubric can be used for scoring individual students or groups during a classroom debate! It assesses teamwork, use of facts and text evidence, organization, respect for the other team, presentation style, and understanding of the debate topic.
Grades:
2nd - 12th
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Citing Sources in MLA Format - Print & Digital
Before beginning your middle school research project, it's essential to teach citing sources - especially websites! Many middle schoolers have never done a full-blown research project before, so they can be totally lost when it comes to citing sources correctly. This worksheet is a neat little one-period classwork activity that gives them a foundation for giving credit and citing web sources.(If you teach research in middle school, don't miss the rest of my Research Skills Project Bundle!)This r
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Research Project & Skills Bundle - PDF & Digital
Informational Biography Graphic Organizer
-Are your students completing a historical person research report or an informational paper on a specific person? Have them complete their research on this easy to use graphic organizer!-As students research using electronic resources, an encyclopedia, or library books, they can record their information here
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Career Exploration One Pager
Do you want your students to research careers in a creative way? Try this Career Exploration One Pager! It allows students to research a career of interest without it being a daunting assignment. Students research and record information and add it to their one pager. They can be assessed quickly and there are lots of opportunities to meet several standards.- You could add a mini lesson on MLA format.- You could have your students present their one pagers in front of the class.-You could use this
Grades:
5th - 10th
DIGITAL Graphic Organizer for Research/Inquiry Project
These templates will help your students organize information for research/inquiry project and keep track of multiple sources. Students have used these for research essays, TED Talk presentations, Inquiry projects, podcasts, etc. This is a digital resource and ready to assign via Google Classroom. Includes marginal notes for students with reminders and some instructions, but students may require additional guidance depending on age group. I have used this with 4th and 5th graders but can be used
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Note-Taking Freebie for Informational Text
Help your students learn how to take notes by using this free template. This template focuses on taking notes on a specific person. It can be used with any history/social studies textbook/e-book, biography, or autobiography, as well as certain science texts.
Visually appealing and well structured, this template will support a variety of learning styles.
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
September 11th 9/11 Narrative Account and Assessment FREEBIE
[[September 11th Memorial Series]]
Minor errors and mistakes fixed and stylistic changes made. Updated as of 9-12-2015!
September 11th Narrative Account & Assessment
Teach a Major Part of Modern American History with this Engaging Narrative!
Grades 5-12—10+ Pages!
Product Overview/Preface:
This product consists of a 3-page Assessment to be used with a 3-page excerpt from my memoir. It is a non-fiction narrative account of my observations and personal experiences on September 11th. 2001
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Research Paper Outline Guide for Students
This is a two-page outline for students to fill in when working to organize a research paper. It is designed based on students having a minimum of three supporting points as well as a section that acknowledges the opposing side to their arguments (a concession/refutation section). This outline allows students to easily organize their ideas in preparation for writing. Before completing this outline guide, students should have completed at least some research in order to include sources. Stude
Grades:
6th - 12th, Adult Education
College Planning
Engage students in the college readiness selection process with this interactive, small/whole group lesson plan to help uncover what type of college is best--small or large. 8 slides include:Differences between small & large collegesCharacteristics of eachonline video links of studentscollege selection resources by professionals & studentsCollege research project to present information discoveredA fun learning experience for students who need to think about college and narrow their choic
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Science Debate - Sweets or Treats? (A Valentine's Day Science Activity)
The Sweets or Treats Debate asks students to debate the question: "Which is a better option for Valentine's Day - chocolate-covered strawberries or flowers?"This download includes the following: 8 Fictional Character Cards (student roles) - 4 characters are FOR the topic and 4 characters are AGAINST the topicStudent Worksheets - whether actively debating or in the audience, students will need to research the topic, generate questions, and determine if sources are credibleTeacher Guide - offers d
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6th - 10th
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American Urbanization: A Common Core & Primary Source Based History Lesson
Why did American farmers leave the countryside for the city life? Was the glitz and glamour drawing them to the city or were there other factors pushing them from their family farms? This lesson focuses on urbanization in late 19th and early 20th centuries. The product is six pages and includes entrance ticket, a HardCORE history investigation utilizing primary and secondary sources, and concludes with an exit ticket. Students will also practice developing a thesis supported by multiple pieces o
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Extra Credit Writing Assignments for 5th Grade or higher ~FREEBIE~
There are 10 different writing assignments that I have created for 5th graders to complete.
Three of the assignments include 6-10 different prompts.
A few assignments link to an article or story from another website. Students are to just read the article. It does not infringe upon property rights of others.
If you purchase this item, please make sure that you have the latest version of Adobe before printing. Also, you may need to select “print as image” under the advanced settings on your prin
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5th - 8th
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Library Scavenger Hunt
Hands on activity for middle school/high school students; Students locate print resources (books and magazines) using your library's online catalog and by exploring the shelves to find titles using Dewey Decimal numbers. Approximately 45 minutes-1 hour to complete. May be completed individually or in cooperative learning groups. Suitable for any subject area as an intro to research. AASL & CCRA Standards included.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Interactive Map of Civil War Battles: Mini-Research activity
Create an interactive map of Civil War battles with your class! Completely student created and student led, this activity helps students gain an understanding of the course of the Civil War. Students engage in a mini-research project, finding information about important battles and presenting their findings to their classmates while adding information to the map on your classroom wall. Included are instructions, a research guide, and supplemental graphic organizers (compare/contrast, cause/effec
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Martin Luther King, Jr. Research
Informative Research and Writing: Researching Martin Luther King, Jr.Students research and write an informative composition on a famous African-American, Martin Luther King, Jr.! Biographies, note taking outlines, and blank writing pages are included in this purchase. Multiple Common Core Standards and TEKS for 5th Grade Writing are supported.**Note**This is a free product. It is part of a bigger product titled "Informative Writing and Research: African Americans.Included:* 1 Biography* 2 Outlin
Grades:
4th - 8th
In-Text Citations and Quotation Formatting (MLA 8th Ed.) - EDITABLE
This has been a truly helpful resource for my students. With relevant examples, this four-page resource walks students through each aspect of citing sources in-text. In doing so, it shows students how to create citations, where to put them, and how to edit quotations with brackets or emphasis.
This resource abides by the standards of MLA 8th edition.
This resource also includes an editable Word document and a PDF.
Thank you!
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Biography Project - Pairs w/Black History Month Bell Ringers/Writing Prompts
This is a pairing activity to have students research someone and create one slide in Google Slides. They are also encouraged to present their slide to the class in a speech. The research is open-ended but I steered my students toward people who maybe haven't received their due in history or who may have been "hidden figures" from our history books.This includes a Google Slides template and the directions are editable in a Google Document as well in case you'd like to have students complete the r
Grades:
3rd - 8th
CRAAP Criteria Checklist
This graphic organizer is perfect for students to use when finding sources for expository, research, persuasive or argumentative writing pieces. It helps them break down the source, according to the CRAAP criteria, to determine if it's a credible source to use in their writing. It helps you teach, and the student's reach, CCSS Anchor Standard for Writing 8, "Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the
Grades:
6th - 12th
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FREE Saint Research Report
Introduce the students to the basics of researching a topic by having them research a saint! This report keeps it simple. Included in these pages are a rough draft for the initial research – their “sloppy copy” – and a final copy. Simply print and go!
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Career Research Project for Grades 6 - 12 and ESL students
This is a everything you need for your students to complete a career research paper. Students will learn how to: research 3 different careers they may want to pursue, find out what they need to reach those career goals, write a research paper with MLA style documentation and finally write business letters to organizations to find more information. This updated lesson plan includes: a rubric, parent letter, Career Project Questions, note card set up, paraphrasing explanation, parenthetical docu
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Persuasive Essay: Body Paragraph Outline
This graphic organizer will help students create an outline for a 6 paragraph persuasive essay (while its set up for a persuasive essay, the outline can be adapted for many, many different uses).
Set up of the outline includes:
3 regular body paragraphs with spaces for a topic sentence, evidence #1, a connecting sentence, evidence #2 and a conclusion sentence.
The fourth paragraph is labeled as "opposing views" where students are to specifically address the opposing side and defend their opin
Grades:
7th - 12th
Mini Research Paper rubric
A quick research paper or assignment (like a Google Slides presentation) can be assessed using this rubric. It is not a ton of points and is a quick assessment using claims and researched evidence.
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Grades:
8th
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