Landmark Research Project Fun Summer School Activities Writing Reading Passages

Save time planning about iconic landmarks with these high-interest nonfiction reading and writing activities! This is the perfect set to bring into your ELA and SS blocks to tie together historic places and important reading and writing skills. It also makes a great end-of-year independent project for students.

This set includes 7 close reading passages and a step-by-step approach to writing research pieces to help you scaffold and differentiate to meet your students' needs.

This writing pack will help your students complete a landmark research project.

Directions are clear and easy to understand and come in two layouts for students to either work at their own pace or work as a class step by step. Note-taking sheets and organizers help students to record information they learn from the sources they are using, as well as, gain a deeper understanding of what makes each National Park important, special, and unique.

Your students will:

• actively read and differentiate between natural and manmade landmarks
• learn about 7 iconic landmarks found in both the US and around the world
• research a landmark of their choice
• write a cohesive research project
• complete creative elements to showcase what they learned

Save time planning, engage students, and bring critical thinking activities into your classroom in an instant with these high-interest landmark reading, writing, and creative activities!

NOTE: This set includes BOTH printable and digital versions.

CONTENTS of Landmark Close Reading:

✓Includes Digital LInk and Directions to complete this project in Google Classroom™

✓Teacher Notes and Suggestions

✓Anchor Chart Posters

• What is a Landmark? Poster
• What is a Natural Landmark? Poster
• What is a Manmade Landmark? Poster
• Famous U.S. Landmarks Poster
• Famous World Landmarks Poster
• How are Landmarks Protected? Poster

✓Landmark Nonfiction Article and Close Reading Response Questions

✓Student Project Directions

✓Preparing for Landmark Research and KWL

✓Detailed Student Note-Taking Sheets with Guided Ideas for 2 Different Sources

✓Plain Student Note-Taking Sheet

✓4 Optional “You Choose” Going Further Extension Organizers

✓Planning Your Writing Graphic Organizers

✓Planning Each Paragraph & Details Graphic Organizer

✓Student Editing Checklist and Teacher Rubric

✓Lined Paper and Cover Sheet for Landmark Research

✓Creative Landmark Display Options:

• Landmark Flipbook
• Landmark Brochure Foldable
• Landmark Display Poster
• Landmark Illustration Page

✓Persuasive Writing Optional Extension Activity

✓Let’s Make This a Landmark Extension Activity

CONTENTS of Landmark Research Pack:

✓ Link and directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™

✓Close Reading Anchor Charts in two sizes

✓Close Reading Graphic Organizer

✓7 nonfiction passages with reader-response text-dependent questions

• What is a Landmark?
• The Great Barrier Reef
• The Grand Canyon
• Niagara Falls
• The Statue of Liberty
• Leaning Tower of Pisa
• The Great Wall of China

✓Answer Keys

✓Bonus Activities Include:

-Compare and Contrast Venn

3-2-1 Reflection

-Asking Questions

-Visualizing Nonfiction

-Main Idea activity

-Going Beyond the Reading Critical Thinking Reflection

-Agree or Disagree?

-Vocabulary Reflections

-Landmark Poster

- plus more!

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All digital activities are interactive and include movable parts and text boxes to promote student independence and engagement.

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