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4th grade english language arts research for Microsoft Word
Speech Writing Template, Speech Outline, Biography Speech, 5 Paragraph Format
This editable outline helps students put together an organized speech. While it was created to write a biographical speech about the life of a famous person, it can easily be adapted to work with any speech topic. (Word .doc is editable!)
I have received many positive comments from parents about teaching students the proper speech format, and this template will guide your students through a 5 paragraph speech.
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Research Paper Rubric - EDITABLE
This rubric will help teachers evaluate student research papers using a point system. It includes the following categories:WRITING SKILLSMECHANICSRESEARCH SKILLSIt is quick and easy to quantify. FEEL FREE TO CHANGE THE CRITERIA AS IT APPLIES TO YOUR STUDENTS.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Fictional Close Reading Passages for Commercial Use - Lexile Level 900
This listing is for 4 literature (fiction) text passages for you to use in your own Teachers Pay Teachers products such as close reading activities, reading for comprehension and examples of research projects.
These fictional passages are designed for commercial use – they are editable and can be used in any of your paid products (with credit included).
Each passage is approximately 350-400 words and written for a 900 Lexile level.
Included in this set are the following topics:
Harriet's Tri
Grades:
4th - 6th
How To Research Any Topic Online
This packet teaches students how to search effectively online. I walks through why to use special characters when searching as well as how to narrow search results effectively. Students have opportunities to compare results from various search engines. There are tips for effective online research to yield the most relevant results. There are also pages dedicated to the actual research that will help students to identify information that will be needed when creating bibliography/ reference pages.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
Wax Museum Speech Frame
Students use their Wax Museum Research Notes to fill in the structured speech frame.
Ten Superstitions
Students will learn the history behind 10 common superstitions including: Friday the 13th, itchy palms, ladders, umbrellas, mirrors, horseshoes, tossing salt, knocking on wood, saying "Bless you" and black cats.
Students can take a quick assessment to test their comprehension.
This could be used to jump-start research on Superstitions as well.
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4th - 5th
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News report and Newscast Project
In this project, students select local news, world news, sports or weather as their focus. They they self direct their research with teacher support and graphic organizers to help guide them. They then write a news story and participate in a newscast. I had the students use iMovie to create their finished newscast, but it is not required. Students can perform their newscast in front of the class. My students loved this activity and I loved that it hit individual interests, but also had the
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4th - 8th
Editable Titanic Passenger Tickets!
These editable tickets will allow your students to explore what it was like on the titanic in first, second, and third class. This ticket allows you or your students to write in their name, their class, who they are accompanied by, their reason for traveling and any additional comments for their trip. It is perfect for literature and creating fictional characters to write about their journey or your students can research actual passengers from the Titanic and do a mini biography on the real pass
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3rd - 5th
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Countries/Cultures: Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer
Download the preview for a free uneditable version of the base template. The paid product is a .docx editable version which enables you to adjust directions and design elements of the product.
In this lesson students will research various countries and their corresponding cultures. Students will use the graphic organizer to collect information about the customs and people, nature and geography, clothing, and food of the country they are researching.
This product is meant to be paired with Nat
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Animal Report Graphic Organizer Outline Form
This is an outline (graphic organizer) that students use when doing research for an animal report. It helps students to organize their research in such a way that makes writing a report much easier for them. My 5th grade students were able to turn each section into a paragraph.
Meets several common core ELA standards.
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3rd - 6th
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Norse Mythology Fundamentals: The Nine Worlds in Norse Mythology
This is a two-part internet-based exercise. First, students are required to examine the nine worlds of Norse Mythology and chart the residents and whereabouts of each. Then, there are fifteen follow-up questions to further their understanding. This assignment includes an answer key.
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4th - 12th
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Using "Two Truths and a Lie" to Find Fake News and Guide Quick Research
Students need to be wise readers - to find main ideas of a text, but also discern if the information is fact or "fake news." Once you have a copy of the book, this packet gives everything you'll need for a fun and engaging unit - including a fun game to build community, detailed lesson plans for 6-7 25 minute sessions, extension worksheets, an editing checklist and a model of a completed project. Using the unique format from the book, students will complete quick research projects on a topic o
Winter Holidays Around the World - Project
This is a research report about winter holidays celebrated around the world. I have included the directions to the project, as well as a list of appropriate holidays for your students to research. These directions are very clear and are perfectly suited for 5th grade, but they can easily be adapted for 3rd grade and all the way up to high school. You can choose to make this project homework, or it can be completed in class. I gave my class approximately 4-5 class periods to work on it, and that
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3rd - 12th
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Planning a Garden
A packet that can be done at home or school. Packet goes through the steps of planning, setting up, planting, and harvesting vegetables.Includes: list of vegetables easy for kids; research worksheet on vegetables; making a grid of garden (includes example); ready to plant seeds; schedule for planting, weeding & harvesting; research of recipes; step by step directions for a recipe; graphing how many produced; word search to learn vocabulary used & sharpen memory skills.
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3rd - 6th
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The Titanic: Paraphrasing Worksheet
Paraphrasing is an important skill for research, but it requires lots of practice to do it well. This is a worksheet that includes 7 facts about the Titanic. Students are asked to read the fact and then paraphrase the information. The facts about the Titanic are interesting and motivational for students--a must when teaching students to put information into their own words.
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4th - 6th
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Christmas Around the World Rubric
Here is an editable rubric to go along with my Christmas Around the World Research Project.
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2nd - 8th
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Common Core
This is a unit on the book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. The unit includes reading questions and extensions activities.
Reading Questions:
There are questions for every chapter, as well as the epilogue.
Extension Activities:
1. The life cycle of a mosquito using teacher approved site and creation of a foldable
2. Primary Source Dissection using An American Plague: the True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
3. Research projects, divided up among
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3rd - 12th
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13 Colonies Online Scavenger Hunt (Bundle)
Save $2.25 by getting the bundled scavenger hunts for the New England, Middle, and Southern Colony scavenger hunts. For this fun and interesting Internet based activity students use the clickable links to access web pages in order to answer questions about the 13 colonies. This activity helps students not only understand more about the 13 colonies but allows them to practice their reading/researching skills involving informational text as well as writing skills. I usually have the students acces
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3rd - 6th
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Winter Olympics Research Project
Independent research project on the Winter Olympics. Students choose an event and an athlete who participates in the event to research and then complete a Google Slides presentation. Includes project outline, guiding questions, graphic organizer, and rubric for assessment. Slight focus on Canada, but can modify to suit your needs.
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.
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2nd - 12th
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National Parks Brochure
With this travel brochure, we read the book The Camping Trip That Changed America and researched national parks from, https://www.nps.gov/index.htm which opened up discussion for preservaiton of nature, endangered species, landforms, researching, and more.
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1st - 8th
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NGSS:
2-LS4-1
, K-ESS3-2
, K-ESS3-3
How to Write an Essay- Made REALLY easy!
This package includes 5 pages of easy to follow directions and materials to help your students or child understand how to write an organized and appropriate 5 paragraph essay.
Using the step-by-step instructions as well as the outline included, students will easily understand how to write an essay. A simple essay example is included that can be used as a visual example as well. Finally, there are questions for students to ask each other during a peer review or for your child to ask him/herself
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3rd - 12th
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Titanic Research Guide (Magic Tree House: Titanic)
This nine page research packet is to be used with Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #7: Titanic: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #17: Tonight on the Titanic. This book is an excellent supplement to a unit on the Titanic. The text is full of facts and this guide scaffolds student reading and note taking as they read the book, chapter by chapter. It may be used by younger grades (targeted reading level: grades 2-5) or as a simple supplement for older grades. This guide helps students na
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2nd - 7th
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Gospel Writers: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
This is a group cooperative project in 2 parts, to study the Gospel writers Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and to produce a poster about them. Students begin in four "expert" groups to study the biographical information provided, and answer the questions provided on one Saint. Then they disperse into the "Poster project" groups, with one expert from each Saint. In this group they teach each other about the Saints they have studied and together produce a poster about them. All biographical in
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4th - 7th
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