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- Citing sources
- A guide for high school students to citing sources from print and the web.
- Format: article
- By Melissa Thibault.
- Introduction: Rethinking reports
- A little creativity can make research a rewarding learning experience for students and teachers alike.
- By David Walbert and Melissa Thibault.
- Adding support and detail without getting arrested!
- This lesson plan is designed to teach students the concept of using facts to support ideas and to interpret (elaborate on) those facts in order to create a synthesized paragraph.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
- By Bonnie Mcmurray and Julie Joslin.
- Alternatives to the President Report
- In Rethinking Reports, page 1.1
- The "President Report" is a common assignment in social studies classes from second grade, where biography is first introduced, through high school U.S. History. You know what we mean: students are asked to pick a U.S. president and write a biographical...
- By Melissa Thibault and David Walbert.
- Literature biography project
- For this project, students will learn to develop the various processes used in researching and writing a biographical research paper, including brainstorming, note taking, outlining, creating a bibliography, and writing the final draft. This project is designed to act as an independent study geared toward AG or Level 3 and Level 4 students, but each step in the research process can also be taught directly to students in the classroom.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
- By Sandra Dail.
- Ongoing assessment strategies for writing
- Making final assessment easier by helping students improve the quality of their writing along the way.
- By Sherri Phillips Merrit.
- Support and elaboration
- In The five features of effective writing, page 4
- Support and Elaboration, the third Feature of Effective Writing, is how a writer fleshes out a piece of writing with specific, relevant details.
- By Kathleen Cali.
- Persuasive speaking: A classroom model
- In Arts of persuasion, page 3
- A plan for teaching persuasive speaking in the middle school classroom, with tips for speakers and on how to recognize bias.
- By Pamela Myrick and Sharon Pearson.
- Among the Tuscarora: The strange and mysterious death of John Lawson, gentleman, explorer, and writer
- They've taken his clothes, picked the straight razor out of his pocket: one brave fingers it, touches the blade — bright blood springs from his thumb and he laughs. The pitch pine split by the women is ready, a clay pot full...
- Format: article
- By Marjorie Hudson.
Resources on the web
- Guidelines and Resources for Avoiding Plagiarism
- The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction's Instructional Technology Section and the English Language Arts Section have created this site to help educators, students, and their parents understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
- Citation Maker
- Use this tool to create an easy and accurate MLA format bibliography. Also find answers to your questions about when to cite, how to quote, and just what plagiarism is all about. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Oregon School Library Information System
- Research Building Blocks: "Cite Those Sources!"
- Students learn the importance of citing their sources to give credit to the authors of their information as well as learn about plagiarism. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Information Skills)
- Provided by: IRA/NCTE
- Research building blocks: Notes, quotes, and fact fragments
- In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students acquire and use research skills. They learn the importance of finding the words in sentences and paragraphs that contain the facts they need for compiling their research. They then move to putting those notes into... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
- UC Berkeley Teaching Library Internet Tutorial
- Internet search and website evaluation materials. Learn about Internet navigation, information for website evaluation, and Web basics in this online tutorial. See the section about Internet searching with the five-step search strategy. There are handouts and... (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Library, University of California, Berkeley
