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My Community
Unit 4
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Drafting:
Have students use their graphic organizers to compose a first draft of
their writing. Encourage them to skip a line as they write so they can revise more
easily. Students should be encouraged to focus on outlining the facts related to
their issue in the first paragraph. The second paragraph should be about what
students believe about their issue. The third paragraph should be about the other
side of the argument. Students should use facts to explain why the other side
is incorrect. Their editorial should end with a conclusion that summarizes their
opinion. Remind them that, when they revise and rewrite their draft, they should
look carefully at their grammar and mechanics. Allow students to take this draft
home to complete, but remind them to bring it back for the next class.
After students had skimmed and scanned
their project resources, they are ready to
take notes. Say
If you marked the pages
that contained information you considered
appropriate for your research, taking notes
will be a quick process.
To help students organize their research
and plan for the note taking, have them
fill a KWL graphic organizer. You can use
the 3-Column Chart Graphic Organizer
(Blackline Master 4). Tell students to title
the first column What I
K
now, with all the
facts they already know about their topic in
the first column. Next, have them title the
middle column What I
W
ant to Know, listing
the facts that they would like to know about.
Finally, tell students to title the last column
What I
L
earned, filling the column with all
the facts learned from the skimming and
scanning.
Once they have completed the KWL
graphic organizer, ask them to record the
information found in their resources. Invite
them to use index cards to write each piece
of information. Ask them to title each card
with a brief description of the information,
such as
Performers at the Colonial Theater
.
Then, have students write the information
found in complete sentences, using
quotation marks around any information
copied word for word. Say
Try to put the
information into your own words as much
as possible, unless it is a direct quote from a
person. List the page number in which the
information appeared and, on the back of
the index card, list the title of the book, the
author, the publisher, the publication year,
the publication city, and the page number
where you found the information.
Finally, have students refer back to their KWL
chart to ensure that they have located all of
the information they wanted to know about
their topic. Once students have their index
cards completed, say
Now you are ready to
construct your research paper!
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vocabulary
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grammar
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writing skills
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