Expository Writing: Focus on Research Reports (4-12)/Flex Course

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Do your students struggle when they have to write anything other than a narrative essay or story? This online course focuses on helping students learn how to write research reports. The focus will be on teaching students organizational patterns, as well as how to develop an outline and thesis statement. Teaching students how to do research and then read and paraphrase for writing will also be emphasized. Teachers will gain assessment strategies as well.

Программа

Unit One

Writing Standards in the Classroom
Common Core Research Paper Standards
Choosing a Research Topic
Assignment #1: Write an autobiography
Test #1
Unit Two

Types of Sources
Research on the Internet
Non-Electronic Sources
Assignment #2: Article reflection
Test #2
Unit Three

Taking Notes
Organizing Notes
Developing an Outline
Assignment #3:Share your expertise
Test #3
Unit Four

Writing an Introduction
How to Paraphrase
Writing the Report
Writing a Conclusion
Test #4
Unit Five

Developing the Bibliography
Revision
Editing
Test #5
Unit Six

Rubrics for Writing Assessment
Information Literacy and Digital Research
Writing and Technology
Assignment #4: Develop the guidelines and rubric for a research paper assignment
Assignment #5: Reading/Learning Log (Based on required resource book)

Ключевые слова

Writing skill, K-12 teaching, Teacher professional development