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Informational Text Projectsto Promote Thinking and
Stop the Copying!
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Common Core Standards forEnglish Language Arts
"To be ready for college, workforce training,and life in a
technological society, students needthe ability to gather,
comprehend, evaluate,synthesize, and report on information
andideas, to conduct original research in order toanswer questions
or solve problems, and toanalyze and create a high volume and
extensiverange of print and non-print texts in mediaforms old and
new.
informational text use technology
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Building knowledge throughcontent-rich nonfiction
"The need to conduct research and to produce and consume media
is embedded into every aspect of todays curriculum."
Questions and tasks cultivate students abilities to ask and
answer questions based on the text.
Writing opportunities for students are prominent and varied.
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High-quality research projects
Go beyond knowing information, to using it.
Require students to synthesize (think) rather than copy.
Include a motivating and stimulating product.
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I am... Attribute Report
In the I am... attribute report, students describeanimal or
place characteristics from the firstperson point of view, as if the
chosen animal isspeaking to an observer.
iam_trex
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Five Senses Poem
Adaptable to any subject area, the five sensespoem asks students
to use their five senses todescribe a person, place, thing, or
event in detail.
fivesensesrainforest
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ABC Books
Students present information about a single topicusing each one
of the letters of the alphabet. Thisis especially useful for class
or group projects andis a great way to build academic
vocabulary.
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Mystery Report
The Mystery Report gives students an opportunity tobe the
"keeper of knowledge" as they present theirfindings in front of the
class. Students list ten factsabout an individual or topic, in no
particular order,and present their report in the form of a
game.
mystery_hi
mystery_baseball
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Top Ten List
Like the lists on David Letterman, students reportthe top 10 or
worst 10 reasons to live in or visit aparticular place.
top10jupiter
top10_southern
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ABC Books
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Associate Letter Report
In an associative letter project, students areassigned a letter
that they must use to findwords representing the text theyve just
read.Each word beginning with the letter, becomes isa fully
illustrated page, or paragraph of text.
rosa2
rosa1
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Fact or Fiction Book
In a Fact or Fiction book, the right side of thepage is a
statement about the topic beingstudied. On the back of that page,
or left side ofnext page, the heading is either fact or
fictiondepending with an explanation of the answer.
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If, But Report
The IfBut report is an exercise in comparingand contrasting,
which plays a key role in boththe Bloom and Marzano frameworks. In
thisstyle report, students compare two topics, suchas animals,
states, or people.
ifbutstates
ifbut_alligator
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Fortunately, Unfortunately
In the fortunately/unfortunately report, studentsdescribe both
fortunate and unfortunate details ofany situation, such as events
in a story, a person'slife, or the facts of a scientific
process.
PlantsFortunatelyUnfortunately
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Never-Ever Report
The Never Ever! project is great for cause and effectand is
written like, "You should never-ever ____because... and you
definetely should never-ever____ because... But you can _____
because...
neverever
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Interview
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Interview
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Wanted Poster
Structured like an old West Wanted poster, thisproject uses
descriptions, synonyms, and so on todescribe a topic.
triangle_wanted
wanted_vocab_famished
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Poetry forms like cinquain
Share learning withing the confines of a form ofpoetry like
cinquain, diamante, or limerick. A truehaiku always contains an
allusion to seasons.
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