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Informational Text Projectsto Promote Thinking and
Stop the Copying!
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
index
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
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
ABC Books
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
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.
index
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
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
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
Interview
Interview
Wanted Poster
Structured like an old West Wanted poster, thisproject uses descriptions, synonyms, and so on todescribe a topic.
triangle_wanted
wanted_vocab_famished
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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