Guided Report Writing, Grades 3-6 - Teacher Reproducibles, E-book

Guided Report Writing begins by providing the teacher with an explanation of the eight-step process used to conduct each report writing lesson.

The eight steps are as follows:

• Choosing a Topic
• Formulating Subtopics
• Locating Information
• Taking Notes
• Converting Notes to Paragraphs
• Revising, Responding, and Editing
• Producing the Final Copy
• Including Additional Materials

Also included in this section are exercises in writing topic sentences, a chart of bibliography entry formats, and a report evaluation form.

Each lesson includes:

• step-by-step teacher directions
• several reproducible information sources—mock magazine, newspaper, and encyclopedia articles
• posters
• graphs
• maps
• timelines
• a science investigation
• a note taker
• a final report form

The 10 report topics are:

• Chewing Gum
• Christopher Columbus
• The Moon
• Koalas
• Jane Goodall
• Volcanoes
• Kelp Forests
• Recycling
• Jacques Cousteau
• Chimpanzees

When students are ready to begin their own research, a checklist for writing a report is provided. Students can move through the same eight-step process independently. Guided Report Writing concludes with guidelines for using the Internet as an information source, including a checklist for evaluating Web sites.