A Student's Guide to Writing A Research Essay

- Grades
- Grades 4–8
- File type
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Use
- Digital activity
- Subject
- Writing, ELA
- Topic
- Student Guide, Research
- Use
- Digital activity
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This resource is A Student's Guide to Writing A Research Essay.
This digital unit will guide students through every step of the research writing process. Just assign it to their Google Classroom and let the slides do the rest!
There are a total of 10 slides that will give students everything they need to develop an informative research essay on any topic.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Write a thesis statement for an informative essay
Judge whether a website is a reliable source
Organize an essay into an introduction, body paragraphs and a conclusion
Teaching tips
The topic slide links to an outside PDF of research topic ideas, so students need internet access for that step and for their sources.
Skills covered
Evaluating sources — sorting reliable web domains from less reliable ones before taking notes
Revising — checking a full draft against the editing and peer-feedback checklist
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