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Black History Month Writing Project

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Look Inside · 10 pages

Cover of the informative writing unit: five-paragraph research paper lessons and materials for grades 2–4
Cover of the research writing unit
Day 1 lesson plan introduces Black History Month brainstorming using a KWL chart or Circle Map
Day 1: Introduction and brainstorming
Days 2–4 lesson plan guides research on famous African Americans using digital or print sources
Days 2–4: Research and organizer options
Day 5 lesson plan asks students to choose one person, organize research, and find missing information
Day 5: Choose a person and organize research
Days 6–7 lesson plan organizes five paragraphs about a person's background, school or career, and contributions
Days 6–7: Plan the five-paragraph paper
Days 7–8 lesson plan explains transferring research from a graphic organizer into a five-paragraph rough draft
Days 7–8: Write the rough draft
Day 9 and Day 10+ lesson plans cover revising, editing, publishing, and assessing the final research paper
Day 9 and Day 10+: Revise and publish
Black History Month Circle Map provides a brainstorming organizer for the research writing project
Circle Map for the brainstorming stage
U.S. map for the research project asks students to color and label all the states where their person lived
Map activity for the researched person's life
KWL anchor chart headings ask what students know, want to know, and have learned about Black History Month
KWL headings for the class anchor chart
Attributes
Subject

ELA, Holiday & Seasonal, Writing, Holidays, Black History Month

Grades

Grade 2, 3, 4

Types

Activities, Projects

File

PDF

Editable
No
Author
Siri Latina
Rating
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About This Product

This is a Black History Month Writing Project.

Students will write a 5-paragraph research paper across two weeks.

This resource comes equipped with detailed lesson plans for 10+ days as well as graphic organizers and templates for writing.

What's Included

39-page PDF

Resource Tags

Black History Month February winter writing project informational text writing process graphic organizers reading lesson plan

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