Famous Philosophers Essay Research Guide

Famous Philosophers Essay Research Guide provides a structured format for students in grades 6 through 12 to delve into the informative world of notable philosophers by creating a well-structured research essay. It's ideal for Language Arts teachers focusing on writing and can be used as an intensive week-long research unit tool, or as part of "10-second sub plan".

This guide includes interactive activities carefully designed to guide students from start to finish. Included is a PowerPoint presentation that introduces the basics of MLA style formatting which is essential for writing any academic paper.

Main Features

• A detailed assignment instruction sheet given with explicit essay requirements
  • An addition of due date calendar to help students stay organized
• Helpful writing tips throughout their academic careers along with peer-editing checklist forcing collaboration among learners.
• Caters educators focusing on the Common Core standards CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.7, and CCRA.L.3 featuring standards-based grading rubric.
  • Inclusion of comprehensive research planning activity and note-taking guide within this teaching resource package.
• An outline activity encouraging autonomy using compiled notes from previous activities toward detailed essay structure prediction and completion.
• All 6 pages are available in both black & white versions along full color ones adaptable based on printer resources.
  • Makes it versatile concerning printing preferences whether colored or grayscale would work best!

    The Famous Philosophers Essay Research Guide not only aids in making the learning journey more structured, but also lessens your workload by providing a ready-to-go lesson plan teaching resource.

A “10-second sub plan” (just print and drop on your desk!) or the basis of a weeks-long research unit, this product includes:

The Basics of MLA Style PowerPoint presentation to assist with essay formatting teaching

A research essay writing assignment handout that includes essay requirements, a due date calendar, research essay writing tips, a peer edit checklist, and standards-based grading rubric (Standards: CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.7, and CCRA.L.3)

A famous philosophers research planning and note-taking activity that assists students on selecting a research subject and includes instructions for straightforward background research, a symbolic art activity, and a space to cite quality sources and record notes

A research essay outlining activity, where students can use their notes to construct the building blocks of their essay

All 6-pages of this lesson are provided in B&W and full color (for lucky teachers with access to color printing!)