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Main Author: Vanneman, Susan
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2005
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ720832
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contents "It's in the Bag." A Focus on Strategies Vanneman, Susan School Libraries Language Arts Portfolios (Background Materials) Writing Processes Grade 6 Student Research Writing Assignments Writing Instruction Writing Skills Middle School Students This article describes the experiences of a sixth-grade language arts class that participated in a research and portfolio-writing exercise using the school library media center. Students in this class learned that organization and process are central to the completion of a successful research project. After learning various note-taking strategies and the proper way to record citations, students began their research. At the end of the period each day, students shared what they had discovered about their topics. These discussions provided motivation and momentum that helped sustain interest from day to day. Later class periods provided instruction in the actual writing and editing of reports--from correct paragraph structure to how to insert pictures and text boxes.
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spellingShingle "It's in the Bag." A Focus on Strategies
Vanneman, Susan
School Libraries
Language Arts
Portfolios (Background Materials)
Writing Processes
Grade 6
Student Research
Writing Assignments
Writing Instruction
Writing Skills
Middle School Students
"It's in the Bag." A Focus on Strategies Vanneman, Susan School Libraries Language Arts Portfolios (Background Materials) Writing Processes Grade 6 Student Research Writing Assignments Writing Instruction Writing Skills Middle School Students This article describes the experiences of a sixth-grade language arts class that participated in a research and portfolio-writing exercise using the school library media center. Students in this class learned that organization and process are central to the completion of a successful research project. After learning various note-taking strategies and the proper way to record citations, students began their research. At the end of the period each day, students shared what they had discovered about their topics. These discussions provided motivation and momentum that helped sustain interest from day to day. Later class periods provided instruction in the actual writing and editing of reports--from correct paragraph structure to how to insert pictures and text boxes.
title "It's in the Bag." A Focus on Strategies
topic School Libraries
Language Arts
Portfolios (Background Materials)
Writing Processes
Grade 6
Student Research
Writing Assignments
Writing Instruction
Writing Skills
Middle School Students
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ720832