Very few students will be anxious to come to school everyday because they are working on a research paper! Often the task is daunting and loosing information and forgetting to site sources is a common occurrence.
To help your students be organized in the search for information, introduce them to online graphic organizers. There are a myriad of samples and helps online!
At Graphic.org, all of their organizers are free to use in your classroom. Starting with the very simple Venn Diagram to compare and contrast Iran and Iraq or to the more complex mapping, you can find descriptions here. Be sure to scroll down and click on “How can graphic organizers help you and your students?” http://www.graphic.org/
Very few students will be anxious to come to school everyday because they are working on a research paper! Often the task is daunting and loosing information and forgetting to site sources is a common occurrence.
To help your students be organized in the search for information, introduce them to online graphic organizers. There are a myriad of samples and helps online!
At Graphic.org, all of their organizers are free to use in your classroom. Starting with the very simple Venn Diagram to compare and contrast Iran and Iraq or to the more complex mapping, you can find descriptions here. Be sure to scroll down and click on “How can graphic organizers help you and your students?”
http://www.graphic.org/
How to use a Graphic Organizer:
http://www.edhelperclipart.com/clipart/teachers/org-howtouse.pdf
Click here for all free downloadable graphic organizers from edhelper.com
http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/graphic_organizers.htm?gclid=CKeAjdi12psCFVlM5Qod4TFB_w
Thinking guides
www.exploratree.org.uk/