Description: Guided Report Writing begins by providing the teacher with an explanation of the eight-step process used to conduct each report writing lesson: Choosing a Topic, Formulating Subtopics, Locating Information, Taking Notes, Converting Notes to Paragraphs, Revising, Responding, Editing, Producing the Final Copy, Including Additional Materials, Also included in this section are an exercise in writing topic sentences, a chart of bibliography entry formats, and a report evaluation form. Guided report writing lessons comprise the bulk of Guided Report Writing. You get everything you need to guide your students in writing 10 different reports. Each lesson includes: step-by-step teacher directions, several reproducible information sourcesmock magazine, newspaper, and encyclopedia articles; posters, graphs, maps, time lines, and a science investigation, a note taker, a final report form. The 10 report topics are: Chewing Gum, Christopher Columbus, The Moon, Koalas, Jane Goodall, Volcanoes, Kelp Forests, Recycling, Jacques Cousteau, Chimpanzes. When students are ready to begin their own research, a Checklist for Writing a Report is provided. Students can move through the same eight-step process independently. Guided Report Writing concludes with guidelines for using the Internet as an information source, including a checklist for evaluating web sites.

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