Student Choice Biography Research Project — Secondary ELA — CCSS Rubric
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This no-prep packet of Language Arts learning projects and activities will keep a homeschooled or home-bound middle schooler engaged for up to 6 months. Teachers or parents will find these activities easy to distribute and explain to home-bound students, and homeschool teacher-parents looking for ELPrice $20.00Original Price $35.50Save $15.50
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Do you want to teach your students the format of a short biography? This no-prep biography research project guides students through the research and reporting on a significant figure of their choice! It will shepherd student learning from the selection and planning process to the creation of a polished essay using thoughtfully scaffolded and tested activities.
Designed as a weeks-long research unit, this product includes (See PREVIEW):
- The Basics of MLA Style PowerPoint presentation to assist with essay formatting teaching
- An introduction presentation designed to excite and inform students of the project requirements and subject options
- A research essay writing assignment handout that includes essay requirements, a due date calendar, research essay writing tips, a self and peer writing checklist, and choice of two Common Core-aligned grading rubric (short-form rubric tied to three standards and long-form rubric tied to eight standards)
- A peer edit worksheet activity with collaboration rubric (aligned to one Common Core standard)
- A biography research planning and note-taking activity that assists students with subject selection 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
- A formal presentation assignment that includes presentation requirements, speaking tips, peer-edit checklist, and Common Core-aligned rubric tied to three standards
- All 12-pages of this lesson are provided in B&W and full color
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Student assignments for this resource are available as EASEL by TpT activities, which create a seamless link between our content and your learning management system (LMS). Additionally, all of our EASEL activities are immediately ready for student use; no prep work is required on your end! Simply grab the link and go. NOTE: to access other resource files for this product (presentations, rubrics, Google Forms, answer keys, terms of use, or teacher notes) be sure to also download the product PDF.
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