Research without copying nancy polette
Activities show students how to synthesize research without copying the information....
"Research Without Copying is based on the premise that students can locate, analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information if they are motivated to do so.[return to index]
Research Without Copying © 2002 Nancy Polette
Patterns for Reporting Research Reporting with Poetry
Sir Frances Drake, His Daring Deeds by Roy Gerrard.
Farrar, 1988. (Sequential events in poetry form).
Iron Horses, Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails by Verla Kay. Putnam, 2001.
Both books relate historical events in chronological order using "Paul Revere" poetry.
In addition to phonics and sight drills, teach primary children to use creative patterns to comprehend and respond to words in their non-fiction environment.
The Fighter Wore A Skirt by Nancy Polette Pieces of Learning, 2002.
Narrative poems of 32 American women who faced a challenge and won.
Reporting with Free Verse
You are changing, changing.
You feel: describe the atmosphere
You are: two adjectives
You: two verbs or verb phrases
You are the color of: name an object the same color
You are -- give size and shape you are: use participle and prepositional phrase
You do not walk upright anymore as you: three verb phrases
It is -- adjective to move like this so: one adjective and one simile
You are: name.
Geography
