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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Generate Ideas and Questions

For Students 9th Standards
Learn strategies to help you generate questions and ideas about a topic.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Process: Finding Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on finding evidence to support your thesis, how to incorporate your findings into your own work, and how to effectively quote, paraphrase, and summarize your information. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.9, W.11-12.1b...
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Creating Good Interview and Survey Questions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This entry focuses on writing good interview and survey questions when conducting primary research. It warns againgst questions that are bias, wordy, double-barreled, and unrelated and provides examples of each.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Research Process: Introduction to the Research Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the reliability of research sources including a video example. It also lists the learning objectives for researching.
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Article
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Research Process: Conclusion to Research Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article focuses on the real purpose of research, to learn about the subject of the investigation as much as possible and then form those theories, opinions, and arguments on the basis of this newly found knowledge and understanding...
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Activity
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Assignment Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Want a realistic timeline for that research project? Use these tips and resources to get a handle on what to do and when to do it. It offers templates several types of research projects such as speech, media project, primary sources,...
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Article
Edutopia

Edutopia: Establishing a Culture of Questioning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article discusses establishing a culture of questioning. When students consistently ask meaningful questions, they get comfortable taking the risks that lead to learning. SL.11-12.1c Questions/Part
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Independent Research Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will use the Internet to gather key facts using a variety of online resources and present their findings in a word processed paper in APA style.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Writing a Persuasive Essay

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson students research opposing viewpoints on controversial issues and develop their own position papers. Though primarily for English classes, this lesson could be easily adapted for an interdisciplinary unit with social...
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Article
Other

Career Foundry: How to Conduct User Experience Research Like a Professional

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find out about user experience research using these data collection tips.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Identify the Technique Learn More

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
"Identify the technique" questions will ask you to describe the reasoning of an argument - the way it uses support to justify a conclusion. These questions focus on structure, method, and technique. They're not concerned with what the...
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Unit Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Publish a Final Product

For Students 9th Standards
Create a final draft of a presentation. Publish the final product to express your understanding of a chosen topic.
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Unit Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Publish Your Final Work

For Students 9th Standards
We will publish our final work to express our understanding of our chosen topic.
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application: Students Create a Final Draft

For Teachers 9th Standards
Ninth graders create a final draft of a culminating task product.
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Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Create an Outline

For Students 9th Standards
Students continue conducting research. They also brainstorm and create an outline for their culminating task product. They also work with a partner to evaluate the content and ideas of their outline before they create a draft of their...
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Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application: Student Selected Task Overview

For Students 9th Standards
Select a task that is related to one or more of the units studied in the course. Conduct research to extend our understanding of the texts and/or topics of one or more units. Express your understanding by creating a product and...
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Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Reflect on Composing Work

For Students 9th Standards
Reflect on how composing your work contributed to understanding the question "Should parents limit their teen's access to social media?"
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Website
Other

Reading Comprehension: Question Answer Relationships

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
If you need help working with your students on questioning a text or if you are working on higher-level questioning skills, this is a simple and helpful site. Printable resources available from site.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Research Questions

For Teachers 2nd - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson explores the steps of the research process - selecting an appropriate research topic, and delving more into the topic.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.8
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Handout
University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: Writing Essays: Narrowing Your Essay Topic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What steps can you take to narrow an essay topic? Delve into this awesome site to learn how.
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Activity
Cornell University

Cornell University: Library: How to Find and Develop a Viable Research Topic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource offers a few suggestions to get you started with the research process.