Handout
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Engineering: Types of Documents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers links to types of documents used to communicate information in the workplace. They include short reports, proposals, memos, case studies, and lab reports.
Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Writing a Research Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides a comprehensive guide to writing a professional/technical research report. Includes information on purpose, pre-writing, audience analysis, and general technical writing guidelines. For more specific information, click on the...
Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Democratic Processes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students write informative/explanatory texts describing various aspects of the political process in the United States. This self-paced module is aligned to College and Career Ready Standards for Literacy in Social...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Write Expository Text That Synthesizes Ideas

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] A learning module that teaches students how to bring ideas together in an expository text in four lessons: Introduction, Analyzing Our Sources, Pulling Out the Major Points...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Write Expository Text That Is Logically Organized

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] A learning module that teaches students how to write an organized expository text in five lessons: Introduction, The Type of Burger: The Controlling Idea, Toppings: The...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Use Outlines, Notetaking, Graphic Organizers, Lists

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that teaches students about organizing information for an essay in four mini-lessons: Introduction, Taking Good Notes, Using Graphic Organizers, and Making Lists.
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: List Group Label

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
It provides students with a way to recognize the relationships between words and concepts using their prior knowledge about a topic. The list-group-label strategy can be used before and after students read.
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Mnemonics

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A mnemonic is an instructional strategy designed to help students improve their memory of important information. This technique connects new learning to prior knowledge through the use of visual and/or acoustic cues. The basic types of...
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Concept Maps

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A concept map help students visualize various connections between words or phrases and a main idea. There are several types of concept maps; some are hierarchical, while others connect information without categorizing ideas.
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Inquiry Charts (I Charts)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The Inquiry Chart (I-Chart) is a strategy that enables students to generate meaningful questions about a topic and organize their writing. Students integrate prior knowledge or thoughts about the topic with additional information found...
Article
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Power Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Power Notes is a strategy that teaches students an efficient form of organizing information from assigned text. This technique provides students a systematic way to look for relationships within material they are reading. Power Notes...
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Frame Routine

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The Frame Routine is a strategy designed to assist students as they organize topics, main ideas and details about reading assignments. This technique includes a basic hierarchic graphic organizer called a "Frame" that can be used to help...
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Help Students Generate Ideas Through Prewriting

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to model a range of prewriting techniques and introduce several mnemonics to help students organize their writing.
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Scientific Important Book Passages

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students read and examine the structure of The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown and then follow that pattern while writing about the most important things about various scientific topics. Printable handouts and student samples are...
Unit Plan
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Patterns of Organization: Chronological Order

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This learning module provides an explanation of the chronological order text structure. An explanation of the chronological text structure is provided, and a video tutorial lesson is provided to supplement this lesson [1:04] Additional...
Unit Plan
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Patterns of Organization: Sequence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This learning module provides an explanation of the text structure for sequence. An explanation of the text structure for a sequence is provided, and chronological order text structure is demonstrated in a video tutorial lesson [1:24]
Activity
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Making Note Cards

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A useful site that gives information on how to make note cards when writing a research report or project. Provides examples and tips.
Handout
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Creating Subtopic Headings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An excellent tip sheet on how to group information after brainstorming and prewriting.
Activity
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Making an Outline

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A tip sheet on how to create and outline for a research paper.
Article
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Patterns of Organization: Order of Importance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides an explanation of the order of importance text structure. A diagram is provided to provide to supplement the explanation.
Rubric
Other

Tonya Skinner: Web Page Evaluation Rubric

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This is a good example of an evaluation rubric for a student created web page. Categories include content, page layout, graphics, navigation, design, information, and advanced features.
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Headings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on the use of headings in a paper. The layout of the headings and subheadings should be determined before beginning the paper to make it easier to read and more attractive. Most important is to be consistent with...
Graphic
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Essay Map

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A fillable essay map in PDF format with boxes for an introduction, main ideas, supporting details, and a conclusion. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are...
Graphic
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: I Chart

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A printable inquiry chart designed to help students ask questions and collect information from various texts when conducting research on any topic. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching...