Cultural Expressions

  

Teacher Tips and Tools

 Unit:

  

Grade 6 - GT

Reporter's Voice/ Cultural Progress/ Continuing Journeys

Focus:

   Voicing individual perspectives with others allows us to make progress as a global community.

BCPS Indicators:

  

3 - Compare and contast the characteristics of different fictional forms to compose an original narrative using one of the literary forms

7 - Explore library and media resources while researching a chosen topic to compose an original or written project.

(MSDE LG -)

 BCPS Library Media Indicator

  

Use research skills in order to evaluate, select, record, and reorganize information.

Use reference skills in order to locate information in a variety of sources.

Discriminate among the various types of media in order to produce the appropriate medium for a particular purpose.

(MSDE LG-3,5)

 Step

 Research Process

 Research Activity

 One

 Questioning and Planning

Developing questions

Using graphic organizers

 Two

 Gathering/Sorting/ Sifting 1 

Using online and electronic resources

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Using nonprint resources

Using print resources

Using the automated catalog

 Three

 Synthesis and Evaluation

Time to stop and "take inventory"

Evaluating information

  • Which questions are well answered?
  • Which ones require further investigation?
  • Are there any new questions?

 Four

Gathering/Sorting/ Sifting 2

Returning to resources

Five

 Final Synthesis and Evaluation

Creating a product to (inform, persuade, perform a task)

Six

 Presentation

Preparing for the presentation
 

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