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• Books Used and Multidisciplinary Connections
  
• Introductory Lesson, Lesson Overviews, Culminating Activity, and Materials
  
• Lesson 1 - Writing A Research Report
  
• Report Worksheets
  
• Lesson 2 - Writing A Narrative
  
• "Grandpa" Worksheets
  
• Lesson 3 - Writing Poetry
  
• Terezin Overheads
  
• Lesson 4 - Writing An Editorial
  
• Writing a Thesis Statement Worksheet
  
• Writing an Introduction Worksheet
  

Writing Your Thesis Statement

To create a thesis statement for your own research report, think about your research and your main idea.

1. My paper's main idea is:




2. Some of the most important ideas I learned in my research are:






Review the approaches listed below. Which approaches would work best with your topic? Pick two of them. (If you are writing about a current problem, you might want to pick "point out a cause and effect relationship" and "define something." If you are writing about famous works of art, you might select "compare and contrast" and "classification.") Then write two thesis statements - one for each selected approach. Read the two thesis statements carefully. Which one expresses what you most want to say about your topic? Circle that statement.

- Explain how something works, using a step-by-step process.
- Compare and contrast people, events, or ideas.
- Define something.
- Classify by dividing things into groups with common characteristics.
- Point out a cause-and-effect relationship.


3. Thesis statement one:





4. Thesis statement two:







Writer's Choice: Research Paper and Report Writing

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