After reading Night and studying Elie Wiesel�s life after the Holocaust, my students completed this research paper. It�s a very simple assignment�a vehicle for me to introduce the research skills and background they will need to write a �real� research paper next year in the 11th grade. You could certainly make it more difficult by changing the requirements on the rubrics, but using the same concept.
The assignment consists of three parts�a two- to three- page research paper, a visual aid, and a presentation. I have attached simple rubrics for each of the parts as well.
It looks like a good research project.
January 28, 2012
Thank you for an interesting culminating assignment! The students are really enjoying it!
March 2, 2009
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Over the last 13 years, I have taught 7th grade through junior college, so the lesson plans that I share here could come from any of those grade levels. I am currently teaching 10th grade reading and world literature and 11th grade reading and American literature. I've been teaching reading for seven years, so most of my lessons were designed with my reluctant readers in mind. Recently I taught an honors level 9th grade class along with my remedial classes; I was surprised by how much my honors students learned when I used some of the same lessons (vocabulary, especially) that I was using with my remedial students. I think all of our students benefit if we slow down and emphasize quality over quantity.
