Print & Digital Research Project & Current Events News Article Summary Analysis

A bundle of activities that can be used for ANY research topic, research project, current event activities, article of the week, article summary/analysis and history lesson!

There are 3 resources included:

1. Research Topic Acrostic Poem
2. One Pager for Articles
3. One Pager for Research Topic

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RESOURCE BREAKDOWN

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Print and digital versions available!

• PDF
• Google™ Slides
• Compatible with Easel by TpT

ACROSTIC POEM - RESEARCH TOPIC

Have your students showcase their knowledge of a historical figure or any research topic through this poetry writing activity! Students use any research topic (person, place, thing or even biography research) and create and acrostic poem detailing the most important details they have learned.

Resource Breakdown:

1. An acrostic poem information sheet detailing:

• The definition of an acrostic poem
• The three different ways you can structure an acrostic poem
• Three example poems (one for each structure)

2. Acrostic Poem planning worksheet to help students create their poem.

3. Three poem templates for students to use.

• Examples for each template are also included!

ONE PAGER TEMPLATE - ARTICLE SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

Fun and engaging current events worksheet where students create a one pager to creatively and uniquely showcase their understanding and knowledge of an article or other text! This activity is great to help students in summarizing nonfiction text and helping to identify main ideas and details!

Students will:

• Identify the most important events from the article.
• Find specific quotes in the article related to important events and/or resonated with the student.
• Create a one pager creatively showcasing their understanding and knowledge of the article.

1. Article Analysis

• Students identify the most important events/points/ quotes from the article to include it in the one pager.

2. One Pager Rubric

3. Seven One Pager templates students can use to create their one pager!

• Digital versions of the templates are also included!

4. SEVENTEEN Student Examples of One Pagers!

• 6 examples for a one pager focusing on theme
• 5 examples for a one pager focusing on an act/scene summary from a play
• 6 examples for a one pager focusing on a research topic/historical figure

ONE PAGER TEMPLATE - RESEARCH TOPIC

Fun and engaging one pager activity where students showcase their knowledge and understanding of a research topic! This nonfiction activity can be used for ANY research topic (public figure, historical event, an awareness month, a historical time period etc.)!

Students will:

• Choose a research topic to focus on (person, event/movement, location/place, thing (like an invention))
• Conduct research to learn about their topic.
• Identify notable quotes from their research that directly relates to what they learn/resonates with them.
• Create a one pager creatively showcasing their understanding and knowledge of their research topic.

1. Topic Analysis

• Students choose a research topic and record any information they find to include it in their one pager.

2. One Pager Rubric

3. Seven One Pager templates students can use to create their one pager!

• Digital versions of the templates are also included!

4. SEVENTEEN Student Examples of One Pagers!

• 6 examples for a one pager focusing on theme
• 5 examples for a one pager focusing on an act/scene summary from a play
• 6 examples for a one pager focusing on a research topic/historical figure

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File Type: PDF & Google Slides

Editable: No

Content Pages: 81

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