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Standards:
NCTE Standard #7
Students conduct research on issues and
interests by generating ideas and questions, and
by posing problems. They gather, evaluate, and
synthesize data from a variety of sources (e.g.,
print and non-print texts, artifacts (video),
people) to communicate their discoveries in ways
that suit their purpose and audience.
MCREL Language Arts Standard 1
Uses the general skills and strategies of the
writing process (persuasive writing).
MCREL World History Standard 2
Understands the historical perspective. Level
III, Benchmark 6. Knows different types of
primary and secondary sources and the motives,
interests, and bias expressed in them (e.g.,
eyewitness accounts, letters, diaries,
artifacts, photos; magazine articles, newspaper
accounts, hearsay). |
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Activities:
Students will write persuasive stories about
primates and begin to make them into
presentations or prepare for publication based
on interviews.
Students either use notes from interviews, or
have stories from local newspapers, Web sites
and sanctuaries to use as reference material. |
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