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8th Grade Common Core Research Writing Resources

Help students plan their informational writing with this graphic organizer!

Graphic Organizer: Informational Writing

Research your dream career with this graphic organizer! Pick a career to learn about, and then compile your notes in this worksheet.

Graphic Organizer: Research a Career

Getting ready to write an informational essay? Use this five-page outline to help think through the next stages of the informational writing process! 

Draft an Outline: Informational Writing

Have middle school students use these writing prompts as a jumping off point as they set out to write an informational essay.

Informational Essay Writing Prompt Choice Board

When writing an&nbsp;informational essay, start with gathering information with the help of this research graphic organizer template.

Research Graphic Organizer: Note-Taking

Use this Evaluating Sources Checklist to help students evaluate their&nbsp;sources for relevance, accuracy, bias, and reliability.

Evaluating Sources Checklist

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

Compare and Contrast Information From Different Sources

Use this middle school worksheet to introduce learners to the MLA 8th edition format for citing sources and writing a bibliography.

Writing a Bibliography

Prepare students for reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind with these research and reflection prompts!

Book Study: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Pre-Reading Activity

Integrate writing and science with this research graphic organizer in which students research and record information about an invasive species in their local region.

Graphic Organizer: Research an Invasive Species

Learners will learn about a winter holiday, then complete the graphic organizer with their notes, using this festive research template.

Research Graphic Organizer: Winter Holidays Around the World

Invite learners to research Ramadan and record their findings using this festive research template!

Research Graphic Organizer: Ramadan

Guide student research about women&rsquo;s suffrage around the world with this two-page research graphic organizer!

Research Graphic Organizer: Women’s Suffrage Movement

Invite learners to research Passover and record their findings using this appealing research template!

Research Graphic Organizer: Passover

Invite learners to research Easter and record their findings using this spring-inspired research template!

Research Graphic Organizer: Easter

Students begin their informational writing process by gathering information through research. They will use a graphic organizer to record important information and sources and reflect on how to present the information.

Informational Essay: Prewriting With Research

After finishing Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, students explore the role that resistance played in the Holocaust.

Book Study: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Role of Resistance

After finishing the book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, students explore the world of nonrenewable and renewable energy.

Book Study: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Electricity Generation Research Project

Before reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, use this pre-reading activity to build background knowledge and engagement.&nbsp;

Book Study: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Build Background Knowledge

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