Research Skills

To be covered in all grades 7-12

• paraphrasing resources for teaching paraphrasing
• summarizing resources for teaching summarizing
• gathering and using primary and secondary sources resources for teaching use of sources
• understanding meaning and consequences of plagarism resources for teaching about plagarism

To be covered in 7th grade

• using MLA style to cite sources (both in text and at end) resources for teaching MLA
• incorporating evidence and quotations into writing resources for teaching use of evidence
• writing 1-2 page paper incorporating research, ideally an I-search paper resources for I-search paper

To be covered in 8th grade

• using MLA style to cite sources (both in text and at end) resources for teaching MLA
• incorporating evidence and quotations into writing resources for teaching use of evidence
• writing 1-2 page paper incorporating research, ideally an I-search paper resources for I-search paper

To be covered in 9th grade

• using MLA style to cite sources (both in text and at end) resources for teaching MLA
• taking notes for research resources for teaching note-taking
• organizing notes for research resources for teaching organization
• collecting data from various and appropriate sources resources for teaching data collection
• writing an annotated bibliography resources for writing an annotated bibliography
• writing 3-5 page paper incorporating research, ideally an I-search paper resources for I-search paper

To be covered in 10th grade

• using APA style to cite sources (both in text and at end) resources for teaching APA
• taking notes for research resources for teaching note-taking
• organizing notes for research resources for teaching organization
• collecting data from various and appropriate sources resources for teaching data collection
• writing an annotated bibliography resources for writing an annotated bibliography
• writing 3-5 page paper incorporating research, ideally a traditional research paper resources for traditional research papers

To be covered in 11th grade

• using APA style to cite sources (both in text and at end) resources for teaching APA
• using a college library resources for college library use
• judging validity of sources resources for judging validity of sources
• cross referencing material resources for teaching cross referencing
• writing a 5-7 page paper incorporating research, ideally a traditional research paper resources for traditional research papers

To be covered in 12th grade

• using APA style to cite sources (both in text and at end) resources for teaching APA
• using a college library resources for college library use
• judging validity of sources resources for judging validity of sources
• cross referencing material resources for teaching cross referencing
• writing a 5-7 page paper incorporating research, ideally a traditional research paper resources for traditional research papers