Writing a Report

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  • March 1, 2013 at 4:36 pm
    Rebekahy
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    I’d like to have my daughter write a report on a famous person, but I don’t think I own any resources to help me guide her… I’d love an outline – she knows how to write paragraphs and write fiction beautifully – she’s almost 9.

    Thanks!

    March 2, 2013 at 1:43 am
    Rebekahy
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    OK, I know SOMEONE has SOMETHING for me!  Smile

    March 2, 2013 at 2:18 am
    nerakr
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    I’m not sure if this is what you’re looking for. Were you wanting to teach her how to write an outline?

    http://higherupandfurtherin.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-to-teach-your-child-to-outline.html

    March 2, 2013 at 2:06 pm
    Rebekahy
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    No, an outline I think I can handle.  I just remember doing state reports and famous person reports in grammar school and outside of remembering that the first day we learned how to write an introduction… I don’t really know what to tell her for what should come next (TOTAL pregnancy brain I think – or too much writing in college – I can’t break it down to simple pieces). 

    I guess I’m looking for a “formula” that talks about Title page and table of contents and bibliography and then the content of the report, but I don’t want to forget anything.

    March 2, 2013 at 4:56 pm
    houseofchaos
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    This might help…

    http://www.clp.org/search/results?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=research+paper&x=0&y=0

    March 4, 2013 at 4:17 pm
    Rebekahy
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    Thanks that does look like what I”m looking for… I’ll have to see if they have it in stock at my local homeschool store – wish it was a download, hate to pay for shipping on such a small item.

    March 4, 2013 at 4:31 pm
    Jenni
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    Here are a few ersources. Not sure if these are useful or not, but after reading your post, I thought my almost 9 dd would love to do this as well.

    http://www.ehow.com/how_7795831_reportwriting-tips-elementary-school-students.html

    http://www.videojug.com/interview/elementary-school-report-tips (this is a neat video, but watch out for the ads at the beginning)

    http://custom-writing.org/blog/writing-tips/17.html (this is at a higher level but there are some good ideas)

    http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/504.shtml (geared toward teachers not parents)

    Thanks for the prompt, Rebekah…. we’d better get busy. 🙂

    March 9, 2013 at 9:16 pm
    Rebekahy
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    Thanks Jenni – that’s getting closer to what I want – I like the custom-writing one, but do need something for 3-4th grade.

    There has to be SOMETHING out there.  Do Homeschoolers not write reports?  Is it part of your LA program?

    There’s got to be a simple checklist or something… somewhere.

     

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