“Take It and Use It” #35
Research Paper Template: Elementary
Teacher Instructions: Make this template reflect your terminology and requirements of the assignment. Have the student keep the checklist in his binder. Assign
a due date to each section of the research paper, and require that each section be
turned in as soon as it is completed.
Name: _____________________________________ Date: ____________________________
Assignment: Write a research paper. Keep this chart in your binder. Check DONE
when you finish a section.
RESEARCH PAPER
Name on
paper
DONE
This part
is
DONE
Turned
In
DONE
TOPIC/TITLE PAGE
RESEARCH – BOOKS
RESEARCH – INTERNET
ROUGH DRAFT – INTRODUCTION
ROUGH DRAFT – BODY
ROUGH DRAFT – CONCLUSION
FINAL COPY
From I Hate to Write! by C. Boucher and K. Oehler, © 2013, AAPC Publishing, www.aapcpublishing.net. Used with permission.
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RESEARCH PAPER – Elementary
Your report is about: ___________________________________________________
Write your name here: __________________________________________________
Draw a picture about your topic in this box:
Turn this page in to your teacher on: ___________________________________
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Your Name: ___________________________ Date: ___________________________
Research
Find __2__ books about your topic. _________________________can help you.
Book # 1:
Title:_____________________________________________________________________
Author: __________________________________________________________________
Year the book was written: ______________________________________________
Book # 2:
Title:_____________________________________________________________________
Author: __________________________________________________________________
Year the book was written: ______________________________________________
Turn this page in to your teacher on: ____________________________________
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Your Name: ___________________________ Date: ___________________________
Gathering Information – Books
Find two interesting things about your topic from Book #1. Then find
two different things about your topic from Book #2.
Book # 1:
1. ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Book # 2:
1. ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Turn this page in to your teacher on:____________________________________
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Your Name: ___________________________ Date: ___________________________
Gathering Information – Internet
Find one interesting Internet site about your topic. You have _______
minutes to choose a site. Then write three interesting things about your
topic. They must be different from the things you chose from books.
Website: ____________________________________________
Three interesting things about my topic. (Must be different from what
you wrote about Book #1 and Book #2.)
1. ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
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Your Name: ___________________________ Date: ___________________________
Writing the Rough Draft – Introduction
Write the first paragraph of your report. This is a rough draft, so your
teacher must be able to read it, but your writing does not need to be
neat. Your teacher will make corrections and changes to this rough
draft. You will write the final copy later.
Introduction rough draft. Write a paragraph with three sentences. Remember to use capital letters and punctuation.
__________________________________________________________________________
(Write a topic sentence that tells what your report is about.)
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
(Write a sentence that tells why your topic is interesting.)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
(Write a sentence that tells the MOST important thing about your topic.)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Turn this page in to your teacher on: ____________________________________
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Your Name: ___________________________ Date: ___________________________
Writing the Rough Draft – Body
Write the second paragraph of your report. This is a rough draft, so
your teacher must be able to read it, but your writing does not have to
be neat. Your teacher will make corrections and changes to this rough
draft. You will write the final copy later.
Body rough draft. Ask your teacher to give you your research sentences
from Book #1, Book #2, and the Internet. Your teacher can help you
number the sentences so they are in a good order for your report. Copy
the sentences, in the right order, here. Your teacher might want you to
add more sentences.
__________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________
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Turn this page in to your teacher on: ____________________________________
From I Hate to Write! by C. Boucher and K. Oehler, © 2013, AAPC Publishing, www.aapcpublishing.net. Used with permission.