Research Project

Catastrophic Events: Anchor Activity

Name: _______________________

Topic: ________________________________

THESIS PARAGRAPH (INTRODUCE YOUR TOPIC AND TELL YOUR READER WHAT THEY ARE GOINGTO READ ABOUT; LEAST TO MOST IMPORTANT IDEA.)

Opening Sentence/Lead __________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 1: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 2: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 3: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 4 (optional): ______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thesis Sentence: _______________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Question 1 ___________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Supporting Facts to answer my question:

1.	2.
3.	4.
5.	6.

BODY PARAGRAPH 1

Topic Sentence (States the main idea of the paragraph): _______________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 1: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 2: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 3: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 4 (optional): ______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Closing Sentence: _______________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Question 2 ___________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Supporting Facts to answer my question:

1.	2.
3.	4.
5.	6.

BODY PARAGRAPH 2

Topic Sentence (States the main idea of the paragraph): _______________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 1: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 2: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 3: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 4 (optional): ______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Closing Sentence: _______________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Question 3 ___________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Supporting Facts to answer my question:

1.	2.
3.	4.
5.	6.

BODY PARAGRAPH 3

Topic Sentence (States the main idea of the paragraph): _______________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 1: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 2: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 3: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 4 (optional): ______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Closing Sentence: _______________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Question 4 ___________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Supporting Facts to answer my question:

1.	2.
3.	4.
5.	6.

BODY PARAGRAPH 4

Topic Sentence (States the main idea of the paragraph): _______________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 1: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 2: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 3: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 4 (optional): ______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Closing Sentence: _______________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

CLOSING PARAGRAPH (SUMMARIZE THE MAIN POINTS OF EACH BODY PARAGRAPH; MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT IDEA; REWORD & RESTATE.)

Topic Sentence: ________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 1: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 2: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 3: _____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Detail 4 (optional): ______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Closing Sentence: (Keeps the reader thinking or wondering.)

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Cool Stuff: It doesn’t answer any of my questions, but…

• Collect any extra information about your topic that you find interesting.
• This information should not answer any of your essential questions.
• Use words and phrases, not sentences.
• Cluster information that goes together.

1.	2.
3.	4.
5.	6.

Citing Research Sources

Books

title

author (Last Name, First)

copyright date

Websites

address: www.

title of website

date you visited

Encyclopedias

name of encyclopedia

volume

article title

copyright date

Magazines

name of magazine

title of article

issue date