Interpreting, Analsying, Evaluating - Using research skills Curriculum link: Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources. Lesson Description Students will use search engines...
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Interpreting, Analsying, Evaluating - Using research skills Curriculum link: Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources. Lesson Description Students will use search engines such as Google to search and compile a ‘persuasive writing’ report about the topic of They are pointed to a number of different websites which presented arguments and statistics on both sides of the issue. They were asked to create a smooth, integrated account which drew on the documents but did not merely print them out or stitch them together. They will conduct research and learn how to find resources that are relevant and valid. Begin the lesson as a whole-class discussion to determine what students already know about searching the Internet and how search engines work. It will be important to point out that the Web is a self- publishing medium, which is not always reliable, and that there are different ways to find information on
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