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Using the Internet, the student will find two recent (last 5 years) scholarly articles about criminals/prisoners who have been wrongly convicted of a crime or even put to death for a criminal activity they never committed. The student may elect to find articles on criminals who have escaped punishment and committed criminal activities again. The student must use proper citation of the articles using a Citation generator online. Articles must have an author! First, read over the articles. Next, reverse outline the articles. Comparing your reverse outlines to the abstracts, identify which structural and content elements from the articles are included and which are left out. Finally, write up a template, or road-map, of what the abstract of a scientific article should include and what the rhetorical and practical purpose of the abstract is.

Using Web of Science, find two recent (last 5 years) peer-reviewed scholarly articles about your planet. (Neither of these should be the same article you use for 1.2.) First, read over both articles, along with their abstracts. Next, reverse outline the articles. Comparing your reverse outlines to the abstracts, identify which structural and content elements from the articles are included and which are left out. Finally, write up a template, or road-map, of what the abstract of a scientific article should include and what the rhetorical and practical purpose of the abstract is.

Students are required to answer comprehension questions during/after class readings. Answers must be written in complete sentences.

Students will compare and contrast two creation stories in a 500 word essay.

Students will compare and contrast two creation stories in a 500 word essay.

Sustained Silent Reading Rubric suitable for grades 4 - 6