Using Multiple Sources For Writing Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: RI.5.9

Core Standard
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When we are putting some time into researching to prepare to write any body of work it is paramount that we use as many different sources that are available to us. If we rely solely on a single source for our information, we just won’t get a full picture of what is going on. You should keep in mind that to display evidence in your work you can always paraphrase for a source that you are using. Just make sure that your use of paraphrasing is clear and logical. These worksheets will show you how to include multiple sources in writing.

Multiple Sources For Writing Worksheets To Print:

Using Multiple Sources – This graphic organizer makes it really easy to track changes and add to the conversation.

Using Multiple Reading Sources – We have you analyze two different formats of texts.

Book vs. Movie – Is the book really better than the movie?

Research Sources – You might want to head to the media center to handle this one.

Research and Writing – You might want to make short notes as you research this one.

Sleeping Beauty – What are the main events that are the same in each story that set the story of The Sleeping Beauty into motion?

Drawing from Multiple Sources – Read the two texts. Then, on a separate sheet of paper, write a paragraph about the Gibbons that draws from both sources.

Fairies – Read the poems. Then, on a separate sheet of paper, write a paragraph describing fairies.

Pull Out The Source – Really dissect a work with this one.

My Animals – Find two sources that give you information about an animal that interests you. Use the Venn diagram to record information from each text.

Writing a Biography – Find two sources that give you information about an animal that interests you. Use the Venn diagram to record information from each text.

World Traveler – Choose a country that you would like to visit. Use different informational sources to find out as much about the country as you can.

Butterflies – Identify whether each piece of information can be learned from reading the myth, the poem, or both.

Animals with Pouches – Read the information on the "web site" below. Now choose one printed resource (book, magazine, encyclopedia, etc.) about the same topic and read that too.

Draw Your Conclusions – When researching a topic, you should always use multiple sources for information.

How to Compare a Book and Movie of the Same Work?


It is a common practice in the modern times to convert a famous and appreciated novel or book into a movie. Regardless of one’s personal opinion about which genre is better and whether this practice should be observed or not, drawing a comparison between a movie and book of the same work is an artistic skill that must be learned by students.


The comparison made between these two separate forms of art must be neutral and realistic. This neutrality and realistic comparison cannot be done properly unless one knows some basics of comparing a book with the movie.


Here are some of the pointers that must be kept in mind to do such a comparison:


Read the Book First


In order to compare the book with a movie, reading the book must be the first thing you should do since it helps you form some expectations about the movie. Once you have formed the expectations, comparing the movie with the book gets easier.


Look for The Missing and The Added Parts


Compare the book with the movie to see what scenes were not added in the movie that were originally there in the book. Also, look for whatever new has been added to the movie’s plot that was not in the book.


Compare the Settings


While you are reading a book, you make up an imaginary picture in your mind of whatever scenes and environment have been described in it. After watching the movie, try to compare if the settings shown on screen are similar to those described in the book. If not, then precisely describe the differences in both.

Other than these, you can also compare the book with the movie with respect to the characters, language, themes, and impact factor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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