SOLO Assignment Research Strategies Templates
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Autobiography Book Report
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Reading, Research, Literature
Autobiography
Book Report assignment template for use with Draft:Builder and
Write:OutLoud. Learners get directions for writing an Autobiography
Book Report. TIP: Best used with Building Wings: How I Made It Through
School by Don Johnston; however, this assignment can be modified for
use with other text.
Download this template: Auotbiography_Book_Report.zip
Biography Book Report
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Reading, Research, Literature
Reading and Writing
Biography Book Report assignment sample for use with Write:OutLoud.
Locked text gives learners directions for writing a Biography Book
Report. Change or remove book-specific information from the sample to
create a template for use with any Biography.
Download this template: Biography_Book_Report.zip
Directed Reading Thinking Activity
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Directed
Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) assignment template for use with
Read:OutLoud. Improve reading comprehension through setting a purpose
for reading, making predictions and verifying the predictions.
Download this template: DRTA.zip
Interview a Friend
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Research and Writing
Simple Interview assignment template for use with Draft:Builder and Write:OutLoud. Take notes in Draft:Builder as you interview a friend. Use your notes to write a first draft of an article about your friend. Then, send your draft to Write:OutLoud to get it ready to publish.
Download this template: Interview_a_Friend.zip
Interview a Friend 2 Paragraph
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Research and Writing
Interview a Friend 2 Paragraph assignment template for use in Draft:Builder. Take notes as you interview a friend. Use your notes to write a first draft about your friend.
Download this template: Interview_a_Friend_2_Paragraph.zip
KWRL
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Reading
KWRL assignment template for use with Read:OutLoud, Draft:Builder and Write:OutLoud. Helps readers think about what they already know about a topic, form a purpose for reading, plan a research strategy and then connect new information to what they already know.
Based on KWL+ by Lachowicz, C. & Ogle, D. (2001). Reading comprehension: Strategies for independent learners. New York: The Guilford Press. (pages 108-111).
Download this template: KWRL.zip
SQP2RS
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Reading
Assignment
template for use in Read:OutLoud. SQP2RS is a multi-step reading
strategy that helps learners master several important expository
reading skills: Survey, Question, Predict, Read, Respond and Summarize.
Based on SQP2RS method developed by Dr. MaryEllen Vogt.
Download this template: SQP2RS.zip
US State Research
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Geography and Research Strategies
US
State Research assignment template for use with Read:OutLoud. Learners
answer questions about a state in the United States of America.
Download this template: US_State_Research.zip
