Writer's Choice Grade 8

Unit 22: Library and Reference Resources

Unit Activity Lesson Plans

Introduction
Students have read about the library and reference sources. In this lesson, they will match different types of information with the appropriate reference material.

Lesson Description
Students will use information from the unit to tell which reference source is most likely to provide specified information.

Instructional Objectives

Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of the reading.
Students will be able to transfer information and ideas from the reading.
Students will be able to match information with the appropriate reference source.

Student Web Activity Answers
Almanac: world record holders in swimming, Pulitzer Prize winners since 1930, U.S. rainfall statistics
Atlas: map of climate changes, major waterways of Europe, highway systems in Georgia
Encyclopedia: guide to the solar system, information about cattle ranching, the life of Marie Curie

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