Steps:

1. Select your research topic using a website provided or a book from the classroom.
2. Do the research and take notes in your writer’s notebook.
3. Fill out your source citation worksheet.
4. Write a rough draft of your informational report in your writer’s notebook.
5. Revise and edit your work in preparation for the final draft.
6. Write in ink (or print out and glue) your final copy of your paragraph on the provided index card.
7. Use construction paper to make a shark.
8. Glue your index card on the belly of your shark.
9. Glue your source citation sheet on the back of your shark.
10. Hang it up on the wall for Shark Week!

Don’t forget….. Informational writing should “Show Not Tell” and try to include………………………… 

• Humor
• Something the reader can connect/relate to
• Figurative language
• Descriptive language (make the reader be able to picture what you are saying)

Grading Rubric

_________ Construction of shark

_________ Creative title (does not include the name of the shark)

_________ Interesting hook

_________ 5 different facts included in a creative and interesting style

_________ Works cited worksheet is complete and accurate

_________ Following of directions

(shark cut out-writing on front and works cited on back)

_________ Writing conventions

__________________ Final Grade