Grade 6 Research Writing Worksheet
This worksheet helps sixth-grade students understand the process of research writing, including identifying reliable sources, note-taking, and structuring a research report.
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Read each question carefully and provide your best answer. This worksheet will help you practice important skills for research writing.
1. Which of the following sources would be MOST reliable for a research paper on the history of space exploration?
A personal blog post written by a teenager about aliens
An article from NASA's official website
A social media post from an unknown user
A fictional storybook about astronauts
Fill in the blank with the correct term.
2. When you use someone else's words or ideas without giving them credit, it is called .
3. A is a list of all the sources you used in your research paper.
4. Imagine you are researching a topic online. List two questions you should ask yourself to determine if a website is a reliable source of information.
5. It is okay to copy and paste information directly from a website into your research paper as long as you put quotation marks around it.
True
False
6. Taking notes in your own words helps you avoid plagiarism.
True
False
7. For a research paper about 'The Benefits of Reading for Young People', write a strong thesis statement that could guide your research.
8. Number the following steps in the research writing process in the correct order from 1 to 5.
Write your first draft, incorporating your research and thesis.
Choose a topic and develop a research question.
Revise and edit your paper for clarity, grammar, and spelling.
Gather information from reliable sources and take notes.
Create an outline to organize your ideas and evidence.