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English · Grade 5

Capstone: Publish and Defend an Inquiry

In this capstone, learners follow a fictional fifth grader's inquiry into cafeteria food waste from question to presentation, then carry out their own. They pose a focused question and plan how to answer it, draft and revise a report with evidence and sources, present findings clearly, and defend them by answering questions with evidence and honesty about limits.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 120 minutes
  • Capstone check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order, sort into groups and true or false
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What learners will discover

  • Pose a focused inquiry question and plan how to answer it using several sources or simple data.
  • Draft and revise an inquiry report that answers the question with evidence, states its limits and lists its sources.
  • Present findings in a logical sequence with relevant facts and details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
  • Defend findings by answering questions with evidence, admitting limits and responding respectfully to other views.
  • Publish a final inquiry report and plan responses to likely questions.

Lessons

  1. Ask a question you can answer 6 steps3 practiceabout 28 min
  2. Draft and revise the report 6 steps3 practiceabout 32 min
  3. Present your findings 6 steps3 practiceabout 28 min
  4. Defend your findings 6 steps3 practiceabout 32 min
  5. Capstone check 9 questions at the end

Keep exploring

Games to practice with

  • Memory LanternsFlip glowing lanterns to find pairs that belong together.
  • Sentence TheatreYour words direct the show: change a word and the stage changes too.
  • Missing ChapterA page has gone missing. Use the clues to put the right one back.

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