Modified Vocabulary: ESSENTIAL RESEARCH SKILLS FOR TEENS

study of something to find out information about it

• TOPIC

• RESEARCH

• GOAL

information that is important to understanding a topic or problem

• BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE

• TOPIC

• RESEARCH

a subject that you talk, study, or write about

• TOPIC

• VOLUME

• GOAL

how many texts you read

• GOAL

• RESEARCH

• VOLUME

something that you decide you want, and you work hard to get it

• TOPIC

• GOAL

• BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE

My ELA teacher put us into _______ groups.

We got to pick our research _______ with our group.

My goal is to increase my ______ of reading.

If I want to be an expert on this topic, I need to have some _________ about it first.

It is good for you to make a reading ______ for the new school year.