1. MAKING MLA RESEARCH
PAPERS ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL
LEVELS OF ELL
May 9, 2013
Jennifer Bellavance
Rachel Bouhanda
Asha Chana
Revere High School
Revere, MA
12. RESEARCH PROJECT
Essential Question:
Who is a person that
Americans should know
about who made a
positive/good changes
for your country?
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13. CRITERIA
Your person must be dead.
Your person must have had a positive (good)
impact on your country or culture
Your paper will be 2-3 pages long, and it will
include one picture.
14. BRAINSTORMING: HOW
DO I PICK A PERSON?
Think about:
• history/wars
• ceremonies/holidays
• morals/values
• religion
• work/business
• language
• religion
• education system
• language
• travel
• friendships
• art/music
• racism
• goals in life
• food
15. MY EXAMPLE
Mahatma Gandhi (politics)
Aishwarya Rai (actress)
Mother Teresa (religion)
Indira Gandhi (politics)
Rabindra Nath Tagore (poetry)
Satyajit Rai (movies)
Kishore Kumar (music)
16. BRAINSTORMING
What important events have occurred in your
country that you think Americans should
know about? Name at least 3 and EXPLAIN
them.
17. MY EXAMPLE
India getting independence from England
Beginning/end of the Silk Road (trade).
Growth of Indian literature and culture after
gaining independence.
21. Why are these facts and pieces of information
about this person important for a typical
American to know?
Gandhi was like the Martin Luther King of India
Gandhi was a very kind and caring person even
when it was difficult for him to do.
Gandhi changed the country of India because he
was a strong leader.
22. How has this person positively affected your
native country and culture?
He helped India gain Independence from England.
He also helped Indians gain equality.
He was called “The Father of a Nation.”
He taught people about nonviolence.
34. LEARNING COMMONS
An innovative learning
environment that promotes
active learning, critical
thinking, collaborative
learning, and knowledge
building
40. Camila Garzon
1. The hardest thing about the MLA biography paper, for me was
witting the outline.
2. The easiest thing for me was typing.
3. Yes, I think I could teach someone how to write a MLA paper
because I did it once so I know how to do it.
4. One thing I would change is when we had to look for three
articles and then read those. I would look only for one article
because all of them have the same information just in different
words.
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41. RESOURCES
New Trier High School Library ESL Research Paper
Infoplease Biography
bio.com
Famous Birthdays
Statewide databases provided by the Massachusetts
Library System (Gale Resources: Biography in
Context, World History in Context, Encyclopedia
Britannica)
