Recently there has been a push to add more writing in all content areas. Being from an ELA background I have welcomed this with open arms. I love writing and being able to see the creativity of my students through their writing.
We just finished a unit over the rock cycle, and to close our unit I created an assignment. My students had to pretend they were a piece of sand at the bottom of a river and write about how they became a rock and went through the rock cycle. They had an option to write a story or create a comic strip. I am very impressed with what they came up with. I had some stories about the sediment floating by SpongeBob’s pineapple and others about the rock being crushed in Super-Mario.
Here are a couple of examples that I thought really displayed their understanding of the rock cycle!
Story Choice
Comic Choice
If you think you would like to use this in your classroom, I made a downloadable product on TeachersPayTeachers. Just click the picture below:
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