Science

 Integrating Writing in the Science Curriculum __**Technical Writing **__
 * **Write the sequence of steps in paragraph form for how to complete a science investigation using the Scientific Method. **
 * **Students write about the details of a particular design they created for an investigation. **
 * **Students research a particular invention and write a description of the desig. **
 * **Students create an invention and tell about the design to prospective buyers (also could be persuasive). **

__** Expository Writing **__ > ** o pre-writing with notes from investigation ** > ** o draft the paragraph ** > ** o revise to match the guidelines in an expository text ** > ** o edit by focusing on conventions ** > ** o publish using ReadWriteThink printing press **
 * **Using the scientific method have students write an expository paragraph on their investigation **:
 * **Partner students, have them research a term and then one will be the term, for example, carnivore, and the other student will interview them. Students will work together to create a news article that will be published with the other students articles to create a newspaper of the terms. Use the ReadWriteThink printing press to publish. **

__** Narrative Writing **__
 * **Write a story about a time students experienced the main idea of the content being studied. For example, write about a time when you were in the forest or a park and describe the non-living things that make up the ecosystem. (In Houghton Mifflin resources book, Unit B) **
 * **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">After reading one of the suggested texts from Houghton Mifflin, have students write a narrative about the person from their perspective. **

__**<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Persuasive Writing **__
 * **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Using terms from unit, write a persuasive paragraph justifying the need for something, for example: soil or why the water cycle is important. **

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