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Get your students writing during science with this creative resource! This plant writing resource is an engaging way to get your students thinking about plant concepts and build a variety of writing skills!
These concepts are covered (and the writing format it’s in):
•The interdependent relationship between plants and animals (thank you letter)
•Insecticide use (debate)
•Part of plants and the flow of materials (day in the life)
•Parts of a plant and their functions (story)
•Seed dispersal (travel journal)
•Pollination (script)
•Adaptations of Saguaro cactus vs Sequoia trees (proposal)
•Plants’ needs (argument)
•Role of leaves and their shapes/adaptations (letter to editor)
•Plants that do not photosynthesize (roleplay)
•The need for chloroplasts/photosynthesis (advice column/letter)
•Plant classification (campaign speech)
•Plant parts, roles, plant adaptations (award)
•Evergreen/Conifer trees and adaptations (attorney defense)
•Life cycle of a plant (diary/journal)
•Plant adaptations (interview)
I have also included:
- A full-page version, a half-page version, and a quarter-page version.
- Printable or digital versions
- A rubric for easy grading
- A variety of writing types. For instance, there is informational writing, descriptive writing, persuasive writing, etc.