Writing+Ideas

ELA4W2 The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres. 1. __**Narrative:**__ S4E3. Students will differentiate between the states of water and how they relate to the water cycle and weather. c. Investigate how clouds are formed. After completing "What are Those Clouds" lesson, the students will complete a RAFTP that tells a story. It will include factual information. http://www.teachercreated.com/lessons/264

Role: Storyteller: Each student will choose a type of cloud. (Story told from cloud's perspective). The story needs to have a plot. Audience: Organization giving away money for the best Narrative Format: Paragraph, 3-minute Speech Topic: Clouds Purpose: explore the different kinds of clouds, where/when they are found, what they look like, and how they are formed

Rubric: http://writingfix.com/PDFs/6_Traits/Trait_Post_Its_Idea_Development.pdf

This site provides a way to use comic strips in writing. It also incorporates the multiple intelligences. http://www.teachercreated.com/lessons/38

2. __**Expository:**__ Students may create a diagram, a speech, or a paragraph that explain how to do one of the options. Each must have a question to begin. Example: How do you use a pulley?

S4E3. Students will differentiate between the states of water and how they relate to the water cycle and weather. a. Demonstrate how water changes states from solid (ice) to liquid (water) to gas (water vapor/steam) and changes from gas to liquid to solid.

S4P1. Students will investigate the nature of light using tools such as mirrors, lenses, and prisms. a. Identify materials that are transparent, opaque, and translucent. b. Investigate the reflection of light using a mirror and a light source.

S4P2. Students will demonstrate how sound is produced by vibrating objects and how sound can be varied by changing the rate of vibration. a. Investigate how sound is produced.

S4P3. Students will demonstrate the relationship between the application of a force and the resulting change in position and motion on an object. a. Identify simple machines and explain their uses (lever, pulley, wedge, inclined plane, screw, wheel and axle).

How to: -change the state of water from solid to liquid to gas and gas to liquid to solid -make light reflect -produce sound -use a simple machine

3. __**Persuasive:**__ S4E3. Students will differentiate between the states of water and how they relate to the water cycle and weather. e. Investigate different forms of precipitation and sky conditions. (rain, snow, sleet, hail, clouds, and fog).

__**Title of Lesson:**__ Three-Voice Important Book Passages Perspective "Three different people could look at the same item and have three very different opinion of what's the //most important thing// about that topic." Your job is to choose the most important things about the precipitation of your choice and "sell" your ideas.

Lesson /Culminating Project http://writingfix.com/genres/persuasive_lessons/Important_Book1.htm