Writing Assignments

#1 Island Weather

Group Activity: The students are on an island and they need to build a shelter. They need to think about and write down where they will build the shelter and why. They will need to think about all the different types of weather that could affect them during the course of a year. After the students’ story is complete they will share their story with the class.

#2 Poetry about the Weather

The students will write a poem about a type of weather that affects them and how they feel. The poem will be open structured to allow choice for the students. The students will share their poems with the class.

#3 Sensory Writing

Have students describe a picture (any picture pertaining to science). The teacher will direct the writing by asking the students questions about what they smell, feel, see, hear, taste, and experience. After this process is complete the students will use their descriptive passages to write a story about that topic.

#4 Research/Informational Writing

The students will research information about how the weather helps us or hurts us. They will write an informational paper of maximum two pages that includes the information they found. When the paper is complete the class will publish a collection of everyone’s assignment into a book. This will be a great way for the students to have a in class reference of weather.