Roving Paragraph
Change the sentence stem provided with one of the questions to start with the word "one." For example:
- One place the sediments that eroded from the mountain ended up was...
- One reason alleles are important for adaptation to occur is...
- One way an acid is different from a base is...
Then have students write an answer to the question and "rove" around the room, sharing their sentences with each other. Each time students share, instruct them to add their classmate's sentence to theirs with a transition word, such as:
- Additionally, ...
- Next, ...
- Also, ...
- Finally, ...
Have students share with 3-5 students to turn their original sentence into a paragraph!
Cloze Visualizing
Write a paragraph describing the visual, using the key words from the visual or other key academic terms. Cover up those words in the paragraph as well as on the visual. First have students try to guess what words go in which blanks. Then, show them a word bank and have them revisit their guesses. Lastly, show them the correct answers and have them discuss with their partners whether their predictions were correct.