Writing About an Invention - Science

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Grade Level

• Middle School

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Subject

• Science

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Length of Time

• 1 Hour

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Description

• Students will think of something they would like to invent and write a how-to paper on that invention.

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Goals

• Students will learn:
  
  * To be creative
  
  * To write a how-to paper
  
  * To revise, edit, and submit a final copy
  
  

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Materials Needed

• * Science book
  
  * Notecards or notebook paper
  
  * Pens and whiteouts
  

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Procedure

• First, students will look through their science book to gather some ideas about inventions. They can use the notecards to write down some information.
  
  Then, they will write a how-to paper on some invention they would like to make. This needs to be an original invention.
  
  Next, you will have them edit and revise their papers before they submit their final copies.
  
  Finally, you will collect the papers and grade them.
  
  

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Grading

• You can grade on the organization of their paper and on their originality of the invention. You can also check on correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence and paragraph structure.
  

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