“What A Cycle” Writing Activity Use your path as a water molecule from the activity in class to create a short story (1-2 pages) or comic strip (about 10 frames) depicting your journey. Your story must also have pictures of your journey. Be sure to use proper grammar, spelling, your water cycle vocab word and concepts, and be creative about your story. If writing about a cloud, precipitation, process, or body of water you MUST identify it. Paper or comic must include important vocabulary terms as needed. Category Great work Meets Needs Below Expectations improvement Expectations (20 points) (15 points) (10 points) (5 points) Paper/comic Paper/comic Paper/comic Paper/comic Understanding shows a deep shows a good displays a lack of shows no of the Water understanding of understanding of understanding of understanding of Cycle the water cycle the water cycle the water cycle the water cycle process and all of process with a few process with process and/or its the steps. mistakes in the several mistakes in steps. steps. the steps. Important water Most water cycle Water Cycle terms No water cycle Use of Water cycle terms are terms are used are used terms are used in Cycle used correctly and correctly and are incorrectly the paper/comic vocabulary often. (At least 1-2 used several throughout the or they are all per times. paper/comic. used incorrectly. paragraph/frame) Use correct terms Use correct terms Never use correct Use correct terms for precipitation for precipitation terms for for precipitation and clouds several and clouds precipitation and and clouds times. incorrectly. clouds. throughout story. Paper/Comic is Paper/comic has a Paper/comic has Paper/comic has Organization organized, few sequencing several mistakes in no organization properly errors but overall, formatting and and does not formatted, and flows well. doesn’t follow a follow a logical flows well. logical order. order. Little to no Paper/comic Paper/comic has a Paper/comic is full Grammar and grammar or contains a few lot of grammar of grammar and Spelling spelling mistakes. common grammar and spelling spelling mistakes. or spelling mistakes. No proof-reading mistakes. Mistakes are not evident at all. common. Neatly done and Handwriting is a Handwriting is Paper/comic are Neatness/ well presented. little difficult to sloppy and in sloppy and look Presentation Comics should be read at times or pencil. Pictures last minute or are colored and comic isn’t are not not complete. papers should be completely identifiable and typed or written in colored. not colored. pen.
“What A Cycle” Writing Activity Use your path as a water molecule from the activity in class to create a short story (1-2 pages) or comic strip (about 10 frames) depicting your journey. Your story must also have pictures of your journey. Be sure to use proper grammar, spelling, your water cycle vocab word and concepts, and be creative about your story. If writing about a cloud, precipitation, process, or body of water you MUST identify it. Paper or comic must include important vocabulary terms as needed. Category Great work (20 points) Meets Expectations (15 points) Needs improvement (10 points) Below Expectations (5 points) Understanding of the Water Cycle Paper/comic shows a deep understanding of the water cycle process and all of the steps. Paper/comic shows a good understanding of the water cycle process with a few mistakes in the steps. Paper/comic displays a lack of understanding of the water cycle process with several mistakes in the steps. Paper/comic shows no understanding of the water cycle process and/or its steps. Use of Water Cycle vocabulary Important water cycle terms are used correctly and often. (At least 1-2 per paragraph/frame) Use correct terms for precipitation and clouds throughout story. Most water cycle terms are used correctly and are used several times. Use correct terms for precipitation and clouds several times. Water Cycle terms are used incorrectly throughout the paper/comic. Use correct terms for precipitation and clouds incorrectly. No water cycle terms are used in the paper/comic or they are all used incorrectly. Never use correct terms for precipitation and clouds. Organization Paper/Comic is organized, properly formatted, and flows well. Paper/comic has a few sequencing errors but overall, flows well. Paper/comic has several mistakes in formatting and doesn’t follow a logical order. Paper/comic has no organization and does not follow a logical order. Grammar and Spelling Little to no grammar or spelling mistakes. Paper/comic contains a few common grammar or spelling mistakes. Paper/comic has a lot of grammar and spelling mistakes. Mistakes are not common. Paper/comic is full of grammar and spelling mistakes. No proof-reading evident at all. Neatness/ Presentation Neatly done and well presented. Comics should be colored and papers should be typed or written in pen. Handwriting is a little difficult to read at times or comic isn’t completely colored. Handwriting is sloppy and in pencil. Pictures are not identifiable and not colored. Paper/comic are sloppy and look last minute or are not complete.
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