Wiki essay
This is where you take what you’ve learned and make it your own. You’ll extend your knowledge and share it with classmates. You’ll create your own wiki entry on the rock of your choice.
My Rock wiki assignment
Write a short essay on this theme:
“If you were an igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary type of rock, what specifc rock would you choose to be?”
- Why do you want to be this rock?
- What type of rock are you and how were you formed?
- What do you look like and what qualities do you have?
- Example qualities include shiny, flaky, hard, dense, light colored, light-weight, floating, wears away easily
- How are you used commercially? What qualities make you good for that commercial use?
The rubric is a table that shows you what your essay needs to include in order to be "Fine" or "Stellar". Read the rubric before you start your research or write your essay. That will help you focus your energy and get good results.
Click to see the rubric plus a short video that shows how to use the rubric. After you watch the video return to this page, My Rock.
My Rock essay - Steps to follow
- Choose your rock.
- Do some research so you can answer the questions.
- Write your draft essay.
- Have fun with this – you can get dramatic and use your sense of humor.
- Trade draft essays with a classmate and evaluate them using the rubric.
- Then revise as needed.
- Make your essay "Fine" or "Stellar"!
- Click the wiki button below when you are ready to type your essay into the wiki.
- Take a look at the wiki now, to read the example essays.
- Comment on a classmate's essay on the wiki - be supportive!
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