Writing Activity 

This writing activity is designed to foster students’ writing fluency, build on their composing skills, and provide an opportunity for them to learn to write from the text. It is for a 5th grade science class and involves a text about The Water Cycle. Students will be provided with a passage about it, embedded with new vocabulary words. After reading, students will complete a graphic organizer, along with a reflection piece that involves writing a complete paragraph. When finished, the teacher will select students to read their writing to the class. This activity provides an effective assessment that allows students to use reading as a tool to improve their writing. The writing piece will include prior knowledge of the water cycle and provides an opportunity for students to read widely on a topic to consider his/her own writing approach and background knowledge (Douma, 2023). This activity connects to the components that are identified by big ideas that denote individual practices of effective writing practices by Gary Troia. Troia states that component 6 allows for effective assessment and feedback for writing. Secondly, component 7 states instruction focused on writing skills.