Connecting Reading and Writing: Days of Significance
Goals:
- Write a simple procedure outlining the steps to take to be a good friend to the Earth
Think about your friends at school and in your neighbourhood.
What does it mean to be a good friend?
List all the characteristics of a good friend that you can think of.
(What do friends do? How do they act?)
Write a simple procedure that describes the steps someone should take to be a good friend to the Earth.
Here are some sentence starters that might help you get started:
- “To be a good friend of the Earth, the first thing you can do is…”
- “A friend of the Earth would make sure to…”
- “Someone who cares for the Earth always/never…”
- “Friends always … so friends of the Earth will …”
- “First, _____. Then _____. Next _____. Finally, _____.”
Create illustrations to go along with your writing.
Share your writing with others (e.g. ask a parent or caregiver to help you email, tweet, read it over the phone to someone important to you).
Categories: Elementary