Zackery

Imaginative Narrative

**The Night My World was Rocked**

By: Zackery Ivey

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Standard 4.P.2 Understand the composition and properties of matter before and after they undergo a change or interaction.

Standard 4.P.2.3 Classify rocks as metamorphic, sedimentary or igneous based on their composition, how they are formed and the processes that create them Writing Anchor 3 // CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.3 // Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured event sequences. __Clarifying Objectives:__
 * Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
 * Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
 * Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
 * Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
 * Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

Writing Anchor 4 //CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.4// Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. 4th Grade Imaginative Narrative Prompt You go to bed as you do every night, but this time something strange happens as you fall asleep. In the middle of your sleep you wake up and you are now on another planet. This planet is not like the one you are from though. This planet is made completely out of a specific type of rock. In order for you to leave this planet and journey on to the next, you must figure out which type of rock the planet is made up of. You must travel to all three planets made up of metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous rocks. When determining what planet you are on you must add specific details about the rock type. Be sure to include: //Make sure the paper follows a clear and organized structure when traveling to the different planets //
 * composition of the rock
 * how they are formed
 * the process that created the rock

I really believe that the voice thread is an unique and beneficial tool that I would be able to use in the future for my own classroom. Whether it be in an Elementary School setting where the students would all collaborate with my assistance to make a classroom voicethread, different groups work on different threads,just to have a book shown to them using this, or in a high school setting where the students would complete the assignment as we did this project could be very effective. I thought that the interface of the voice thread was very effective just as much as it was a solid completed product. The voicethread would provide the students with an opportunity to produce work in more ways than just the typical papers they will turn in frequently. The only minor problem I had with making the thread was I had forgotten I needed to click on the comment tab in order to record, but this realization came within five minutes of realizing that was all I needed to do. For the future as well as for this individual assignment I think the voicethread was and will be a tool that is enjoyed and will be used more, certainly. The recording and adding of personal media provides limitless creativity components that students may not receive. Being relative to 21st century education this has many elements of the criteria within the skills of very apparent technology integration, critical thinking, and possibility for collaboration. As a simple tool and all the benefits that came back with my first experience with this I don't see any real negative remarks.
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