Integrating Science and Literature

I split my science lesson into two parts, one part was interactive and the other was silent individual work. First the students interacted using a game on BBC2 which explores materials and their properties. The students used their show me boards to predict what would happen with each material.

In the second half I had the students write a story about a paper classroom. In this story they were required to write about the positives and negatives of a classroom being made out of paper. After their first drafts, the students edited their work and then produced a good copy. They included a picture of their story and their work is displayed in a plastic display folder. This allows all the students to read each others work, encourages accountability and provides students with a purpose for their writing.