ELA STEM Challenge Activity: Explanatory Essay, Hatchet Writing Activities +More

This hands-on, zero prep, zero supply cost STEM lesson is a fun way to incorporate STEM in ELA! Additionally, it pairs nicely with any wilderness survival story including examples like Lord of the Flies - Hatchet - My Side of the Mountain - Island of the Blue Dolphins - Sign of the Beaver - Touching Spirit Bear +More

You will get:

⭐ An editable preplanning worksheet

⭐ An editable exemplary procedural text

⭐ An editable breakdown of what makes a good explanatory text

⭐ An editable rubric

You will love knowing:

✅ The worksheets can be used digitally or in print

✅ Everything is editable to fit your needs

✅ Detailed teacher notes are included

Here's what hands-on teachers like you are saying:

❤️ I loved this unit, and so did my students! Anything that we can do that is hands on, I am all for it. Instructions were very easy to follow, and students made connections easily. Next year I'd like to try collaborating with our STEM teacher. This is a great start!

❤️What a fun way to teach process writing. This is great, especially considering the famous "How To" paper is one of the first writing assignments many college students complete for Eng Comp. classes.

❤️ Our school is large on STEAM/STEM activities. Our principal has asked that teachers do at least one STEAM activity in our classes once a month. I teach middle school ELA and the pickings are slim for STEAM activities for ELA.... They created their shelters and wrote the procedures. It was great for ELA because students needed to write well-explained step-by-step procedures for their shelters.