Create and Visit My Planet

Are you studying the solar system? Do you need a resource that engages your students into things such as research, creativity, and persuasive writing? This product is perfect for all three!

To start, students will research a planet in our solar system to understand different characteristics of planets. Students will use this experience to create their own planet. They will fill out a new graphic organizer to share characteristics about their new planet. Students will get to use their creativity to draw their new planet as a view from space and also draw a couple key features. Last, students will add a persuasive writing piece to convince others to visit their planet. Students will use resources to understand how to write an advertisement.

This product includes:

· Planet background research graphic organizer (teacher directions; younger student version good for 1st-3rd graders; upper grade version good for 4th-6th graders)

· Create a new planet graphic organizer (teacher directions; used for students to describe their new planet characteristics,

· Directions and samples for students to draw a new planet

· Directions and resources for writing an advertisement to have others visit the new planet (2 video links about persuasive writing for younger and older elementary students, leveled writing checklist, advertisement brainstorming questions/ideas, and sample stories)

· 4 sample stories (1 teacher created and 3 student created)

· Rubric for younger and older elementary students