Roles of Citizens in Society Peer Editing Civics Activities Upper Elementary
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Description
Language Arts and Social Studies go together like peanut butter and jelly (yum!) in this activity where students will explore the role of citizens in a society, write their own mini-books, and then peer edit each other's work. It's like a two-for-one instructional time special!
Your students will participate in three activities on their way to understanding the role of citizens in society.
I like to do this over two different days. I do the first activity on the first day, and then the other two. You can even separate out the last two. This makes it very flexible.
⚠️Prior Knowledge: For this lesson, students should be familiar with the role of rules and laws in our daily lives. Students should understand that rules and laws are necessary to be a productive citizen in our country.
Activities Include:
☑ Brainstorm what it means to be a citizen
☑ Create a rough draft
☑ Write a mini-book & eper edit
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES:
ACTIVITY 1: Brainstorm
In this activity, students will complete a graphic organizer that guides students’ thinking concerning the idea of what it means to be a citizen. Students will list ideas and answer questions about their role as productive citizens in the classroom, community and civic life. This brainstorm page will prepare students for Activity 2.
ACTIVITY 2: Create Rough Draft
For this activity, students will use their brainstorm page to create a rough draft of a mini-book that explains their role as a productive citizen in the classroom, community, or civic life. Students will have the option to write a story or create a comic book.
ACTIVITY 3: Peer Edit & Finalize!
Students will partner and share their rough drafts. Each student will provide guided feedback through a graphic organizer. Once feedback is provided, students will finalize their books and bind them. Students will have the opportunity to share or publish their final work.
Included in this Civics/Roles of Citizens/Peer Editing Resource:
✅ Teacher instructions and ideas
✅ Two versions of the planning sheet in color and black/white
✅ Rough draft sheet
✅ Four versions of mini-book layouts
✅ Peer Editing worksheet
✅ Rubric
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⭐⭐WILLIAMS' MODEL OF CREATIVITY ⭐⭐
This lesson is based on Williams' Model of Creativity, a model designed to develop the traits of creativity in students. This particular resource focuses on three traits:
☀️ Originality - the ability to generate unusual or unexpected ideas
☀️ Complexity - the ability to handle lots of different ideas and cope with tricky, complex situations
☀️ Imagination - the ability to build mental pictures and visualize possibilities
In addition to addressing standards and providing an engaging and effective classroom experience, these activities will also build students' creativity skills.
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