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G7 Writing 2010

**Enter the March Writing Contest!** __Who__: Any student from G7 __What:__ Create a new creature __When__: March 1-26 __Where__: Turn your entry into the Writing Contest box in class __CREATE A CREATURE__! If you could create a new animal, what would it look like? What could it do? How could it survive in one specific biome or in more than one?

__Expectations for Entries__: 1. Draw and color by hand a detailed picture of your created animal. 2. Name your animal. 3. Next, write about your animal, describing its appearance, any special abilities, as well as 3-5 adaptations that make this animal different from others. Explain how your animal meets its basic needs (food, water, air, protection, shelter).

Writing Suggestions: -You could write using personification, telling about a day in the life of this animal's life from the perspective of the animal. (fiction) -You could write informational paragraphs that would would serve as an ecyclopedia entry for this animal. (nonfiction)

__Rubrics__ Fiction (personification) Nonfiction (encyclopedia entry)

__How to Enter__: 1. Write your name, group, and date on the completed picture and essay. 2. Staple them together. 3. Put it in the Writing Contest Box in class.

PRIZES FOR 1ST, 2ND, AND (possibly) 3RD PLACE WILL BE AWARDED ON MARCH 29TH DURING CLASS. THE WINNING ESSAYS AND PICTURES WILL BE POSTED ON THE G7 WRITING 2010 PAGE. GOOD LUCK!