This text structure project and comparison activity is great for RI.4.5, RI.5.5, RI.6.5, RI.7.5, and RI.8.5! It merges interdependence science topics with ELA standards beautifully, and your students will have fun with the challenge of creating writing pieces that inform about topics related to the solar system and outer space.

Students will create writing about a topic related to the solar system and outer space, in a specific text structure. Students must be well-versed in informational text structures, as well as a knowledge of research strategies in order to complete this project.

When students have written a sample of each structure, they then can compare their writing with a classmate's, discussing and analyzing the effect that each structure has on the author's message.

This purchase includes the following:

• Teacher Directions
• “The Solar System and Outer Space Text Structure Writing Project Student Packet” (RI.4.5)
• Packet Cover with objective, directions, and table of contents
• Informational text structure signal words reference sheet
• Informational text structure planning and writing pages
• Text Structure Writing Project Grading Rubric
• The Solar System and Outer Space Text Structure Comparison Activity (RI.5.5, RI.6.5, RI.7.5, RI.8.5)

If you would like a similar project about a different topic, you may be interested in:

• EARLY AMERICAN SETTLEMENTS INFORMATIONAL TEXT STRUCTURE PROJECT AND COMPARISON ACTIVITY
• THE CIVIL WAR INFORMATIONAL TEXT STRUCTURE WRITING PROJECT AND COMPARISON ACTIVITY
• WORLD WAR II INFORMATIONAL TEXT STRUCTURE WRITING PROJECT AND COMPARISON ACTIVITY
• REVOLUTIONARY WAR INFORMATIONAL TEXT STRUCTURE WRITING PROJECT AND COMPARISON ACTIVITY
• THE NEW NATION INFORMATIONAL TEXT STRUCTURE WRITING PROJECT AND COMPARISON ACTIVITY
• THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT INFORMATIONAL TEXT STRUCTURE WRITING PROJECT AND COMPARISON
• THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC INFORMATIONAL TEXT STRUCTURE WRITING PROJECT AND COMPARISON ACTIVITY
• WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT INFORMATIONAL TEXT STRUCTURE WRITING PROJECT
• NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES INFORMATIONAL TEXT STRUCTURE WRITING PROJECT AND COMPARISON ACTIVITY
• UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS TEXT STRUCTURE WRITING PROJECT AND COMPARISON ACTIVITY
• THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES TEXT STRUCTURE WRITING PROJECT AND COMPARISON ACTIVITY

If you are interested in more science related products, you may also be interested in:

• THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES WETLAND INTERDEPENDENCE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
• FLORIDA NATURAL RESOURCES INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK AND STEM ACTIVITIES
• COMPARING THE FUNCTION OF ORGAN STRUCTURES IN HUMANS, PLANTS AND ANIMALS INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK

Key words: solar system, planets, moon phases, types of stars, types of galaxies, constellations