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Comparing and Contrasting Farms

Here are a few samples of student writing from their virtual field trips to different farms. This writing lesson offered the opportunity to compare and contrast two farms and get some typing practice. These paragraphs written in response to assignment given through MobyMax.

I visited  the horse and wheat and farms. One thing that was the same about the two farms was they both have animals.  Another similarity about the two farms was they both have tractors.  There were some things that were different about the two farms also.  One of the differences was that one didn't have wheat.  Another difference was that some had grass and some didn't.  I learned a lot visiting these farms.

The Two Farms are similar the animals live on a farms. People take care of the animals. In Virginia the have dairy farms.Wheat is on many kinds of bread,cookies,tortillas and they grow Wheat in Virginia the two farms i visit where really helpful so i got to learn many new things on these two farms.

I visited the horse farm and farm pond aquaculture in Virginia farms. One thing that was the same about the two farms was they both have  animals. another similarity was that they  both horses cows chickens and crops. there were some thing that were different about  the two farms also. one of the differences was the tip of animals. another difference was there were different people. I learned a lot visiting their farms.

I have been impressed by the effort that the students have applied to their writing this summer. I have not done any formal writing lessons. I may share an example or a writing frame for the students to use as they write. I have chosen to focus on making the writing prompts meaningful and relevant to the experiences we have in the summer program. It seems to be paying off since the students are writing more than I would expect. I believe it is because they are interested in the topic and have something to say.

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