The students always love this writing project! Their assigned task is to create a combination creature by joining two very different creatures together. They must then write an informational report about the creature, taking into account what the front and back halves of the creature’s body would be doing. It takes quite a bit of creative and critical thinking to do this project! Here is the link to a FREE prewriting sheet for the project!
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You should read “Scranimals” with this project!