Rocks and Minerals
4th Grade Writing
What’s the BIG question
• How to identify a rock or
mineral resource from North
Carolina and how is it used in
the state?
–This is your MAIN IDEA, what your
paper is all about.
Breaking apart the BIG question
• How to identify a rock or mineral
resource from North Carolina and
how is it used in the state?
– Scientific Classification and description (look, feel, smell)
– What region of NC is my rock/mineral found in (describe
the region) and how is it excavated (how do they get it?)
– What is its economic significance to the state (how does it
help bring $$ to the state?)
Research
Scientific
classification
and description
(how does it
look, feel, smell)
What region of
NC is my
rock/mineral
found (describe
the region), and
how is it
excavated (how
do they get it)?
• found in the Mountain
region of NC.
•Mountains are in the
western part of the state.
What is its
economic
significance to
the state (how
does it bring $$
to the state)?
Interesting Facts
Putting it all together
• Each column of your chart will become a
paragraph in your paper.
• The “Interesting Facts” column can be the
information you include in your opening
paragraph to catch the reader’s attention.
• In the end, you will have a 5 paragraph paper
– Introduction (Interesting Facts)
– 3 paragraphs from your chart
– Conclusion paragraph (summing up your points)