You're a science teacher.
You set your kids a task: make up an imaginary animal and then write about how it's adapted to its habitat.
One kid hands in a drawing of a Charizard along with some stuff about it being a predator with muscular wings that can swoop down on prey and sharp claws to attack the prey.
Do you:
a) give him a low mark for blatently copying a Pokemon
b) tell him you know it's a Charizard
c) give him a reasonable mark despite the lack of imagination, because he has at least grasped the point behind the exercise?
As my partner said, it's science, not creative writing or art. The purpose isn't to teach the kids how to use their imagination so much as to teach them about adaptations of real animals.
But, I mean, it was a Pokemon! Traced straight out of a book! :roll:
You set your kids a task: make up an imaginary animal and then write about how it's adapted to its habitat.
One kid hands in a drawing of a Charizard along with some stuff about it being a predator with muscular wings that can swoop down on prey and sharp claws to attack the prey.
Do you:
a) give him a low mark for blatently copying a Pokemon
b) tell him you know it's a Charizard
c) give him a reasonable mark despite the lack of imagination, because he has at least grasped the point behind the exercise?
As my partner said, it's science, not creative writing or art. The purpose isn't to teach the kids how to use their imagination so much as to teach them about adaptations of real animals.
But, I mean, it was a Pokemon! Traced straight out of a book! :roll: