Can you be persuaded? Bulletin Board

This is a very simple bulletin board but with a lot of information and use. Not to mention how proud students were of their creations and work. This was a great way to end a unit on persuasive text and making connecting it to them, adding a personal meaning.

Students were to create something with materials I provided them with (materials that I had in the classroom and I had enough of for the entire class). In this occasion I provided the students with a pipe cleaner and a clothespin. The students were not allowed to add anything else to it but color the clothespin. They were allowed to put it together or use it as two different items.

After creating a product the students were to create an ad to persuade people to buy their product. The ad had to contain pictures, a name for the product, and persuasive vocabulary.

The students and I enjoyed this project. The students thought long and hard about what to create with the two items and came up with some neat products. I had bug catchers, hammers/hair extensions, lizards, basketball courts, item catchers, and many others. 

This bulletin board was not only a success in my classroom but inspired others to create something similar. One of my teammates gave students vegetable cards and had the students rename the vegetable to make them more appealing. In addition, the students created an ad for the vegetable to persuade others to eat them.