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This study explored the effect of writing a letter as one of the writing to learn activities on students’ academic achievement while teaching “Electricity in Our Life Unit” in the 5th grade Science Course. The research was carried out with the 5th grade students studying in a state secondary school in the second term of 2013-2014 education year. At the beginning, the course was taught to all students using oral- written narrative method. Following that, each student in the experimental group wrote a letter to a 4th grade student which explained electricity in our life clearly as a writing to learn activity. On the other hand, the students in the control group solved the problems related to the topic in the textbook. The data were obtained from the achievement test which consisted of questions selected out of the multiple choice questions used in Public Boarding and Scholarship Examinations and Level Determination Examinations. The independent two sample t-test for both experimental and control group was used during the data analysis. The findings of the study revealed that writing a letter as one of the writing to learn activities used in the 5th grade science course unit called “Electricity in Our Life” enhanced students’ academic achievement and retention of knowledge

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