10/2 Summarizing Practice

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.

Please write your homework in your assignment book.

Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

Today in class you will

• independently practice summarizing a short selection of text.
• analyze the structure of a text.
• independently create a top down web/organizer.

Why?

• To become better readers.
• To better understand physical and human geography.

DIRECTIONS

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1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.  Wait for whole class discussion.      7 minutes

3.  Independently summarize p 30 - 33 in Geography Alive.       20 minutes

4.  Look through Ch 2 p 24 - 39 in Geography Alive. Analyze the features: How is the chapter set up? What are its features?      7 minutes

5.  Create a top down web/organizer.      15 minutes

6. Wait for whole class discussion.      7 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What were important ideas that you found out from the text book about physical features, climate, vegetation, population density, economic activity, land use, and resources?