9/20 Summarizing; Human and PHysical Geography

Reminders

• 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).

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 Today in class you will

• revise your summary using feedback and the rubric

Why?

• To develop writing skills
• To practice using feedback

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DIRECTIONS

If you are ever waiting for a direction, please use PlaceSpotting by students, PlaceSpotting , Google A Day, or this Google Maps Scavenger Hunt or create a meme for one of our social studies topics from the year. (Don't search for the question or use a Google A Day answer site.)

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

2.  Go to Google Classroom and review the feedback and rubric for your summary. Ask clarifying questions.         5 minutes

3.  You can use the summary template in Classroom to plan your changes.           30 minutes

• copy and paste your summary ABOVE your summary
• make appropriate changes to the summary you copied/pasted
• turn in your work when completed

4.  Practice with world features or create a PlaceSpotting.         10 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What did you do to improve your summary?

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 Today in class you will

• think like a geographer to find out about a place

Why?

• To better understand human and physical geography
• To practice creating questions

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DIRECTIONS

If you are ever waiting for a direction, please use PlaceSpotting by students, PlaceSpotting , Google A Day, or this Google Maps Scavenger Hunt or create a meme for one of our social studies topics from the year. (Don't search for the question or use a Google A Day answer site.)

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

2.  Watch this video once        5 minutes

3.  Use the progress bar on the video to help you find terms that you are unfamiliar with. Jot down the three most interesting with definitions in your scrap paper. (At top w/date)          10 minutes

4.  Whole class share.         5 minutes

5.  Jot down one open ended question about human geography and one open ended question about physical geography in your scrap paper.         5 minutes

6.  Whole class share.         5 minutes

7.  Create a slide in your social studies folder.          15 minutes

• choose a country outside of North America
• use your questions - or someone else's - to find out at least one thing about its human geography and one about its physical geography
• put the information on the slide
• put a photo you have permission to use and citation (using one of our three methods) that shows about the human OR physical geography

8.  Whole class walkabout        5 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What did you do to improve your summary?