5/9 Summary Writing

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

• practice summary writing skills.

Why?

• To better understand human geography and physical geography.
• To your ability to distinguish main ideas and to present them succinctly.

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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. Table groups:  Determine THE three sentences that can summarize chapter 12 and write them.   10 minutes

3.  Whole class share             15 minutes

4.  Complete the Amazon summary writing activity under Human and Physical Geography in Google Classroom.            15 minutes

5.  Whole class sharing.            5 minutes

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

Ask them.......

• What are important characteristics of a summary?

5/6 Land Use Conflict in the Amazon

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

• practice close reading skills.
• work appropriately as a team.
• compete against other teams 

Why?

• To better understand human geography and physical geography.
• To practice reading skills.
• To practice working with others.

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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. C  & D Period.  Acorn hunt - first team to gather all wins  30 minutes

3.  Pairs -->  main ideas.            15 minutes

4.  (Wait for) whole class discussion.            15 minutes

5.  Summarize land use conflict in the Amazon and some solutions.            15 minutes

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

Ask them.......

• What are the most important things about land use in the Amazon that you learned?