2/27 Andes - 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

• read and take notes about the physical and human geography of the Andes Mountains.

Why?

• To deepen your understanding of human geography.
• To deepen your understanding of physical geography.
• To develop your understanding of the connection between physical and human geography.

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DIRECTIONS

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

2.  A & B - In your scrap paper document, use the main ideas and some details from your notes to write a summary of the chapter.  It should be no longer than 3/4 of a page        15 minutes


I will pause class for book discussions at some point.

3.  C & D will finish this; C & D will complete this.  Read and take bulleted notes for each section of chapter 13 in Geography Alive pages 191 - 199.       35 minutes

• use the note template
• on the right, put bulleted notes for each section - no sentences -  focus on physical characteristics and human adaptations.
• on the left, identify topics for each section - line up with the details on the right.
• on the left, identify main ideas for each topic of each section.

4.  C& D - In your scrap paper document, use your main ideas and some details from your notes to write a summary of the chapter.  It should be no longer than 3/4 of a page.       15 minutes

5.  By yourself, complete the work linked here.



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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What is happening in the book that you are reading?  How does it relate to physical and/or human geography?
• Tell me the three most important things you  learned about the Andes.