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Correlation to State Content Standards
Understanding Geography.
Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)
Students will be able to:
Understand and Identify the importance of Latitude and Longitude.
Locate points by using latitude and longitude coordinates
Common Core Literacy Standard
RH 2: Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
RH 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
WHST 4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose and audience.
WHST 9: Draw evidence from information texts to support analysis reflection, and research.
Anticipatory Set (3 min.)
Starter: 5 W's: Students will read and identify the 5 W's of a short historical passage. Assignment is a daily task to build literacy and comprehension skills
Direct Instruction (10 min.)
SDAIE: Cloze Read/Talk to Text/Annotate: Pangea: Teacher will read a passage explaining the formation of the continents through Pangea and plate tectonics. Students will be guided in talking to the text to annotate the passage and then answer two essential questions.
Guided Practice (10 min.)
SDAIE: TPS: Geography Pangea: Teacher will go over the to the sections of the Graphic organizer once students have completed a portion of the assignment on their own for a chunked period of time.
Independent Practice (20 min.)
SDAIE: Annotate/Essential Question: Pangea: Students will answer the essential question following the reading and annotation of the reading dealing with Pangea.
SDAIE: QuickWrite/CER/Word Bank: Pangea: Students will explain in their own words using the CER method what was Pangea. They will summarize the reading in 3-5 sentences and include 3 vocabulary words in their summary; supercontinent, continental drift, and plate tectonics. Students will then copy the teacher model and be asked to grade their summary to the teachers. Teacher's summary acts as a model at what level of writing we are trying to achieve.
SDAIE: 3-2-1/Movie Clip: Latitude and Longitude Intro: Students will watch a BrainPop video question dealing with latitude and longitude. Students will be asked to answer questions dealing with what they are and why they are used on maps. Once students are done with that they will use their prior knowledge to label the 7 continents on the map.
Homework.
N/A
Closure (2 min.)
1. Clean up.
2. Dismiss Class.
Lesson Modifications for GATE, RSP, and EL Students
EL: Projector (visuals), questioning, chunking, cognitive words, repetition, translation in Spanish.
RSP: Projector (visuals), questioning, modified assignments, check for understandings.
GATE: Require answers that will demonstrate depth and complexity of fertilization.
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