Geography: Pangea

Correlation to State Content Standards

Understanding Geography.

Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)

Students will be able to:

1. Understand and Explain the formation of the continents through Pangea.

2. Identify the 7 continents and oceans in the world.

Literacy Standard

RH 1: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.

RH 7:Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.

Anticipatory Set (5 min.)

Daily Journal: Would you rather be rich or have good health. Why?

Direct Instruction (15 min.) I Do…

SDAIE: Close Read: Pangea: Teacher will lead class in a class read of the Pangea. As teacher stops the class will read the word left off by the teacher in a voice level of 2.

Guided Practice (15 min.) We Do…

SDAIE: Annotate/Talk to Text: Pangea: Teacher will lead students on how to annotate the reading as the teacher models talk to text.

Independent Practice (20 min.) You Do…

SDAIE: Cornell Notes: Pangea: Students will transfer their annotations into Cornell Notes.

SDAIE: QuickWrite: Students will write a brief summary explaining how Pangea shifted to the world we have today. They will have to include 4 terms from the key words in their explanation.

SDAIE: Book to Paper: Students will label a world map using the textbook. they will label the 7 continents and the names of the 5 oceans.

Process will go slower to reteach procedures along the way and how to complete assignments. Reteaching expectations.

Homework.

Parent Syllabus signature slip. Finish up Social Skills explanations and pictures.

Closure (2 min.)

1. Clean up.

2. Dismiss Class.

Dialectical Journal: left side is a quote, pic, map, text, fact, etc right side; students interact with it using a question, reaction, interpretation, prediction.