Monday, February 6, 2012

1. Monday, February 6, 2012 • Grab and new Frank from the stool & Check in • 1st & 2nd & 6th : Africa Pre-test using the clickers • Map Challenges 3 & 4 • Africa Analogies • Learning Target: I can discuss the physical features of Africa. • Bellringer: Name some of the physical features that can be found in Africa.

2. Beard Max • Belcher Julia • Belcher Nicole • Bohnert Shaun • Boles Whitney • CloydMaggie • CrequeLindsay • Denhard-Hunter Jordan Early Grant Feltner Jacob Goodwin Rachel Hicks Grace Lebus Mary Mackey Lauren Minnis Alisha Munsterman Mathew Nerdig Sarah Phillips Jacob Pitts Trevor Power Alan Purdom Courtney Quinn Elizabeth Rannells Cassie Smith Ryan Townsend Taylor Warkentine Katie Webb Kaitlyn

3. Tuesday, February 7, 2012 • Check in with Frank • Map Challenge 5 • Reflection Learning Target- I can use a variety of maps to understand life in Africa. Bellringer- When completing a geography sandwich you are looking for the country that lies between the two given. Complete the following geography sandwiches. • Namibia ________ Botswana • Uganda ________ Somalia • Ghana _________ Benin • Malawi _________ Angola • Morocco ________ Tunisia • Sudan ________ Uganda • Sierra Leone ________ Mali

6. Reflection • How do maps help us understand life in Africa? • How would the physical characteristics of Africa affect the way people live?

7. Wednesday, February 8, 2012 • Check in with Frank • Finish Map Challenge 5 • Intro to the Nile Learning Target: I can discuss how we depend on, adapt to and modify the Nile River. • Bellringer: Examine the picture below. Come up with six questions (who, what, when, where, how, why) about the image.

8. Tuesday February 7, 2012 Agenda- Challenge 5 Map Lab Quiz Learning Target- I can use a variety of maps to understand life in Africa. Bellringer- When completing a geography sandwich you are looking for the country that lies between the two given. Complete the following geography sandwiches. Namibia ________ Botswana Uganda ________ Somalia Ghana _________ Benin Malawi _________ Angola Morocco ________ Tunisia Sudan ________ Uganda Sierra Leone ________ Mali

9. Wednesday, February 8, 2012

10. Thursday, February 9, 2012 • Check in with Frank • Go over Europe Tests • The Nile River Stations • Video on the Nile River • Check out with Frank • Homework: Nile River worksheet and test corrections • Learning Target: I can discuss how we depend on, adapt to and modify the Nile River. • Bellringer: Name one way that we: • Depend on the Nile • Adapt to the Nile • Modify the Nile

11. Friday, February 10, 2012 • Check in with Frank • 1st & 2nd: Go over Nile Stations • Turn in homework • Flow of the Nile River Activity • Nile Video & Chart • Reflection • Learning Target: I can describe ways the Nile River both promotes and limits settlement. • Bellringer: • How do you think the Nile promotes or limits human settlement and development?

12. 1st & 2nd Periods • How do rivers change as they move across Earth’s surface? • Use page 288 in Geography Alive to complete the activity

13. 5th & 6th Periods • The Nile River Guided Reading • Use pages 290-295 of Geography Alive to complete the activity • Conversation: Level 0 • Help: Raise your hand if you need help • Activity: Read the textbook pages and complete the guided reading exercise • Movement: you may get up and sharpen your pencil without asking for permission • Participation: You are working INDIVIDUALLY to complete the activity. I should see your eyes on your paper and reading and writing.

14. Reflection • How do the physical features of the Nile River both promote and limit human settlement or development?

15. Cataracts • Highlands:

16. Confluence

17. Arid

18. Delta • a triangular shaped piece of land found where a river meets a larger body of water

19. Reservoir • a man made lake used for storing water

20. Water Cycle • The movement of water from the surface of