Thursday, March 12, 2009

Quiz Review

Today we worked in stations to prepare for tomorrow's quiz.

AIM: I will review 10 vocabulary words, I will review how to draw our mental map with 16 physical features, and I will compare and contrast the environments of Mesopotamia and Egypt by completing a Venn Diagram.

Standard: Vocabulary Mastery, 7.3 Geography of Mesopotamia and Egypt

Do Now:
1) Vocabulary word: A water passageway.
2) Vocabulary word: Fertile soil dropped by a river.
3) Vocabulary word: Thin strips of land with the same trait
4) How many years ago was 711 CE?


Lesson Steps: Today we worked in a stations model in which students would rotate between reviewing vocabulary words, practicing drawing the map and also writing their compare contrast BCR for tomorrow's quiz.

Homework: Study for tomorrow's quiz