P of E/Geography of ancient China; Achieve/Grammar: prepositions

Social Studies 

The Prince of Egypt video guide
Chapter 19: Geography and the Early Settlement of China


Essential Questions:

 How did the geography affect life in ancient China?   

GOALS: 

• To finish watching "The Prince of Egypt"
• To collaborate with my team to learn about the geography of China through the analysis of maps.

Agenda: 

1. Geography Challenges

• Textbook page 181
• Hand-outs

Reminders/Homework:

No homework :)
(We will work on the Geo Challenge in class tomorrow.)

English

Essential Questions: 

In some places, children as young as 6 years old train at sports academies with the hope of becoming soccer stars. What do you think about this?

GOALS: 

• Work on my Achieve assignments.
• Begin understanding how to identify prepositions and prepositional phrases in a sentence.                                                                    

Agenda

1.  "Will Amazon Change the World...Again?" 
           Thought Question grades/comments

2. Achieve:

• "The Search for a Sports Star":  Steps 1-5  Use Setting the Purpose to prepare your response to the Thought Question:  

Write a journal entry from the point of view of Benjamin Palandella. How might he describe his experience at Club Social Parque? What might he say about working with Ramón Maddoni? Be sure to use vocabulary terms and descriptive phrases from the Article in your response.

• Student Choice:  Steps 1-4 (use the Close Reading Strategy that works best for you :) 

Article Summary of "The Search for a Sports Star"

Club Social Parque, located in Argentina, has trained some of the world's best athletes. They play football—or soccer, as it's known in the U.S.

Lesson Objectives

• Language Arts Focus: Vocabulary Building

Key Concepts

1. Club Social Parque is an academy in Argentina, where youth hone their skills in football (called soccer in the United States). About 150 children--some as young as 6 years old--train there together twice a week and compete on the weekends.
2. Ramón Maddoni is a 75-year-old coach who oversees the players' drills at Parque. Maddoni has worked with dozens of kids who went on to play professionally.
3. Some of the players who trained at Parque went on to join Argentina's national team. At least 40 players who trained at Parque went on to become international stars.

Lesson Vocabulary

• academy*: a place of study or training in a particular field
• professional*: having to do with a job, not something done just for fun
• technique*: a particular method or way of doing something

Cross-Disciplinary Terms:

• drill: a training exercise
• fundamental: a basic or important part of something
• international: having to do with two or more countries
• national team: a team that plays for its country

* These vocabulary words are from the Academic Word List (Coxhead, 2000).

3.  Grammar: Prepositions 

• Introduction
• Test Dates: 

1. Test #1 about-atop Friday 2/2
2. Test #2 before-down Tuesday 2/6
3. Test #3 during-near Friday 2/9
4. Test #4 of-since Tuesday 2/13
5. Test #5  through-without Wednesday 2/21

  REMINDERS/HOMEWORK:  

FYI: Tomorrow and Wednesday you will work on the district Argument Assessment.

Tuesday: Read and take notes on the three articles presented. Prepare to write your essay.

Wednesday:  Outline and draft your essay response

Prompt:

Should our school participate in the national “Shut Down Your Screen Week”? Be sure to use evidence from the texts, as well as your own knowledge, to support and develop your thinking.

Preposition Test # 1 Friday about-atop

Achieves are due Friday