Utah’s Geography Unit I – Utah’s Geography: Utah’s Plants and Animals Unit I – Utah’s Geography: Utah’s Plants and Animals

Bell Activity  Get out all of your papers from this unit.  Define “basin” and “plateau” in the vocabulary section.  Find the word on your study guide and complete the following information for the word.  Find the definition using a glossary.  Use your own knowledge and experience to complete the rest of the definition.  Look over your study guide. Work on any incomplete sections, except the essay.  Where should your backpack be?  Get out all of your papers from this unit.  Define “basin” and “plateau” in the vocabulary section.  Find the word on your study guide and complete the following information for the word.  Find the definition using a glossary.  Use your own knowledge and experience to complete the rest of the definition.  Look over your study guide. Work on any incomplete sections, except the essay.  Where should your backpack be? This is a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly!

Does your work look something like this? word: basinMy Understanding: Definition:Draw a picture of it: Sentence: Synonym/Example:Antonym/Non- Example:

Does your work look something like this? word: basinMy Understanding: Definition: a wide, bowl-shaped areaDraw a picture of it: of the earth’s surface. Sentence: The Great Basin covers parts of Utah and Nevada; no water is able flow out of the area to the sea. Synonym/Example: Great Basin Antonym/Non- Example: mountain, plateau

Does your work look something like this? word: plateauMy Understanding: Definition:Draw a picture of it: Sentence: Synonym/Example:Antonym/Non- Example:

Does your work look something like this? word: plateauMy Understanding: Definition: a high, wide, flatDraw a picture of it: landform. Sentence: The Colorado Plateau covers South Eastern Utah, and rivers have carved many colorful canyons there. Synonym/Example: Colorado Plateau Antonym/Non- Example: basin, valley

 History Objective – We will prepare for the essay part of our test by practicing how to write a simple essay.  Behavior Objective – Participation & Work Ethic: We will listen to each example, answer questions, and write the important details on our essay outline in the study guide.  History Objective – We will prepare for the essay part of our test by practicing how to write a simple essay.  Behavior Objective – Participation & Work Ethic: We will listen to each example, answer questions, and write the important details on our essay outline in the study guide.  Language Objective – We will listen to, give answers and write the important details from the activity. Today we will learn…

Essay Writing  We will be working on the essay together so that we all understand how to do an essay.  We will go step by step through each part of essay writing.  First Step: Brainstorming on the topic:(Think of at least three important pieces of information for each essay question.)  Write what you come up with in the boxes on your study guide.  We will be working on the essay together so that we all understand how to do an essay.  We will go step by step through each part of essay writing.  First Step: Brainstorming on the topic:(Think of at least three important pieces of information for each essay question.)  Write what you come up with in the boxes on your study guide.

Essay Writing  Essay Questions  1) How do latitude, elevation, and distance from large bodies of water influence Utah’s climate?  2) How does Utah’s geography affect its people?  Essay Questions  1) How do latitude, elevation, and distance from large bodies of water influence Utah’s climate?  2) How does Utah’s geography affect its people?

Essay Writing  Essay Questions  How do latitude, elevation, and distance from large bodies of water influence Utah’s climate?  Essay Questions  How do latitude, elevation, and distance from large bodies of water influence Utah’s climate? Question #1 Detail 1- Detail 2- Detail 3-

Essay Writing  Essay Questions  How does Utah’s geography affect its people?  Essay Questions  How does Utah’s geography affect its people? Question #2 Detail 1- Detail 2- Detail 3-

Essay Writing  Essay Questions  Did/Does geography greatly affect the development of Utah? (argumentative)  Essay Questions  Did/Does geography greatly affect the development of Utah? (argumentative) Question #3 Claim- Data 1 (facts)- Warrant 1 (reasoning)- Data 2 (facts)- Warrant 2 (reasoning)- Data 3 (facts)- Warrant 3 (reasoning)-

Essay Writing  Second Step: Which question do you think you know the most about or have the best information for? Circle one of the following: Question #1Question #2 Question #3 (argumentative)  That is the only question you will have to write a full essay about. Cross out the other two brainstorms. Don’t use the information from them in your essay!!!  Second Step: Which question do you think you know the most about or have the best information for? Circle one of the following: Question #1Question #2 Question #3 (argumentative)  That is the only question you will have to write a full essay about. Cross out the other two brainstorms. Don’t use the information from them in your essay!!!

Essay Writing  Third Step: Look at the question you chose, then cross out the words and punctuation that make it a question.  How does Utah’s geography affect its people?  Third Step: Look at the question you chose, then cross out the words and punctuation that make it a question.  How does Utah’s geography affect its people?

Essay Writing  Third Step: Rewrite it below as a statement of fact.  Example: How does Utah’s geography affect its people? becomes Utah’s geography affects its people.)  If you want to move the words around to make it sound better, go for it, but you don’t have to do so. (The geography of Utah changes the way people live here.)  Write what you came up with on the line.  Third Step: Rewrite it below as a statement of fact.  Example: How does Utah’s geography affect its people? becomes Utah’s geography affects its people.)  If you want to move the words around to make it sound better, go for it, but you don’t have to do so. (The geography of Utah changes the way people live here.)  Write what you came up with on the line.

Essay Writing  Topic Sentence (So what?): ________________________________ ________________________________ ____________________ Guess what?!  The sentence you came up with is the topic sentence of your essay! Write it below on the topic sentence line.  Topic Sentence (So what?): ________________________________ ________________________________ ____________________ Guess what?!  The sentence you came up with is the topic sentence of your essay! Write it below on the topic sentence line.

Essay Writing  Fourth Step: Now we need to come up with some supporting detail sentences for the rest of your essay.  Pick three things from your brainstorm and write them here. Detail 1=____________ Detail 2=_____________ Detail 3=____________  Fourth Step: Now we need to come up with some supporting detail sentences for the rest of your essay.  Pick three things from your brainstorm and write them here. Detail 1=____________ Detail 2=_____________ Detail 3=____________

Essay Writing  Fourth Step: Then, write a complete sentence that answers your question of the first line below.  Then do the same thing for the other supporting sentences.  (Example: Detail 1= _dry climate__ becomes Utah is very arid so people use irrigation to farm.)  Fourth Step: Then, write a complete sentence that answers your question of the first line below.  Then do the same thing for the other supporting sentences.  (Example: Detail 1= _dry climate__ becomes Utah is very arid so people use irrigation to farm.)

Essay Writing  Fifth Step: You are almost done! It is time to close your essay with a parting thought for your reader.  An easy way to do this is by changing your topic sentence a bit and adding a concluding phrase.  (Example: The geography of Utah changes the way people live here. Becomes something like As you can see, the geography of Utah forces the people who live here to change the way they live.)  Write your sentence on the conclusion line.  Fifth Step: You are almost done! It is time to close your essay with a parting thought for your reader.  An easy way to do this is by changing your topic sentence a bit and adding a concluding phrase.  (Example: The geography of Utah changes the way people live here. Becomes something like As you can see, the geography of Utah forces the people who live here to change the way they live.)  Write your sentence on the conclusion line.

Essay Writing  Outline:  Topic Sentence (So what?): ______________________________________  Supporting Sentence 1: ______________________________________  Supporting Sentence 2: ______________________________________  Supporting Sentence 3: ______________________________________  Concluding Sentence (So why?): ______________________________________  Outline:  Topic Sentence (So what?): ______________________________________  Supporting Sentence 1: ______________________________________  Supporting Sentence 2: ______________________________________  Supporting Sentence 3: ______________________________________  Concluding Sentence (So why?): ______________________________________

Essay Writing  Final Step: Write a final draft of your essay using your best handwriting, punctuation and spelling.  Your essay should be neat and easy to read!  If you need more space, you can write the final draft on a lined piece of paper, but staple your draft to it!!  Final Step: Write a final draft of your essay using your best handwriting, punctuation and spelling.  Your essay should be neat and easy to read!  If you need more space, you can write the final draft on a lined piece of paper, but staple your draft to it!!

Things to do:  1) Finish your essay, writing the final draft on your paper neatly!  Pick up the computer that matches your box number.  Log into Canvas, click on Utah Studies.  Go to quizzes, click “Chapter 1 Test”  Take the test. NO TALKING DURING THE TEST!  3) When you are done with the test, finish homework (study guide, assignments).  If you have finished your homework, read or play a game from Ms. Thatcher’s Links page.  1) Finish your essay, writing the final draft on your paper neatly!  Pick up the computer that matches your box number.  Log into Canvas, click on Utah Studies.  Go to quizzes, click “Chapter 1 Test”  Take the test. NO TALKING DURING THE TEST!  3) When you are done with the test, finish homework (study guide, assignments).  If you have finished your homework, read or play a game from Ms. Thatcher’s Links page.

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