Thursday, December 1, 2011

Tuesday Nov. 29, Wednesday Nov. 30 and Thursday Dec. 1

Tuesday: We watched about 10 minutes of the Discovery Channel's Planet Earth series about the African savannah. Students then wrote a descriptive paragraph about the savannah. Students were given a reading guide as homework. For periods 1,2 and 4 the entire sheet was due Wednesday. For periods 5 and 6 only #s 1-8 were due.

Wednesday and Thursday: Students worked on creating an animated map of the vegetation zones and empires of Africa.

No packet due this week, but here is a list of the packet so far:

1. Physical Features of Africa Map
2. Reading Guide, Chapter 5, lesson 1, pp. 151-154
3. African Savannah Descriptive Paragraph
4. Steps for Animated Map: Day 1

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