Tuesday/Wednesday 10.27.15/10.28.15

Agenda: 
-warm up
-peer editing 
   -find a partner at your table (if you are in a group of three do a three way switch) 
   - read your partner's paragraph 
   - using "Suggesting Mode" please make suggestions/comments on your partners paragraph 
  - fill out the worksheet about your partner (turn in to the sub when you finish) 

- Research/Spreadsheet (sample spreadsheet)
   -finish making the spread sheet using these two videos 
         -watch this video first 
         - watch this video second 
   -fill out the spread sheet using chapter 2.2 in your textbook and this website  

What to write in your spreadsheet: 

Location

General latitude zone of this biome (low, mid, or high) with coordinates of the zone

List 3 or more examples of where you can find this Biome

Include a picture of this Biome on a distribution map (think of a world map with specific areas highlighted for the biomes area)

Average Temperature

Average Temp in Summer and Winter

Rainfall

Average Rainfall in wet and dry seasons

Vegetation

List 3 or more plants in the biome with pictures

Animals

List 3 or more animals in the biome with pictures

Seasons

Describe what the Biome is like during each of the 4 seasons

   -submit to Google Classroom when you finish  (due Friday 10/30 before midnight)

- Current Events (when you finish the other two activities

Objective: SWBAT create a spreadsheet on Google Drive and complete basic research on biomes.

Warm up: Did writing using sentence frames make it easier or harder for you to complete the assignment? Why? Do you like writing with sentence frames? Why or why not?

Homework: Spreadsheets due to Google Classroom before midnight on 10.30.15