Flipped Classroom – Plate Tectonics
Title: Tectonic
Plates - Close Reading and Expository Essay
Grade level(s): 11 - 12
Subjects:
Environmental Science, Earth Science, Reading and Language Arts.
Learner Outcomes: Students
will know: What tectonic plates are and how they move.
Students will use close reading to annotate a
tectonic plate handout and write an expository paper explaining plate
tectonics.
Duration of Lesson:
5 - 50 minute class periods.
Materials:
Computer, projector, paper, pencil, and graphic organizer.
Technology
Tools/Courseware: Computer, Projector, Internet.
Teacher Notes:
- There is no safety concern
beyond normal.
- There are no special
requirements.
- The setting is the classroom.
Procedures:
Day 1
·
Introduce unit and assess prior knowledge by
having students complete a pretest of key terms.
·
Direct instruction on tectonic plates using
Power Point presentation.
·
Tectonic Plates Power Point
Key Terms
Subduction Volcano Oceanic Plate Mid-Ocean Ridge Convergent Boundary
Rift Valley Continental Plate Trench Transform Boundary
Island Arc Divergent Boundary Subduction Plate Boundary
Day
2
·
Direct instruction of Power Point presentation
concludes.
·
Students begin close reading and annotation of
the USGS tectonic plate handout
Day
3
·
Students complete the annotation of tectonic
plate handout.
·
Students complete the Expository Writing Graphic
Organizers in preparation for wring a paper explaining plate tectonics.
Day
4
·
Students write an expository paper explaining
plate tectonics using graphic organizer.
·
Students use information from their notes and
handouts.
Modifications: IEP modifications and guided practice as
needed.
Enrichment
Activities: Students may log onto
their Arcgis.com accounts and create a map of tectonic plates, earthquakes, and
volcano layers.
Evaluation/Assessment: Formative assessment is by daily summaries
using exit passes. Summative assessment is the Expository Paper graded by rubric.
Summative is also by multiple choice vocabulary quiz on Edmodo.
West Virginia CSO’s: SC.O.ES.2.9, SC.O.ES.2.10,
SC.O.ES.2.11, SC.O.ES.2.12
Earth Science -
SC.O.ES.2.96, SC.O.ES.2.10, SC.O.ES.2.11
Reading and Language
Arts - ELA.12.R.C1.4, ELA.12.R.C1.6
Reading - L.3.3a, L.4.1f, L.4.3a.
References:
a) US
Geological Survey
b) You
Tube
c) Huntington
High School Literacy Initiative
Video Links
a)
Plate Tectonics Plate Tectonics
b) Text Annotation Annotative Text
Author: Richard Sharpe
Huntington High School
1 Highlander Way
Huntington, WV 25701
rsharpe@k12.wv.us
hhs.cabe.k12.wv.us/
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