Your hook: Ask a question, or have an interesting fact (or both)
Did you know the ancient Incan's made bridges out of ropes so they could burn the bridge down when their enemies came?
Have you ever wondered about the ancient civilizations and the people who came before us?
Give some necessary background information:
Such as when your ancient civilization took place. (The Ancient Incan civilization was alive and well between 1438 and 1532, before the Spainards arrived and took over.)
What caused the civilization to stop (Spainards arrived, bringing diseases and battles).
Anything else that will get your reader captivated, but isn't found elsewhere in your BODY paragraphs.
Thesis: Explain what your essay will be about. Here are a few examples:
"In order to understand ancient ____________, we need to know about the geography, government, values and beliefs, and the people who were important." or
"Ancient _______ is very interesting. Their geography, government, values and beliefs, and the people who lived during this time paint a picture of what life was like ______ years ago.
This essay will discuss the important aspects of the ancient _______ civilization, such as geography, governement and economics, as well as the people and their beliefs and values.
Introductory Paragraph Example:
Have you ever wondered about the ancient civilizations and the people who came before us? The Ancient Inca Civilization was the largest ancient civilization in South America. The Incan civilization was alive and well between 1438 and 1532. In 1532 the Spainards arrived and subsequently caused most of the Incan civilization to die out, due to war and diseases, ending a very powerful rule of a large portion of South America. In order to understand the Ancient Incan civilization fully, we must examine the geography, government, and values and beliefs of the Incan people.
Remember our Quick versus Deep Thinking Questions!
Quick Questions about the picture:
Is there a turtle in the picture?
How many fish is there in the picture?
Where is the picture being taken?
Is the turtle swimming?
What color is the coral?
Deep Thinking Questions - there is more than one right answer, and you have to use your deep thinking pose..
What is the turtle doing?
Swimming away from a shark
Looking for something to eat
Racing and playing with her/his friends
Looking for somewhere to rest
Who is taking the picture and why are they down there?
Could be a submarine on a mission
Maybe a scuba diver - could be a man or a woman!
Maybe a robot with a camera
Our Deep thinking questions make it so we don't stop thinking.. once we answer part of the question, we continue to WONDER about the rest of what might be happening. A deep thinking question gets you to continue to think. Quick questions get you to answer quickly and then move on, sometime to something else!
Your outline for your ancient civilization paper is due OCTOBER 1st! (Remember that your rough copy of your writing is due October 9th, and your final copy is due October 21st).
Here is my sample using the Ancient Inca Civilization:
I. Geography
A. Located in South America (western side)
B. Stretched from coast and up into the mountains (Andes mountains). There was also a lot of jungle where they lived.
C. They made their bridges out of sturdy vines to make it through the mountains so that they could burn or cut them down if they were being invaded.
D. They did not live in large cities, they were spread all over the mountains.
A work in progress.. just like yours should be! Remember - you will need a lot of information to ensure you are able to fully explain yourself. It is better to be over-informed than to have to keep researching after your research due date!
Introduction: Ancient Inca Civilization
Who were the people that ruled?
What time period did they rule? 1400 to 1533
Geography:
Where is your civilization located? Western South America - basically running from north to south in South America
How did the people adapt to their environment? They built their civilization high up in the Andes mountains, which had some pretty extreme and cold weather. They build bridges from vines to cross.. if people were trying to attack, they just burned the bridges with them on it!
List some physical features:
High and rugged mountains, lush rainforests, attached to the Pacific Ocean (so coastal)
What was the climate like?
Since it spanned such a large area, the climate and weather varied from north to south.
How did they come into power? There was another leader in power, but when faced with a war from neighboring civilizations, Pachacuti stuck around and asked the gods for assistance to help him, and his warrior buddies, so the gods transformed the rocks just hanging around into Inca warriors.
How long did their power last? Until 1532 and the Spanish Conquest.
Just a reminder, if you are looking for the newsletter or the math pages, they are now on the dropdown menu. You will also find the Words Their Way list numbers there, if you want to practice using spelling city!
There are so many animals that are at risk of being extinct - which means they will no longer be living on Earth! These are what we call "endangered animals" because they are close to no longer being able to survive.
Here is a list of animals for your "Species at Risk" science page that you can research: https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/directory?direction=desc&sort=extinction_status
Watch the video below before you research your own endangered animal!
We have a math test tomorrow.. most students are done the homework. If not here are the pages.. I will send parents a copy of the answers so you can check tonight and ensure you are right for tomorrow. I will send them on class dojo. Pg 172-174 # 1, 3-6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16 :)
Remember, you need to read a minimum of 5 hours to join our reading party by the end of August. There is quite a few students who have already made it. There is also quite a few students who have a lot of work to do! Remind your parents to sign into their Raz Kids parent account to see how much you have read. Don't have one? They can sign up using these instructions:
Parents can request access to their child's information by simply logging in to Kids A-Z as their child and clicking the "Parents" link in the top right and following the instructions to provide an email address. The teacher will need to approve the email address before a parent can see their child's information.
Make sure you get your parents to sign your sheet explaining the deadlines and dates for things. You will be working on your Ancient Civilization work until the end of the school year!
Here is the outline for all the projects:
All Research and notes due: SEPTEMBER 23rd
Rough Draft of Research Paper due: October 9th
Final Copy of Research Paper due: October 21st
PowerPoint (Google Slides) Planner Packet due: November 4th
PowerPoint (Google Slides) Presentation due: November 18th
We will then be presenting and our final activity will be to create a brochure on our Ancient Civilization.
Parents: Students would benefit if they had their own USB stick or a Google Drive account to save their own work and work on at home.
Your Choices for the "researching habitats" pages 36-37:
Grasslands
Savannahs
Shallow seas
Deep Oceans
Shallow Seas
Mountains
Desert
Tundra
Polar
Tropical Rainforest
Deciduous Forest
Freshwater
You can pick a certain area to research if you like... if you want to do African habitat specifically you can do that. Or Malaysian Rainforests, or the Great Barrier Reef shallow seas.
By Wednesday next week you need to have done up to and including Page 37.
A reminder: word problems: you need to show all your thinking. Show all the math work.
You need a sentence that answers the question asked. For each part. It must be related to the question. Again. Please look below for tips if you forget! I posted about it yesterday.
PG 159 #3-8
Remember to Show your work, answer in complete sentences and make sure your sentence matches the question. So if your questions asks you how many groups of apples you have.. don't answer a column.
Angela has 12 groups of 5 apples.
56 more dinosaurs are needed at the park.