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EQ: What are the characteristics of
Place? 9/8 and 9/9
What title would you give this picture?
Explain why.
Place: A unique location
Place can be described in 5 ways
1. Place Name
Toponym: name give to a place on earth
Longest name of a place: Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
2. Absolute Location
Exact location such as an address or Latitude/longitude coordinates
EX: 50N, 75E 5015 S. Blackstone
3. Situation (relative location)
Location of a place relative to other locations
Kenwood is east of the lake
Physical characteristics of a place
Climate, water, topography, soil, vegetation, elevation
4. Site
Human Characteristics
Characteristics about the people
Language, culture, population, tourism, economy, religion, government etc.
Reading: Focus on meaning of words and visualization
Read and talk to the text-use your reading bookmark for sentence stem suggestions. You should not just draw symbols of write “OMG”. Need to explain your thoughts as you are reading
Think about the characteristics of “place” for Buenos Aires
Group Picture and gallery walk
Every group will use the descriptive vocabulary in the reading and draw a picture of how they visualize Buenos Aires. You do not have to include everything from the reading. Just what you pictured during and after reading.(10 min)
Gallery walk with comments of pictures
Exit slip: Retitle the picture-explain your title using information from the reading
BR: Write an example of each of the characteristics of place for Chicago
Toponym (place name):
Absolute location:
Situation (Relative Location):
Site (Physical Characteristics):
Human Characteristics:
Go back through the reading and figure out the meaning of words-use the word detective sheet with clues for how to figure out the meaning. Fill out the chart on the back of the reading
Find examples of each characteristic of place
Bell Ringer-none-start notes immediately
Word What I think it means
Strategy used to determine meaning (use word detective handout)
How does the word relate to the text? What does it mean in the context of the article?
MultinationalMonolith
Piquant
Elusive
Your choice
Exit Slip
Write a paragraph describing Buenos Aires using at least 3 characteristics of place.
Use at least one of the underlined words in your paragraph.