The document provides instructions for students to read assigned pages from a book about New York state geography. Students are divided into groups and assigned different page ranges to read. They are to write a summary of what they read, define important vocabulary, and identify the top 5 most important facts. The closing activity has students respond to a photo presented by a classmate about a New York landmark, noting where the photo was taken and an interesting fact learned.

1. Shaping the Land
Ms. Parrett’s Lesson on Geography

2. Landforms Game
http://www.purposegames.com/game/c80f5a8dbc

3. Read New York: The Empire
State by Margery Facklam and
Peggy Thomas
Please break up into your
designated groups.
Group 1: Pages 6-14
Group 2: Pages 15-23
Group 3: Pages 24-32
Group 4: Pages 32-40
Read your selected pages. Write a
summary for what you have read and be
prepared to present it to the class. Define
important vocabulary in your own words,
and pick out the 5 most important facts.

4. Page Summaries
Top 5 Important Facts:
Important Vocabulary: 1._____________________________________
1.____________________________ _______________________________________
______________________________ 2._____________________________________
2.____________________________ _______________________________________
______________________________ 3._____________________________________
3.____________________________ _______________________________________
______________________________ 4._____________________________________
4.____________________________ _______________________________________
______________________________ 5._____________________________________
_______________________________________

5. Student’s Photos
Hudson River
Mohonk Mountain

6. Closing Activity
• Write a brief response to one of your
classmate’s photo presentations
• Be sure to include where this photo was
taken and an interesting fact you learned
from your peer