Name: _______________________________________________ Period: ______________ Plate Tectonics Performance Task Due: _______________________________ plate tec·ton·ics
noun
a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting
from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
After reading three assigned articles about plate tectonics, write a report that examines the causes of plate tectonics and the effects that plate tectonics have on Earth. Support your discussion with evidence from the texts. Article #1 Plate Tectonics, Tectonic Plates Information, Facts, News, Photos science.nationalgeographic.com Before Reading: Preview the text by identifying the key terms in bold. Use the context clues in the text to write a definition of each term: 1. Lithosphere -­‐ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2. Convergent Boundary -­‐ __________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 3. Divergent Boundary -­‐ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 4. Transform Boundary -­‐ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Finding the Main Idea •
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Read the Article The main idea is what the article is mostly about The main idea may be stated in the first or last paragraph The main idea may not be directly stated; you may have to make an inference The main idea of the article is: ___________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Summarize: As you read the article a second time, write a 1-­‐2 sentence summary of every paragraph. These summaries should include details that support the main idea of the article and evidence that you can use in your report. Paragraph #1: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #2: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #3: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #4: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #5: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #6: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #7: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #8: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #9: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reflect: (Hint: you can consider these your “causes” of plate tectonics!) What are the three types of tectonic boundaries? 1. 2. 3. Article #2 Earth’s Big Breakup student.societyforscience.org Before Reading: Review the definitions of the power words at the end of the article. Use the definitions to figure out which power word fits best in each sentence. Word Bank Tectonic Plate Seismology Physicist Crust 1. The Earth’s ____________________________ is like the skin of an apple. It is very thin in comparison to the other three layers that make up the Earth. 2. ___________________________________________________ are giant slabs of Earth’s crust that fit together like the pieces of a puzzle. 3. Albert Einstein is one of the most famous ___________________________________ in history. He studied matter and energy. 4. Studying _______________________________________ in Central Oregon is very interesting since we are so close to the Pacific Ring of Fire, famous for triggering some of Earth’s largest earthquakes. Read the Article Finding the Main Idea •
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The main idea is what the article is mostly about The main idea may be stated in the first or last paragraph The main idea may not be directly stated; you may have to make an inference The main idea of the article is: ___________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Summarize: As you read the article, write a 1-­‐2 sentence summary of every paragraph. These summaries should include details that support the main idea of the article and evidence that you can use in your report. Paragraph #1: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #2: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #3: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #4: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #5: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #6: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #7: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #8: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph #9: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reflect: (Hint: you can consider this one of your “effects” of plate tectonics!) What role did plate tectonics play in the April 11, 2012 earthquake in Sumatra? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Article #3 The Quake That Shook Up Geology student.societyforscience.org Before Reading: Review the 19 power words and their definitions at the end of the article. Use the power words to fill in the blanks in the following sentences. (note: not all power words will be used!!) 1. The Earth’s lithosphere moves along a fracture, or ________________________, which can cause massive earthquakes. 2. The scientist who recorded the magnitude of the earthquake is a ____________________________________. He used a _____________________________________ to measure the tremors resulted from the earthquake. He also found the ___________________________________ of the earthquake, which told him where the earthquake started. 3. An enormous wave, or __________________________, resulted from the earthquake in Alaska. 4. As the plates collided along a ___________________________________ _______________________, one plate sank below the other and magma was forced up from beneath the crust, or the _____________________, of the Earth and out of a volcano. 5. Following the earthquake in Alaska, more damage was done due to _________________________________. 6. The __________________________ _____________________________ where the tectonic plates are spreading away from each other created the Great Rift Valley in Africa. Read the Article This article is longer than the others. Please use a highlighter to highlight important information (evidence) that you can use in your report to support your explanation of the causes and effects of plate tectonics. Finding the Main Idea •
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The main idea is what the article is mostly about The main idea may be stated in the first or last paragraph The main idea may not be directly stated; you may have to make an inference The main idea of the article is: ___________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Summarize: As you read the article, write a 1-­‐2 sentence summary of every page. These summaries should include details that support the main idea of the article and evidence that you can use in your report. Page #1: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page #2: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page #3: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page #4: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page #5: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page #6: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page #7: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page #8: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page #9: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page #10: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reflect: According to the article, what effects do plate movements have on Earth’s surface? (start on p. 4) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Synthesize Consider the evidence you collected in the paragraph and page summaries, key terms, and reflections. Synthesize the information by completing the graphic organizer. Remember, your goal is to be able to explain the causes and effects of plate tectonics in your report. Cause #2 Cause #1 Effects Cause #3 Organize Complete the following outline to organize your evidence BEFORE writing your report. Your report is to be a five-­‐paragraph essay that includes an introduction, three body paragraphs outlining information about plate tectonics, the three types of plate movements (causes), the effects of plate tectonics on Earth’s surface, and a conclusion. The outline does not need to be done in complete sentences. This is a rough idea of what you will write for each sentence in your report. INTRODUCTION Main Idea Topic Sentence: __________________________________________________________________________________________ What are plate tectonics? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Three types of plate movement (causes)___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Effects of plate tectonics on Earth’s surface _______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Conclusion sentence: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BODY #1 Define plate tectonics _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Detail/Example 1 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Detail/Example 2 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Detail/Example 3 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Conclusion sentence: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ BODY #2 Three types of plate movements ___________________________________________________________________________________ Detail/Example 1 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Detail/Example 2 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Detail/Example 3 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Conclusion sentence: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ BODY #3 Effects of plate tectonics ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Detail/Example 1 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Detail/Example 2 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Detail/Example 3 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Conclusion sentence: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONCLUSION Restate Main Idea: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Restate Three Body Paragraph Main Ideas: 1 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Conclusion sentence (wrap up report): ____________________________________________________________________________ Packet Completion: ____________ /50 points Transitions Be sure to use transitions consistently in your writing to begin sentences and link ideas. Addition: to indicate that one or more ideas continue along the same line of thought Cause or reason: to indicate why something happened or will happen Comparison: to point out the similarities between subjects Conclusion: to end Contrast: to point out the differences between subjects Example: to provide examples Introduction: to begin providing evidence Place: to explain where something happened or will happen Prediction to link a cause and effect Purpose: to explain an intention Reasoning to explain logical link between evidence and claim Result or Effect: to indicate what will happen or happened Summary: to introduce a synopsis of thoughts or ideas Time: to express a specific time frame or a shift from one time period to another again, also, and, and then, another, finally, first/second/etc., furthermore, in addition, last of all, moreover, next because, due to, for fear that, for the purpose of, for the reason that, in the hope that, owing to, since again, also, in comparison, in the same way, likewise, once more, similarly as I have said, as mentioned earlier, as we have seen, given these facts, in any event, in conclusion, on the whole, so, to conclude although, but, despite, even though, however, in contrast, instead, nevertheless, on the contrary, on the one hand, on the other hand, still, though, whereas, yet for example, for instance, in fact, in particular, specifically, such as, the following example, to demonstrate, to illustrate, particularly first, first of all, for example, for instance, in fact, in particular, specifically, to begin, to demonstrate, to elaborate, to enumerate, to illustrate, particularly above, adjacent to, below, beyond, closer to, elsewhere, far, further on, here, near, nearby, opposite to, there, to the left, to the right if/then, in most cases, it is safe to say, more often than not, one can assume that, one can safely say for the purpose of, in order to, in the hope that, so that, with this intention as a rule, if/then, in general, in most cases, it is safe to say, more often than not, normally, one can assume that, one can safely say, typically, usually accordingly, as a result, consequently, finally, hence, so, then, therefore, thus, to this end briefly, in brief, in other words, overall, summing up, to put it briefly, to sum up, to summarize after awhile, afterward, as long as, as soon as, at last, at that time, before, concurrently, during, earlier, formerly, immediately, in the meantime, in the past, later, meanwhile, now, shortly, soon, then, until, when Write Your Report After reading three assigned articles about plate tectonics, write a report that examines the causes of plate tectonics and the effects that plate tectonics have on Earth. Support your discussion with evidence from the texts. Writing Procedure: •
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Write a rough draft of your report on lined paper Edit your report: 1. Read report out loud to ensure sentence structure is correct 2. Let a peer or teacher read and edit your report to check conventions and sentence structure After editing, type a final draft of your report to turn in. (Note: if you do not have a computer at home, you may request a lunch pass to type on a school computer) Warning: reports that have too many convention errors will be returned to be rewritten. Grading Rubric Category
Purpose and
Organization
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Evidence and
Elaboration
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Conventions
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Interesting, clearly stated
topic sentence that lets the
reader know the main idea
of the paragraph.
Consistent use of
transitional words to
clarify relationships
between ideas.
Effective use of
introduction and
conclusion.
Logical progression and
connection of ideas.
Comprehensive key terms
and evidence used to
support topic sentence.
Comprehensive evidence
integrated into writing
Correct use of sentence
formation, punctuation,
capitalization, grammar
usage, and spelling.
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5 points
Topic sentence included in
paragraph but not clearly
focused on the main idea.
A few transitional words
used to clarify
relationships between
ideas.
Adequate introduction and
conclusion.
Adequate progression and
connection of ideas.
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Adequate key terms and
evidence used to support
topic sentence.
Adequate evidence
integrated into writing
Limited use of correct
sentence formation,
punctuation, capitalization,
grammar usage, and
spelling.
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Topic sentence not
included in paragraph or
confusing or ambiguous.
Few or no transitional
strategies.
Introduction or conclusion
missing.
Ideas randomly ordered or
unclear progression.
Key terms and evidence
are minimal or missing.
Little or no evidence
integrated into writing.
Infrequent use of correct
sentence formation,
punctuation, capitalization,
grammar usage, and
spelling.
Total Score: ___________/60 points