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Tuesday, October 26th

Tuesday, October 26th Please get out two sheets of notebook paper (extra paper is up front) You will have two assignments today and both are due on Thursday. You are expected to be working in your assigned seats today. Bellringer will be turned in and answers should be written on the top of your book assignment paper. Missing assignments are posted on side wall. Please check them!

Bellringer What did Wegener name the supercontinent that means “all land”? What did Wegener name the single ocean that means “all seas”? What was the name of the sub-supercontinent to the north? What was the name of the sub-supercontinent to the south?

Bellringer Answer 1. Pangaea 2. Panthalassa 3. Laurasia 4. Gondwanaland

Book Assignment Use section 10.1 and your notes from yesterday to answer the following questions: ES Book Pg. 246 2,4,7,and 8 Questions will be due on Thursday!

Wegener Essay Imagine that you are Alfred Wegener. Write a persuasive essay to explain your idea (Wegener’s idea) of continental drift. Use only evidence originally used by Wegener to support his hypothesis (remember plate tectonics and seafloor spreading were not introduced yet). Your essay should be AT LEAST 3 paragraphs long! Your essay will be due on Thursday! Rubric is posted on the board and on my website. Please look at it so you know my expectations!

Wegener Essay Imagine that you are Alfred Wegener. Write a persuasive essay to explain your idea (Wegener’s idea) of continental drift. Use only evidence originally used by Wegener to support his hypothesis (remember plate tectonics and seafloor spreading were not introduced yet). Your essay should be AT LEAST 3 paragraphs long! Your essay will be due on Thursday! Rubric is posted on the board and on my website. Please look at it so you know my expectations!

Wegener Essay Imagine that you are Alfred Wegener. Write a persuasive essay to explain your idea (Wegener’s idea) of continental drift. Use only evidence originally used by Wegener to support his hypothesis (remember plate tectonics and seafloor spreading were not introduced yet). Your essay should be AT LEAST 3 paragraphs long! Your essay will be due on Thursday! Rubric is posted on the board and on my website. Please look at it so you know my expectations!

Wegener Essay Imagine that you are Alfred Wegener. Write a persuasive essay to explain your idea (Wegener’s idea) of continental drift. Use only evidence originally used by Wegener to support his hypothesis (remember plate tectonics and seafloor spreading were not introduced yet). Your essay should be AT LEAST 3 paragraphs long! Your essay will be due on Thursday! Rubric is posted on the board and on my website. Please look at it so you know my expectations!

Wegener Essay Imagine that you are Alfred Wegener. Write a persuasive essay to explain your idea (Wegener’s idea) of continental drift. Use only evidence originally used by Wegener to support his hypothesis (remember plate tectonics and seafloor spreading were not introduced yet). Your essay should be AT LEAST 3 paragraphs long! Your essay will be due on Thursday! Rubric is posted on the board and on my website. Please look at it so you know my expectations!

Wegener Essay Imagine that you are Alfred Wegener. Write a persuasive essay to explain your idea (Wegener’s idea) of continental drift. Use only evidence originally used by Wegener to support his hypothesis (remember plate tectonics and seafloor spreading were not introduced yet). Your essay should be AT LEAST 3 paragraphs long! Your essay will be due on Thursday! Rubric is posted on the board and on my website. Please look at it so you know my expectations!