Monday, November 7, 2016

Class today: November 7th

1.  Open Google Earth for Chromebook-   Find Mosul, Iraq.  Look around for a while. Think about what you have read about Ancient Mesopotamia. You will see the Tigris River running through the area.

2. Mosul- Wikipedia

3. Read the current article: Iraqi Forces Hit with Intense Fight- Mosul

    Write down the following questions and your answers on paper to turn in to me:
  • What is the main idea/purpose of this article?
  • Can you find/jot down the sentence or sentences that propose this main idea?
  • What three points do you feel are the most important for understanding this article?
  • What three examples do you feel are the strongest or most significant to this article?
  • Does the author try to persuade you in any way? How?
  • How do statistics and data support the author's perspective?
  • Do you find the author's evidence convincing? Explain.
  • What new information did you learn? How can you apply this information to an issue or problem in today's world?
  • How did this new information change your way of thinking about this subject?
  • What words, phrases, statements does the author use that caught your attention? Why? How did they make you feel? What did they make you think?
  • Were there any photographs, illustrations, charts, graphs, or diagrams that were important? Select two or three and show what you learned from them and explain why you believe each one was important.
  • Did the reading leave you with unanswered questions? What are these?
  • How did you connect to the piece? Was it personal? Was it an issue that affects your community and the world? Explain.
  • How do you feel that this article connects to what we are studying currently?

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