 Look at Egypt at night from space  How can you tell the Nile River is important in Egypt?

Mr. Wood World History 101

 How did rivers play an essential role in the development of agriculture in Mesopotamia and Egypt?  Trace the development of agriculture and evaluate its effect on the establishment of civilizations

 Deep Thinking Questions + Inferences  Reading and Note taking  Modeling, Guided Practice and Independent Practice

 Good readers ask deep thinking questions when they read  These should be open ended, not one word or yes/no answers. As you read you will be recording the important facts, but also asking deep thinking questions about these facts. You will also be making inferences from these deep thinking questions.

DEEP THINKING QUESTIONS  Should not be answered with only one word or a yes or no  Can cause a discussion or argument  Dig for more information INFERENCES  Answer a deep thinking question  Do not come from the text or reading  Many times like predictions or opinions

NOT DEEP THINKING  Who won the NBA Championship last year?  Who does Messi play for? DEEP THINKING  Was LeBron James Play off run one of the best ever?  Why Messi the best soccer player in the world today?

 Explain what makes the Nile River so important to Egypt.  2-3 details Book- P. 29

 SWBAT- Read a history text while making deep thinking questions and forming inferences.

FactDeep Thinking QuestionInference Barcelona won La Liga last year. How will Barcelona do this year? The might win La Liga again, but it will be a challenge because Real Madrid has a very good team too. LeBron James has won four MVPs and two championships and two gold medals by the age of 28. Is he be as good as the all time greats Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson? I think he can be, but he will have to win at least one more championships to be as good as them.

 Pages Geography of the Fertile Crescent  Pages The Geography of Egypt You will be graded as a standard on your notes  R Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from complex text (ENG )

 We will begin by taking notes on p together.  This is called Modeling when the teacher does it  Guided practice is when we work on it together

FactQuestionInference

 You will need for your notes on Mesopotamia p :  7 facts  5 questions  3 inferences

 R Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from complex text  Here is how you will be assessed on your notes for your facts ▪ Your facts answer the question- How did rivers play an essential role in the development of agriculture in Mesopotamia?

 For your questions and inferences- Here is how you will be assessed: - Your questions about your facts need to use text evidence in the question. - Your inferences need to answer these questions not using text evidence, but from what you can infer- like a prediction or opinion (beyond the text)

 Write for two minutes answering the following question:  How did rivers effect Mesopotamia?

 How were floods both a good and bad thing in Mesopotamia?

 How did rivers play an essential role in the development of agriculture in Mesopotamia and Egypt?  Trace the development of agriculture and evaluate its effect on the establishment of civilizations

 Writing a Main Idea/detail Paragraph- How did Rivers effect life in Mesopotamia?  Note taking- Egypt – Fact/Question/Inference p 

 You will use only your notes to write a main idea/detail paragraphs.  You will only be able to use your facts to write these paragraphs-  This are informational paragraphs- Stick with your facts- No questions or inferences.

 You will create a Topic sentence/Claim for each and use evidence from your facts to support your claim.  Your Topic sentence/claims need to answer the following questions:  Mesopotamia Paragraph- How did rivers play an essential role in the development of agriculture in Mesopotamia?

1. Notes Mesopotamia graphic organizer 3. Mesopotamia- Rivers paragraph - All three of these will be graded as homework

FactQuestionInference

 You will need for your notes on Mesopotamia p :  9 facts  6 questions  4 inferences Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from complex text

 Your facts answer the question- How did rivers play an essential role in the development of agriculture in Egypt?  Your questions about your facts need to use text evidence in the question.  Your inferences need to answer these questions not using text evidence, but from what you can infer- like a prediction or opinion (beyond the text)

Give 2-3 details of how the Nile River effected life in Ancient Egypt.

 Explain to a classmate  How were floods both a good and bad thing in Mesopotamia and Egypt?  Step One- student one- tell your answer to student two  Step Two- student two- tell you answer to student one

 You will use only your notes to write a main idea/detail paragraphs.  You will only be able to use your facts to write these paragraphs-

 You will create a Topic sentence/Claim for each and use evidence from your facts to support your claim.  Your Topic sentence/claims need to answer the following questions:  Egypt Paragraph- How did rivers play an essential role in the development of agriculture in Egypt?

 E-Trace the development of agriculture and evaluate its effect on the establishment of civilizations  Create a thesis that introduces a topic and claim  Create a system of organization to sequence ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions W Create a thesis that introduces a topic and claim (ENG ) (Ongoing) W Create a system of organization to sequence ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions (ENG ) (Ongoing) Develop each paragraph with well-chosen and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotation, paraphrase, or other information and examples (ENG ) (Ongoing)

 Everybody stand up!!  Why were rivers important in Egypt and Mesopotamia?