THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLDTHE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

LEVEL V/60

INTRODUCTION & CHAPTER 1Vocabulary• Use descriptions to determine word meaning:What does theword technology mean in this book? Let’s look for clues to themeaning of this word on page 6. (special tools to make workeasier)

Find It! Level 1 Comprehension• Identify facts and details:Why were the Seven Wonders built? Usea semantic web for help in answering the question. (The SevenWonders were built to honor the dead, gods, or goddesses, or tocelebrate a special occasion. One was built for pleasure, and onewas built for a practical purpose. page 2)• Identify facts and details: Herodotus was a famous . . . (Greekhistorian who made a list of the Seven Wonders of the World,page 4)

Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension• Identify cause and effect:Why were artisans important to thecompletion of the Seven Wonders? (They added the beautifulartwork to the Wonders. page 7)

Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension• Use graphic features to interpret information:What does the timeline tell you about the Lighthouse of Alexandria? (Answer: It wasthe last one of the Seven Wonders built; Clues/Evidence: It wasbuilt in 285 B.C. The other Wonders are before the Lighthouse onthe time line. pages 2–3)• Identify main idea: Page 6 is mainly about . . . (Answer: how theSeven Wonders were built without modern tools or materials;Clues/Evidence: The work was done by hand. The builders didnot have machines, steel, glass, or concrete; they used mostlystone and mud bricks. They did not have modern measuring tools,calculators, or computers.)• Draw conclusions: You can conclude from pages 6–7 that moderntools, technology, and materials . . . (Answer: have made buildinglarge structures much faster; Clues/Evidence: Special tools andtechnology have made work easier. It took many years to buildeach of the Wonders. The Empire State Building was built in onlysixteen months.)

Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension• Evaluate author’s purpose: The author probably included the timeline on pages 3–4 so that . . . (the reader could see when each ofthe Seven Wonders was built)

• Evaluate author’s purpose: The author probably included the mapon pages 4–5 to show . . . (the locations of each of the SevenWonders at the time Herodotus traveled the Mediterranean Sea)

• Analyze text structure and organization:What text structure didthe author use to organize the first paragraph of the Introduction?(compare and contrast)

to honor thedead, gods,or goddess-

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for apracticalpurpose

to celebratean occasion

forpleasure

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Purposes of the SevenWonders

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CHAPTER 2Vocabulary• Use synonyms to determine word meaning:What does the wordirrigate mean in this book? Let’s find clues to the meaning of thisword on page 13. (Ancient engineers probably used the river toirrigate, or water, the plants.)

Find It! Level 1 Comprehension• Identify facts and details:What was buried with the pharaoh’smummy? (food and valuable possessions, page 9)• Identify facts and details: The Temple of Artemis was built tohonor . . . (Artemis, the Greek goddess of the Moon and of the hunt,page 16)

Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension• Identify sequence of events:What happened after the earthquakedestroyed the Lighthouse of Alexandria in the 1300s? Use asequence-of-events chart for help in answering the question. (Peopleused its marble blocks in other buildings. page 23)

Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension• Make inferences: You can infer from the information about theGreat Pyramid that . . . (Answer: Historians and archaeologists donot always agree; Clues/Evidence: Archaeologists have manydifferent ideas about how the Great Pyramid was built. The historianHerodotus wrote that it took 100,000 men twenty years tocomplete it. Archaeologists don’t know if that is true. At one time,many archaeologists believed it was built by slaves. Now somebelieve that workers were farmers. page 11)• Identify main idea: Page 13 is mainly about . . . (Answer: how theGardens may have worked; Clues/Evidence: Some believe that theGardens were built near the Euphrates River to irrigate the plants.Strabo wrote that people were employed to continually raisewater into the Gardens. Water may have been lifted by a chain ofbuckets hauled by workers and then run through channels built inthe Gardens.)• Draw conclusions: The reader can conclude from pages 18–23 thatearthquakes . . . (Answer: can damage and destroy great structures;Clues/Evidence: Earthquakes damaged the Mausoleum at Halicarnasses.An earthquake caused the collapse of the Colossus of Rhodes. Anearthquake reduced the Lighthouse of Alexandria to rubble.)

Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension• Analyze text structure and organization: How does the authororganize Chapter 2? (chronological order, according to the datesthat each of the Seven Wonders was built)• Evaluate author’s purpose: The author probably included the pictureson pages 15–16 to . . . (show the similarities between the LincolnMemorial and the ancient Greek temples)

People used its mar-ble blocks in other

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An earthquakedestroyed theLighthouse ofAlexandria.

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CHAPTER 3 & CONCLUSIONVocabulary• Use context clues to determine word meaning:What does theword dam mean in this book? Let’s look for clues to the meaningof this word on page 27. (controls flooding)

Find It! Level 1 Comprehension• Identify facts and details:Which of the Seven Wonders remainstoday? (The Great Pyramid of Giza, page 24)• Identify facts and details: The tallest buildings in the world todayare . . . (the Petronas Towers, page 26)

Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension• Identify cause and effect:Why doesn’t the Egyptian governmentallow cars near the Great Pyramid? (They are trying to preventdamage from car exhaust. page 25)

Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension• Make predictions:What can you predict from the information onpage 26? (Answer: Man will build taller buildings than the PetronasTowers in the future; Clues/Evidence: In 1885, the first skyscraperwas the tallest building in the world at 138 feet tall. Now manybuildings are taller. The Empire State Building is 1,250 feet high.The Petronas Towers are 1483 feet high.)• Identify main idea: Pages 26–28 are mainly about . . . Use asemantic web for help in answering the question. (Answer: wondersof the modern world; Clues/Evidence: Petronas Towers, AswanDam, the “Chunnel,” rockets, and space shuttles could all beconsidered modern wonders.)

Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension• Analyze text structure and organization:What text structuredoes the author use to organize paragraph one of Chapter 3?(cause and effect)• Evaluate author’s purpose: The author probably included thepictures on page 29 to . . . (compare and contrast ancient wondersto modern ones)

thePetronasTowers

rockets andspaceshuttles

theAswanDam

the“Chunnel”

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Wonders of theModern World

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TIPS FOR ANSWERING TEXT-DEPENDENT QUESTIONS

You’ll have to be a detective. You won’t find the exact

answers to these questions, but you will find clues and

evidence to support your inferences and conclusions.

As you reread, ask yourself, “How did the author

organize the information? Why did she/he write

the book?”

The answers are right in the text. Reread to locate

facts and details to answer the questions.

The answers are in the text, but you may need to look

in more than one place to find them.

Vocabulary

Find It! Level 1Comprehension

Prove It! Level 3Comprehension

Take It Apart! Level 4Comprehension

Look Closer! Level 2Comprehension

Reread and look for clues to help you define the

unfamiliar word. Can you find a synonym, a

definition, text clues, or picture clues?

Navigators Grade 6 Set A

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Based on the Comprehension Through Deductive Reasoning Model developed by Margaret Kilgo.

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