Thursday, Sept. 17

1. Get out your spiral notebook.2. Turn to your Vocab section. 3. Wait for further instructions.

C – citing evidence

Does it really support you’re A - Answer?

RA – Remember that RA is restating the topic of the prompt and then answering the prompt in your own words.

• Let’s practice together.

Read the Article on “Babylon” from Encyclopedia Britannica. Write an informational essay explaining why Babylon was a great city. Cite evidence from the text to support your answer. Use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

• Circle your commands• Cross off question words• Underline the topic (what it is all about)• Write a complete sentence starting with the topic and ending with

the rest of the prompt • R - ________________________________________________

BabylonOn the Euphrates River, in the land that is now Iraq, ruins of the world’s first great city stand alone in the desert. The city bore the proud name

Bab-Ilu, meaning “gate of the gods.” The Hebrews called it Babel. In the Greek and Latin languages the name took the form Babylon, and the plain on which the city stood was called Babylonia.

During the first thousand years of its known history, Babylon was a mere village. It became the capital of the kingdom of Babylon about 1894 bc and reached its first peak of glory in the reign of Hammurabi, the lawgiver. This great king beautified the city with palaces, temples, and towers and made it the religious and cultural center of western Asia. In its temples scholarly priests copied and preserved the writings of the Sumerians, from whom the Babylonians derived their civilization.

For centuries the city was controlled by various tribes, including the Kassites, the Chaldeans, the Aramaeans, and the Assyrians. Throughout much of that period, Babylon continued to be regarded as a center of learning and culture, even by its conquerors. The last of the Assyrian rulers of Babylon, Ashurbanipal, died in 627 bc.

When Assyria declined, Babylon rose once more to wealth and imperial power under Nebuchadnezzar II (604–561 bc). This king is remembered in the Old Testament for his destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian captivity of the Jewish people. In Babylonia he was celebrated as the builder who made Babylon the most splendid city in the world.

The original city stood on the right (west) bank of the Euphrates. Nebuchadnezzar extended it to the left bank as well and built a stone bridge across the river. The city was in the shape of a square, surrounded by a massive towered wall. Palaces and temples were of vast dimensions.

Nebuchadnezzar’s own great palace achieved a touch of fairyland from its famous Hanging Gardens, which the Greeks counted as one of the Seven Wonders of the World (see Seven Wonders of the World). The beautiful Gate of Ishtar spanned Procession Street, which led to the Temple of Marduk, chief god of Babylon. Near it stood a great terraced tower (ziggurat), built in seven receding stories with a sloping ramp spiraling around it to the top. This may have been the original Tower of Babel described in the Bible (Gen. xi); but it was only one of many artificial “holy mountains” in and around Babylon.

Babylon lost its independence forever when it fell to Cyrus the Great of Persia in 539 bc, but it continued to be a center of trade and culture. It was still fairly prosperous when Alexander the Great took up his residence in Nebuchadnezzar’s palace, where he died in 323 bc. His successor, Seleucus, built a new city, Seleucia, nearby on the Tigris, because it had a deeper channel for navigation. From this time Babylon rapidly decayed. Its structures, which were faced with glazed brick, were torn down to provide brick for building elsewhere, and the once proud capital was reduced to a vast ruin. The ruins are near the town of al Hillah in Iraq. (See also Babylonia and Assyria; Mesopotamia.)

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other sources if you have any questions.• "Babylon." Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2015. Web. 15 Sep. 2015.• <http://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/273045>.

Read the Article on “Babylon” from Encyclopedia Britannica. Prompt – Write an informational essay explaining why Babylon was a great city. Cite evidence from the text to support your answer. Use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

• R - Babylon was a great city.• A – It was a great city because (read the text to find out)• A – It was a great city because it grew from a small village into a very

powerful capital city of the Kingdom of Babylon.

Read the Article on “Babylon” from Encyclopedia Britannica. Prompt – Write an informational essay explaining why Babylon was a great city. Cite evidence from the text to support your answer. Use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

• R - Babylon was a great city.• A – It was a great city because (read the text to find out)• A – It was a great city because it grew from a small

village into a very powerful capital city of the Kingdom of Babylon.

• Now we have to C – cite evidence that proves that it was a great city that grew into a powerful capital city.

C- cite evidence that proves you’re A - answer true

• Don’t• Just find text that restates what you wrote for your answer.• Pick any random quote about your topic (Babylon).

• Do• Find examples that show how your answer is true• Try to find at least 3 DIFFERENT examples – don’t repeat the same examples

C- find evidence that shows why or how Babylon became a powerful capital of the Kingdom of Babylon

• Don’t• Just find text that restates what you wrote for your answer.• Pick any random quote about your topic (Babylon).

• Do• Find examples that show how your answer is true• Try to find at least 3 DIFFERENT examples – don’t repeat the same examples

Check me. Can I use this as evidence? Why or why not?A. During the first thousand years of its known history, Babylon

was a mere village. It became the capital of the kingdom of Babylon about 1894 BC and reached its first peak of glory in the reign of Hammurabi, the lawgiver.

NO

C- find evidence that shows why or how Babylon became a powerful capital of the Kingdom of Babylon

• Don’t• Just find text that restates what you wrote for your answer.• Pick any random quote about your topic (Babylon).

• Do• Find examples that show how your answer is true• Try to find at least 3 DIFFERENT examples – don’t repeat the same examples

Check me. Can I use this as evidence? Why or why not? NOB. On the Euphrates River, in the land that is now Iraq, ruins of the world’s first great city stand alone in the desert.

C- find evidence that shows why or how Babylon became a powerful capital of the Kingdom of Babylon

• Don’t• Just find text that restates what you wrote for your answer.• Pick any random quote about your topic (Babylon).

• Do• Find examples that show how your answer is true• Try to find at least 3 DIFFERENT examples – don’t repeat the same examples

Check me. Can I use this as evidence? Why or why not? NOC. The Hebrews called it Babel. In the Greek and Latin languages the name took the form Babylon, and the plain on which the city stood was called Babylonia.

C- find evidence that shows why or how Babylon became a powerful capital of the Kingdom of Babylon

• Don’t• Just find text that restates what you wrote for your answer.• Pick any random quote about your topic (Babylon).

• Do• Find examples that show how your answer is true• Try to find at least 3 DIFFERENT examples – don’t repeat the same examples

Check me. Can I use this as evidence? Why or why not? YESD. This great king, Hammurabi, beautified the city with palaces, temples, and towers and made it the religious and cultural center of western Asia.

C- find evidence that shows why or how Babylon became a powerful capital of the Kingdom of Babylon

• Don’t• Just find text that restates what you wrote for your answer.• Pick any random quote about your topic (Babylon).

• Do• Find examples that show how your answer is true• Try to find at least 3 DIFFERENT examples – don’t repeat the same examples

1. We have found 1 C. Now, Reread the text, highlight some more possible evidence. We will need at least 2 more DIFFERENT examples. They can not be about palaces, temples, and towers and made it the religious and cultural center of western Asia.

2. Be ready to share the paragraph # and line # so we can check it. If we all ok it, then you can highlight it. So, wait to highlight!

C – citing evidence practice Does it really support you’re A – answer?RA – Aaron Rogers from the Green Bay Packer football team is the greatest quarterback of all time because he leads the NFL in numerous statistics. Is this a good choice for C? Why or why not?1. He has thrown 226 touchdown passes for 28, 587 yards in his 11 year career. The next leading quarterback has thrown 217 in a 15 year career. 2. Aaron Rogers is great!3. Aaron Rogers leads his team in many stats. 4. Aaron Rogers has been chosen to play in the Pro Bowl 8 times in his 11

year career.5. Aaron Rogers is the greatest quarterback of all time.

C – citing evidence practice Does it really support you’re A – answer?RA – Aaron Rogers from the Green Bay Packer football team is the greatest quarterback of all time because he leads the NFL in numerous statistics. Is this a good choice for C? Why or why not?1. According to ESPN analysts, “Randall Cobb, wide receiver, will not be out long

with his shoulder injury.”2. Randall Cobb states, “Aaron Rogers is great!”3. Mrs. Young claims, “Aaron Rogers leads his team in many stats.” 4. According to ESPN.com, “Aaron Rogers has been chosen to play in the Pro Bowl 8

times in his 11 year career.”5. ESPN analyst, Joe Smoe, states, “Aaron Rogers led the league in passing yards the

last two years. He also led the league in touchdown passes that last 5 years.”

Now it is your turn…

• Complete the student handout titles, “RA an C Practice”• This to be done in class today and tomorrow. It is NOT homework.