Academic standards
- CLE 3001.4.3
- Make distinctions about the credibility, reliability, consistency, strengths, and limitations of resources, including information gathered from websites.
- CLE 3001.5.3
- Evaluate an argument, considering false premises, logical fallacies, and the quality of evidence presented.
- GLE 0306.5.1
- Organize, display, and analyze data using various representations to solve problems.
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Essential and guiding questions:
What were your feelings after reading the first chapter of the book? What gave you this impression?
What details did the author use to show the setting of the story and give you a sense of what the characters were like?
What were the main problems the characters faced in the story? How did they attempt to solve them?
What surprised or confused you in the book?
What was the passage that seemed most real to you?
What did the characters or their families, communities, or governments do to help people recover from the event?
What effects did the event have on the characters' lives and on their communities?
What lessons did you learn from the way people handled the event?
What questions would you like answered about the event?
What changes would you have made in the story?
