Culminating Writing Task Prompt Based on what you read about Ch’in Shih Huang Ti, explain what we have learned about history as a result of the discovery of his tomb. You may want to discuss findings about architecture, leadership, and beliefs about an after-life. Teacher Instructions Students identify their writing task from the prompt provided. Students complete an evidence chart as a pre-writing activity. Teachers should remind students to use any relevant notes they compiled while reading and answering the text-dependent questions. Evidence Elaboration / explanation of how this Quote or paraphrase evidence supports ideas or argument “He traveled constantly between the 270 During his reign, he had 270 palaces to g palaces so no one could be sure where he was between; we can infer that these were built going to be.” under his supervision. “The tomb construction took as long as the Two major architectural structures were Great Wall-thirty years.” completed during his reign. Both projects took a significant time to complete and remain major tourist attractions today. “In many respects he was the founder of Since he is the founder he is the first leader China.” of a unified China. China is a civilization that has survived for over 2,000 years. He was a strong leader who took over “he proclaimed himself emperor of the China by force. Since he declared himself land we now call China” emperor we would describe him as a tyrant. “The commander of the fleet knew if he He was harsh, sentencing those who did
Culminating Writing Task Prompt Based on what you read about Ch’in Shih Huang Ti, explain what we have learned about history as a result of the discovery of his tomb. You may want to discuss findings about architecture, leadership, and beliefs about an after-life. Teacher Instructions Students identify their writing task from the prompt provided. Students complete an evidence chart as a pre-writing activity. Teachers should remind students to use any relevant notes they compiled while reading and answering the text-dependent questions. Evidence Quote or paraphrase Elaboration / explanation of how this evidence supports ideas or argument “He traveled constantly between the 270 palaces so no one could be sure where he was going to be.” During his reign, he had 270 palaces to g between; we can infer that these were built under his supervision. “The tomb construction took as long as the Great Wall-thirty years.” Two major architectural structures were completed during his reign. Both projects took a significant time to complete and remain major tourist attractions today. “In many respects he was the founder of China.” Since he is the founder he is the first leader of a unified China. China is a civilization that has survived for over 2,000 years. “he proclaimed himself emperor of the land we now call China” He was a strong leader who took over China by force. Since he declared himself emperor we would describe him as a tyrant. “The commander of the fleet knew if he He was harsh, sentencing those who did
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