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AIR Instructions for Teachers
Review student instructions for the first close reading with the class. Tell students that the guiding questions are designed to help them identify important information in the text. Note that the phrases in brackets in the examples that follow are responses to the questions and are intended for the teachers, not the students.

AIR Instructions for Students In this reading, you will be answering questions about the text. Your teacher will ask you to think about a guiding question before you listen to each part of the story. Then, your teacher will ask you supplementary questions during the reading. You will answer these supplementary questions. Sometimes you will work with a partner to answer these questions. After you listen to each section of text, the class will talk about, or discuss, the answer to the guiding question. While your teacher reads, he or she will define some of the challenging words for you.

Part 1

“A Father and His Son in Mesopotamia” [Show Image 1A–3: Warad and Iddin walking on banks of Euphrates.] Describe the picture to students: In this picture you see Warad and Iddin walking (point to them) on the banks, or sides (elaborate on banks), of the river (point to banks). Partner Talk: What do you see in this picture? Debrief several pairs. Elaborate on student’s responses as necessary.

Guiding Question What would happen if the Euphrates did not flow? What would happen if there was no Euphrates river?