Unit 1 LAC- Mystery in the Desert (Chipmunks- U) by Alexandra Kelly

alexandrakelly5 — 2024-09-05 12:56:51 UTC

Read pages 2-4.
What can you infer the author means when they say "a surprising discovery"?

alexandrakelly5 — 2024-09-05 12:58:27 UTC

Read page 5-7.
What can you infer about who made the lines. Find one piece of text evidence to support your thinking.

alexandrakelly5 — 2024-09-05 12:59:29 UTC

Read pages 8-11.
Determine the central idea of the section, "Ancient Art Show?"

alexandrakelly5 — 2024-09-05 13:00:11 UTC

Read pages 12-14.
Construct an objective summary.

alexandrakelly5 — 2024-09-05 13:01:30 UTC

Read page 15.
Which key words or text features help us locate information about the Nazca Lines?

alexandrakelly5 — 2024-09-05 13:04:30 UTC

Read pages 16-18.
Explain what you think the author means when they say "these lines were meant to remind the gods to hurry up and fill them with water."

alexandrakelly5 — 2024-09-05 13:05:37 UTC

Read pages 19-20.
What conclusions can you draw about these two pages?

alexandrakelly5 — 2024-09-05 13:06:21 UTC

Read page 21.
Using pages 19-21, find 2 key events that would be important to helping us understand the central idea.

alexandrakelly5 — 2024-09-05 13:07:22 UTC

Read pages 22-23.
What did we learn from the author including a timeline within the text?

2024-09-13 14:33:20 UTC

I think the author named the paragraph "A surprising discovery" because it was definitely a surprising discovery for Toribo as of the fact that nobody knew these drawings had existed.

1582921 — 2024-09-13 14:33:48 UTC

That they didn't expect to find the Nazca Lines because Toribio Mejia Xesspe was just walking around at the time so he just looked around and found it.

1672402 — 2024-09-13 14:38:25 UTC

I can infer that the author said a "surprising discovery" because a person named Toribio Mejla Xesspe was hiking in the Nazca valley when he surprisingly found huge drawings in the hills that he was walking by. Toribio did not have a clue these drawings were here.

1582921 — 2024-09-16 14:33:09 UTC

The Nazca may have been artists. In the text it states "When the archeologists dug up pottery and cloth, they were surprised to find that these objects had the same designs that were on the lines". This shows that they were using art to show their culture.

2024-09-16 14:34:03 UTC

I can infer that the people who had made the lines were the Nazca who were ancient farmers who lived near the desert over 2,000 years ago. The drawings looked like a way that they used to show their culture. Text evidence to support my claim is when on page six it said "The objects with unusual designs belonged to an ancient people called the Nazca. They were farmers who lived in the river valleys near the desert over 2,000 years ago."

1672402 — 2024-09-16 14:36:36 UTC

I can infer that the person who made the lines also made pottery and cloth with a specific design that stood out to them and that represented his culture, so he wanted to draw lines on the land to show his support of the country. " The Nazca people painted colorful designs on pottery and wove still more into cloth. Their designs or pictures around them are lizards, birds, dogs, llamas, and other animals. this is what I can infer about the person who made the lines.

2024-09-19 14:29:06 UTC

The central idea of "Ancient Art Show?" is either them trying to express/represent their culture or based off of the title it could maybe be them wondering if these lines were really just an art show.

1672402 — 2024-09-19 14:29:10 UTC

The main idea of the section " ancient art show" is the Nazca people drew these lines to represent their culture and what was important to them in their every day life.

1582921 — 2024-09-19 14:29:52 UTC

The Nazca created this "Ancient Art Show" to show what they did to survive and what they believe in.

1672402 — 2024-09-23 14:27:42 UTC

A scientist named Marie Reiche thought that the lines were meant for the eyes of the farmers. she said that if the lines point to a constellation it would mean a certain job to do for one of the lines.

1582921 — 2024-09-23 14:28:51 UTC

Maria Reiche thought that the Nazca lines were used as a calendar for farmers. She believed this because farmers need a calendar to know when it might rain and when to plant and harvest. She also thought that the line pointed to the spot were the sun would set so they know when to plant.

1582921 — 2024-09-24 14:37:23 UTC

The key words or text features that helps us locate the Nazca lines is the photograph/caption and the title which is "airport for aliens?".

1672402 — 2024-09-24 14:40:01 UTC

I think page 15 helps us locate the Nazca lines because in the title it says " An airport for aliens" the it says the lines were a giant airport for the aliens to land their spaceships which goes along with the title. And it also says eyes of aliens Which means maybe aliens could have been looking down on the lines.

2024-09-26 14:27:56 UTC

I think the author meant that the people had shown the gods a sign to hurry up to provide them with water because the lines that they had drawn would be on top or point to the wells and tunnels.

1582921 — 2024-09-26 14:28:31 UTC

I think what the author means is that the author thought that the Nazca wanted the so-called underground tunnels and wells to be filled up with water.

1672402 — 2024-09-26 14:32:05 UTC

I think that the author meant that when the people would get tired out and dehydrated it would be a sign for the gods to melt the ice and snow on the mountains to fill the tunnels and wells.

1582921 — 2024-09-30 14:26:41 UTC

The Nazca must have used the poles and stretched the rope but it would take a very long time.

2024-09-30 14:28:24 UTC

A conclusion I can draw about page 19-20 is that Nazca had definitely found a different method to make those lines based on how big they were. I also think their method to make sure that the drawing looked like the way they visualized was to stand on something whilst they were a bit far away from it so you could see the drawing from a certain angle.

1672402 — 2024-09-30 14:34:21 UTC

I can conclude that the Nazca people took a lot of time to make these simple lines, and also because the Nazca used old tools like rocks, rope, sticks, and pole to make these lines. I think if the Nazca used modern day tools, the making of the lines would be much quicker.

1582921 — 2024-10-01 14:37:01 UTC

The Nazca could have used some poles and ropes to create a grid and draw pictures on it but each box would have a piece of the picture.

1672402 — 2024-10-01 14:38:22 UTC

2 main events between 19-21 is the Nazca people only used pole, rope, rock, and other wooden tools to make miles of the lines. And another piece of text evidence I found is the Nazca people took time to draw on a small grid on the ground or a tiny piece of cloth which separated the different parts into sections which made it easier to make. These 2 pieces of text is what I think supports the main idea.

2024-10-01 14:38:56 UTC

2 key events that would be important to helping us understand the central idea is that the Nazca would draw a grid and would split it into sections so that "each box contained part of the spider. Then workers could have made large boxes on the ground with the poles and ropes and filled in each box with part of the drawing." or they would just use wooden tools and just dig lines to make a picture instead of needing to see it from up in the air.