A3000: Marathon: A Race, a Battle, or Both?

​Achieve 3000: "Marathon: A Race, A Battle, or Both?"

🎯LEARNING TARGETS🎯

I can identify the correct sequence of events in an informational text.
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I can use details from an informational text to explain why an event happened.
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By Brendan Mccann (THE MAN)

Step 1: Read the question to see what you are looking for: First, second, or third event?

Step 2: LOOK BACK at the text, skim and scan to find the first event. Use keywords/important words!

Step 3: Continue to skim and scan until you find the next event. Keep going until you find them all.

Step 4: For practice, I've made it EASIER by color-coding.

I can identify the correct sequence of events 🎯🎯🎯

Multiple Choice

Think about the Article. Which happened third?

LOOK BACK AT THE ARTICLE. USE THE COLORS TO HELP YOU PUT THE EVENTS IN ORDER:

FIRST: BLUE SECOND: RED THIRD: GREEN FOURTH: PURPLE

• Persian King Darius sent a message to the Greeks.

• The Greeks refused to agree to Persian rule.

• Persian arrows bounced off the Greeks' shields and armor.

• The Persians sent warriors and battleships to Athens.

Step 1: Words like why, reason, and because tell you that the question is about cause and effect.

Step 2: This question will tell the EFFECT. This is WHAT happened.

Step 3: You need to find the WHY for the WHAT. This is the CAUSE.

Step 4: Hint: purple. (Look back at the text)

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I can use details to explain why an event happened 🎯🎯🎯

Multiple Choice

According to the Article,

why did the Persians lose at the Battle of Marathon?

What made the Persians lose?

What was the reason the Persians lost?

The Persians lost because _________.

• Because Ionia was rebelling at the same time.

• Because the Greeks had strong shields and armor.

• Because they died from exhaustion in Athens.

• Because the Greek army got help from Sparta.

Mr. McCann says: Complete your Achieve article and USE THE STRATEGIES... OR ELSE!!!!