Analyze the Text
Support your responses with evidence from the text.
PREDICT Recall the predictions you made before reading the article.
Which ones can you confirm? Which do you need to correct?
DRAW CONCLUSIONS What is the author's central idea about the
technology revolution in archaeology?
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SUMMARIZE What would you say is the most significant result of the
technology revolution in archaeology?
CITE EVIDENCE Describe one of the images in the article. How does it
help support the author's claims?
ANALYZE The author uses many technical and discipline-specific words
to explain his subject. What Word Gaps, or unfamiliar terms, did you
identify? If a definition was not provided, how did you figure out the
meaning of each?
EVALUATE The article includes a number of graphic features to help
readers understand the technologies being discussed. Identify at least
two, and describe how they enhance the text narrative.
CRITIQUE When you read informational texts, you should take a
Questioning Stance, which means you think more deeply about
the information the author provides. How would you answer this Big
Question: What did the author think I already knew? Did you feel you had
adequate background knowledge to understand the new technology in
the archaeological "toolkit"? Why or why not?
