DUE BY FRIDAY NIGHT DIRECTIONS: Complete the handout attached below
RUBRIC

Answer each prompt in approximately 50 words. (5 Points)
Have a clear main idea/thesis. (5 Points)
State at least 2 relevant reasons to support your main idea/thesis to your text evidence. (10 Points)
Support your claims with 1 piece of text evidence using a signal phrase. (5 Points)
Use proper English conventions (grammar & punctuation) (5 Points)
25 by 4 prompts = 100 total points

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.