Assessment 8 - Think & Reflect

1. Think and reflect! Read the questions and answer.

a) Think about what makes travel logs interesting to the reader. What elements are important in travel logs to attract people's attention?

b) Write down one or two strategies you use when you read that help you understand the text.

c) How did you identify similarities and differences in this unit?

d) What strategies do you use to compare Mexico to other countries?

e) Work with a partner. In your notebooks, make a diagram to compare the strategies you used in this unit.

2. Work with a partner. Think about how you can use descriptions and make comparisons in your daily activities.

a) What are two elements you can describe from your community?

b) What can you compare those two elements to?

c) What are other topics or situations in which you could use a diagram to compare two different elements like the ones in this unit?