Read, annotate, and answer the questions on the NEWSELA article individually for 15 minutes

After the 15 minutes work with your group to apply the LINK strategy

Before you read the article list what you know about early Chinese History and the Han Dynasty
that the L in LINK

What questions do you have about the Han Dynasty List these under I which stands for Inquiry.

Read, annotate, and answer the questions at the end of the article. Break down the vocab you do not know.
Do you have any more questions about the Han Dynasty …dig deeper! Add these questions to the I in LINK

Now as a group begin to do a second read. Break down the text and add what you learned to the N or Notes section .
Use your own words to describe what you learned.

K – without looking back at your notes write down what you learned.