Read the passage 'The Lost People of Mesa Verde.' Then answer the following.

Explain the importance of the word "Lost" in the title of this article. In your response, use information from the article that supports your explanation.

Write your answer on your answer document.

Annotation: The reader answers with a meaning of the word lost and continues with a vague reference "it tell the reader, what happened and stuff like that." This is a literal, general, non-text based response. To improve this response, the reader could discuss the word "lost" in reference to the Anasazi people and offer text information to support ideas.

Annotation: The reader offers a meaning of the word lost and continues that "the title means that "The Mesa Verda had disappered." The response is literal and based upon a misread. To improve this response, the reader could clarify that it was the Anasazi who disappeared and not the Mesa Verde itself. Further text support about how the Anasazi were lost would strengthen this response.

Annotation: The reader answers that the word lost refers to "a lot of people died there and now there is noone there" and that those people are "lost people." Next, a reason is offered for the death of the people. "The population went down as many diseases came and passed." The reader provides a literal response. To improve this response, the reader could extend the idea that because the Anasazi were lost, their active culture was lost.

Annotation: The reader answers the word lost refers to "how they disapeared from the Mesa Verde" and offers text-based reasons for the disappearance of the Anasazi. Finally the reader extends the meaning of the word "lost" to describe "how a once strong tribe can lose everything so fast." The reader answers the question, provides text support, and elaborates upon the idea of the word "lost." To improve this response, the reader could reference the Anasazi by name and further extend the idea of "lost" to include the loss of culture.

Annotation: The reader answers with a variety of text-based reasons that address the importance of the word lost: the loss of lives, the loss of family members, the loss of land, and the loss of food that is directly related to the loss of land. The reader provides a basically literal response but does address multiple and important ideas about the "lost" Anasazi. To improve this response, the reader could address more firmly the cause and effect relationship among the examples of loss. For example, the misuse of land led to the loss of sources of food from the land which lead to poor health which lead to etc…This type of recognition of the article’s organization leads to the biggest loss, which is the loss of a culture.