Alex has returned home from a camping trip and wants to read about current events that happened while he was away. Which nonfiction text best matches Alex’s reading purpose? A) the latest edition of the newspaper B) a textbook from a social studies class C) an editorial about a controversial issue D) a biography about a serving politician

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a 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.