Agenda

1. Return Papers

2. Discuss Strengths and Weaknesses

3. Begin Lesson on Egyptian Writing

Bellringer

• Write down five facts you thought were interesting about ancient Egypt.

Why do we write?

• Take two minutes with the person sitting next to you and come up with as many different reason for writing as you possibly can.

Communication

• Writing is a form of communication. Writing allows us to communicate ideas and keep record of events that happened.

Males Only

• Only males were allowed to learn how to write. They were taught by priest in schools near the pyramids. The name given to a person that keeps records for the government is a scribe.

Difficult at First

• Writing was extremely difficult at first because nothing was uniform. Writing was merely pictures that scribes made in order to try to tell a story.

Your turn to Write

• Try writing as the ancient Egyptians. You can only write using pictures. Threre can’t be any numbers or letters. Only drawings.

Test Run

• Dog• Water• Sky• Tree• Hunter• Artist

Create a Paragraph• Create a paragraph telling your

friend about something you did over the holiday. The same rules as before apply. You can not use letters or numbers. Only pictures. Leave a space underneath each line of your drawing so your friend can write down what they think you are saying.

Pictures

• What are the problems with writing in pictures?

• What are the benefits of writing in the form of pictures?

• What can we do to make it more efficient?

Homework

• Try to translate the handout for homework. I will be collecting it tomorrow.

Closure

• Today we learned how the ancient Egyptians first began to write and keep track of records.