Story Rubric

Here is how you will be graded for your short stories:


Mechanics- spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.
Length- must be at least 2 pages, double-spaced, normal font.
Plot- must have a beginning, a middle, a climax, and an end.
Vocab- must include all of this unit's vocab terms.

Oct. 24 WELCOME BACK!!

It is the year 4075, and archeologists are studying artifacts from your house that have been buried for thousands of years to find out about how you lived.  What kind of religious artifacts of yours will they find?  Special books of scripture?  Significant rings or jewelry?  Artwork or statues of your favorite religious hero/saint?  What do those artifacts mean to you?  What might the archeologists interpret them to mean?  Write about it in your TAJ.

Beliefs video

Vocab for stories

Students, here is a list of the vocab terms from this unit for your short stories:

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fresco
papyrus
Rosetta Stone
hieroglyphics
Faience
quarry
Sphinx
Obelisk
Lotus
Innudation
Shaduf
Cataract
Delta
pectoral
pharaoh
sarcophagus- (a coffin)
Canopic Jars- (4 sacred jars buried with the mummy that held their internal organs- liver, stomach, intestines, lungs)
Mummy- (anything that was once living- not just humans, wrapped in linen- preserved)

Students: pull out your TAJ's and silently study for a POP QUIZ!!  This will be on anything we have learned about Egypt so far, especially vocab words.

egytian art 

Oct. 17

Take a magazine from the front of the room and turn to the first page, called "The Gift of the Nile."  Read that section and write down 5 things that you learned, using complete sentences, in your TAJ.  When you're done, feel free to browse the rest of the pages and read about the topics you are interested in!

Oct. 14

Take a blue "Help Wanted" sheet from the front of the room and study it for a minute.  Which job would suit you the best?  Maybe none of those four listed would be a good fit.  Maybe you'd rather be the Queen's makeup artist, or a palace musician, or a tomb painter.  Maybe you'd want to entertain crowds by playing sports, or work along the Nile, or be a professional fisherman. 

Write a response about your dream Egyptian job on the BACK OF THE BLUE SHEET.  Title it "My Dream Egyptian Job".

Write your presentation date in your planner so you're ready, when the time comes, to wow us all with your brilliance!!   

5th Hour
Friday, Oct. 14                    Monday, Oct.17            Tuesday, Oct. 18                     Wednesday, Oct. 19
Isaac (power structure)     Peyton (boats)               Alex C. (men's clothes)         Jake C. (nemes)
Naomi (food)                       Jackson (Nile)                Brennan (Rosetta Stone)      Abby (music)
Nicole (food)                      Taylor (mini Egypt)        Brandon (hieroglyphics)


Monday, Oct. 24          Tuesday, Oct. 25          Wednesday, Oct. 26        Thursday, Oct. 27    Friday, Oct. 28
Lindsey R. (sphinx)     Kaitlin C. (medicine)      Rielee (Cleopatra)            Kelton (tombs)         Alyssa (timeline)
Giselle (symbols)         Mackay (weapons)        Justin (Tutankamen)      Gunner (structure)     Alex  (process)
Katelyn S. (charms)                                              Brendie (Narmer)


6th Hour
Friday, Oct. 14     Monday, Oct. 17        Tuesday, Oct. 18            Wednesday, Oct. 19     Monday, Oct. 24
Jill (food)               Tyler (weapons)          Courtney (cartouche)      Isak (dance)                  Kyra (symbols)
Brock (food)          Tinity (mini Egypt)       Dylan (hieroglyphics)   Samantha (drawings)      Sierra (beetle)
Micky (jobs)                                                                                                                                  Maddi (charms)


Tuesday, Oct. 25            Wednesday, Oct. 26    Thursday, Oct. 27      Friday, Oct. 28
Nathan (men's clothes)     Jacey (Cleopatra)         Ashlie L. (tombs)      Josh (why?)
Taylor (gods)                                                      Jaycee (structure)       Dawson (process)


7th Hour
Friday, Oct. 14      Monday, Oct. 17       Tuesday, Oct. 18     Wednesday, Oct. 19     Monday, Oct.24
Alex F. (food)        Jadon (Nile)               Maren (cartouche)    Braydon (frieze)            Dallon (shinx)
Grace (music)         Wyatt (mini Egypt)                                     Alice (Senat)                Sophie (symbols)
                                                                                                                                            Xitllalli (beetle)
Tuesday, Oct. 25         Wednesday, Oct. 26       Thursday, Oct. 27
Lindsey (weapons)        Ashley S. (pharaohs)      Riley (tombs)
                                     Sarah (Cleopatra)              Cade (why?)
                                                                                 Steven (structure)
Egypt video