Nile River
Social Structures / Mythology
The Tale of Sinuhe
Mummification
Notebook
100

The direction of the flow of the Nile River

What is northward?

100

The person at the top of the pyramid

What is a pharaoh?

100

Follows a specific type of narrative structure 

What is a hero's journey?

100

The amount of mummification steps

What is seven?

100

Mapping: Egypt is located in 

What is northeast Africa?

200

The estimated length of the Nile River in miles 

What is 4,000 miles? 

200

The group of people right under the soldiers

Who are scribes?

200

The reason Sinuhe fled Egypt

What is the pharaoh's death?

200

The organ left inside the body

What is the heart?

200

Annotating: Nonfiction signpost that represents a word not known

What is a word gap?

300

The body of water that the Nile River empties into

What is the Mediterranean Sea? 

300

The god who murdered his brother, Osiris

Who is Set, the god of chaos?

300

The reason that led to Sinuhe regretting his flee

What is guaranteeing a peaceful trip to the afterlife? 

300

The number of days mummification takes

What is 70 days?

300

Summarizing: SWBST stands for 

What is Somebody Wanted But So Then?

400

The fertile land of the Nile, also known as Kemet

What is black land?

400

Goddess of magic and healing

Who is Isis? 

400

The olive branch in the Tale of Sinuhe

What is the new pharaoh's pardon and invitation back home 

400

The organs stored in canopic jars

What are the stomach, intestines, liver, and lungs? 

400

Writing process: The stages of the writing 

What are planning/brainstorming, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing?

500

The name of the poet who wrote the poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"

Who is Langston Hughes?

500

The total estimated number of ancient Egyptian deities

What is between 1,500-2,000?

500
The three themes woven throughout The Tale of Sinuhe

What are self-exile/isolation, regret, and forgiveness?

500

The mummification god

Who is Anubis?

500

Region: Egypt is part of the region

What is the Middle East?