Life in Ancient Egypt
Archeologists study things_________________
made and used by ancient cultures
These ancient civilization sailed this Sea and venture in to the stormy Atlantic through the Pillars of Hercules.
The Phoenicians
What inference can you make using your Literature Book on Page 30, when you read in the title at the beginning of the reading, which says:
It began as the worst summer of my life.
The story will be about the main character having a bad beginning of the summer.
Direct Quotations Marks: Which of he following dialogues should be in Direct Quotations Marks.
The player decided to hustle down the court as the coach mentioned.
Should this phrase be in Direct Quotations?
No, a Narrator's speech should not be in Quotations Marks.
First Step on the Writing Process
TRIPLE JEOPARDY:
Pick someone in your team to find the Peninsula in which you will find a Horn like area.
What is the name of this horn shaped area?
What is the name of this Peninsula?
The Horn of Africa
Divides Africa from Asia and is located north-east of Africa.
Sinai Peninsula
There is a Strait that provided access to the ocean for these ancient sailors, What is the name of this Strait?
Strait of Gibraltar
The short story titled "The Tail" What is the setting of the story?
New York, Central Park, during the Summer
Personal Pronouns,
First Person are which ones?
I, me, my, mine
Draft
Longest River in the world
The Nile River
These ancient sailors were the first to circumnavigate (go around) this continent.
Name the Sailors__________ and continent________
Phoenicians and Africa
Why is Tasha unhappy with her mother's request?
I wonder whether it will rain or not tonight.
Find the Correlative Conjunctions
Whether
rain or not
Third Step on the process
Revise
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
How big is the longest river in the world?
It runs from __________ to ___________. Something many rivers normally do not do.
4,000 Miles
North to South
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
Robert Ballard discovered two major historic ships during his explorations in 1999.
What were those discoveries?
The Titanic and found two ships off the coast of Israel.
Measuring 58 feet long and 48 feet wide these ships dated to the Phoenicians in 750 BC. The Phoenicians were explorers and sea traders.
What does Junior do to irritate Tasha?
He followed her around and mimic (copy) everything she did.
Which of the following are not Interjection?
A. ah, fine, good
B. ah, aha, golly, hurray, oops
C. right, wrong, and , great
B. ah, aha, golly, hurray, oops
Fourth Step on the process
Proofread
Ancient mummies where once used for these methods.
They grinded the bones and used for stomach pains and headache. (Medicine)
The people of Mesopotamia gave us several gifts. They were the first to have musical________ and their Shepherds tending to their sheep at night often looked to the heavens to pass the time and made some of the world's first______________________.
Notation (Notes)
Astronomical discoveries
What character trait does Tasha show by deciding to go to the playground?
She is not been responsible and did what her mom told her not to do.
What are the most common Pronouns?
Ella and Mary will go to the store today.
They will go to the store today.
Revise and Proofread