A Day As A Scribe In Ancient Egypt

WALT: write in paragraphs

I am a scribe in Ancient Egypt. I read and write for the pharaoh.

Every morning I put my white linen kilt, gather my reed brushes, papyrus scrolls, the wooden board that holds my inks, grinder and water pot and head to work.I spend most of my time writing on sacred texts and historical records of pharaohs, nobleman, visors.

Not everyone can read and write, so with my ability I am very thankful. Also I don’t need to worry about tax, getting hungry or dirty. I have been passed down the job from my father. Thats how it goes here in Ancient Egypt.

I eat food that wealthy people eat, such as poultry and well-dated wines. I can afford sweets from other regions such as melons and honey breads. I live in a peasant class house thats bigger than average by size, because I have more farmland than others.

Mum Stepped

WALT: to use better words

Mum Stepped. . .

Mum stepped dramatically onto  the field of the ASB stadium with astonishment. I was waiting on the sidelines with the other All Blacks. Daniel Carter was waiting for her anxiously 10m away from the try line. It was time to finish the big challenge, mum stepping on  Daniel Carter. The TV reporter and camera crew were ready to film.

Mum grabbed the rugby ball, released her foot, and ran towards Daniel Carter. Daniel Carter looked at the crowd like it was a piece of cake then planted his foot in the ground. I was biting my lips nervously, then suddenly it started to bleed. I looked down at my lips, then all I heard was a horn go off then the crowd going crazy. Mum had scored a try.

Mum had an interview with the TV reporter so I went to see Daniel Carter. He was so embarrassed, that he actually started crying. Ma’a Nonu and Israel Dagg quickly dragged him off the field as he was a real mess. Mum and I went home with great joy and excitement. When we went home, mum laid on the couch and put her feet up.

“Aren’t we going to celebrate” I said with surprise,

“I’m going to stay humble” mum replied.

The next morning mum put the channel to 1 to watch the news of course. The interview with mum stepping DC was on. We watched and listened to it. We both found out that DC had been stood down because he’d been stepped by a woman. Mum mum felt so selfish. Mum hunkered over the kitchen table. Then suddenly her eyes were brighter than a star.

She quickly called the camera crew and the reporter to the ASB stadium, and jumped in the car with no waiting at all. I called DC to meet at the stadium and to hurry. When we arrived the camera crew and the reporter and the whole All Blacks team was there. Mum grabbed the ball, got ready and told the camera crew to record it. She ran faster than ever towards DC. I couldn’t watch. 2 seconds later there was a loud roar coming from the All Blacks team DC had done it, he had won the challenge.

Mum eyes widened and her head was held high.  walking straight to the car with a monstrous smile. “Didn’t you need that win” I said. “Nope all I need is you” she replied.

Moral: Parents don’t have to be famous to be a hero. Parents to all kids are heroes.

Ancient Egypt Report

Britney

WALT: write an information report

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt is in the north east  Africa.

The Great Pyramid Of Giza

King Khufu’s tomb was built inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. Built from 2580-2560 BCE. The great pyramid of Giza is the last seven wonders of the world. The Egyptians kept building pyramids for their pharaohs after the great pyramid of Giza was built. However,  they were never as big or well designed as the pyramid of Giza.

Contributions To Time

Egyptians had a lot of contributions to time. The clock where they equally divided the day into 12 hours. Then further divided it into 24 hours putting day and night together. Then the water clock, water from a container drips through a hole into a container with marks. Those marks indicated the hours passed. Then the shadow clock were based on the shadow from a bar crossing four marks, representing hourly periods starting two hours into the day. At midday, when the sun was at its highest point the shadow clock would be reversed and hours counted down to dusk.

Mummification

Ancient Egyptians mummified their dead. They first removed the insides such as the brain but not the heart. Then the body was salted and dried. Cloth was stuffed inside the body to keep its shape. The body was then oiled and wrapped with bandages. The bandages was tightly wrapped to stop the body from rotting away. The process was always supervised by a priest, to send the dead person's spirit into the afterlife. Special instruments were used to touch parts of the body. Then mummies were placed in sometimes just an ordinary wooden box, and sometimes the wooden box was beautifully decorated. Important people such as pharaohs were placed into a stone coffin.

Pyramids

There are 138 pyramids discovered in Egypt as of 2008. The ancient Egyptians built pyramids as tombs for the pharaohs and their queens. The pharaohs were buried in pyramids of many different shapes and sizes from before the beginning of the Old Kingdom to the end of the Middle Kingdom.

A Sphinx

A sphinx is a statue made out of limestone. It has a head of a animal and a body of a lion. With 72m long and 20m high. Its the longest statue in Egypt.

Nile River

The Nile River is believed to be the longest river in the world. Although it is associated with Egypt, only 22% runs through Egypt. It is approximately 6,695 kilometers. Most egyptians lived near the Nile to provide them with food, water, transportation and excellent soil for their growings. Egyptians couldn’t live without the nile. Because rainfall almost non-existent in Egypt, the floods provided the only source of moisture to sustain crops.

Perimeter and Area Puzzle

Perimeter and Area Puzzle.

The walt for my group for this week is to revisit perimeter and area problems. For this game we were doing perimeters of a rectangle. knowing the knowledge of perimeter it was really easy. Mrs Ramkolowan has done a great job of teaching me perimeter, so i’m a bit disappointed she didn’t challenge me. I am willing to learn more challenging work in area and perimeter. Maybe like carpeting.

Designing a party

WALT: Revisit area and perimeter problems

Design a party is where I am in charge of designing a party floor plan. I was learning how to put a specific area or perimeter on a specific square tile. I was doing it by units. It was easy on the first one but when it kept going it became harder and harder. The hard part was trying to fit it on the specific tile area. Mrs Ramkolowan did a good job on challenging not just me but my whole group.  

Reflection, Rotation and Translation.

Reflection, Rotation and Translation.

This week the green group were revisiting area and perimeter problems. The game I played was reflecting, rotating and translating triangles. It was a bit different from my usual work. So that was very interesting. I still need to work more on this game. It is challenging. I haven't quite got it and so for that reason Mrs Ramkolowan has done a great job on finding my weakness.

My E-Book On Art Day

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mummification

WALT: write an information report

Mummification

Ancient Egyptians mummified their dead. They first removed the insides such as the brain but not the heart. Then the body was salted and dried. Cloth was stuffed inside the body to keep its shape. The body was then oiled and wrapped with bandages. The bandages was tightly wrapped to stop the body from rotting away. The process was always supervised by a priest, to send the dead person's spirit into the afterlife. Special instruments were used to touch parts of the body. Then mummies were placed in sometimes just an ordinary wooden box, and sometimes the wooden box was beautifully decorated. Important people such as pharaohs were placed into a stone coffin.

Jump Rope

WALT: Write a report

Jump Rope

Glen Innes School had their Jump Rope for heart in their school hall, on Friday the 7th. It started from the new entrants to the senior part of the school. All classes skipped and showcased their outstanding talents. They were supporting the heart foundation. Classes came to the floor, and skipped.

All classes had amazing skills . Everyone was smiling and having a wonderful time. All the children had long lasting enthusiasm.  But not just the students had high energy, the parents also were thrilled and was feeling the energy from the floor. Each class had about a 3-4 minute routine.

The music that Glen Innes School skipped to raised the roof. They had music that made you want to get up and dance and sing. Funny enough, students from all around the room did. When gentlemen came on everyone was dancing and singing crazy.

On the 22nd of June Glen Innes School are going to be showcasing their talents again at the G.I centre. So go down and see it for yourself. Also bring some coins along to also support the heart foundation.

Symmetry

Symmetry

In this game I was learning to revisit strategies to solve problems. I was revising symmetry. The beginning of the game was quite simple. I learnt something new from this game and it was rotational symmetry. My strategy was to see how many times it could go around exactly. The preview before the test made it look really easy. Mrs Ramkolowan should set more difficult tasks.

Netball

Netball on Wednesday was really fun and exciting. I was positioned as centre. Netball was fun because we versed other schools. And I saw most of my close friends. We won 1 by default, won 5 and lost 2. I think we did very well.With 1 year 5 team, 1 year 6 team, and 3 year 7&8 teams Glen Innes did very well.  Glen Innes Yellow did very well because they came 2nd.

Sphinx

A sphinx is a statue made out of limestone. It has a head of an animal or human and a body of a lion. With 72m long and 20m high its the longest statue in Egypt. They called it a sphinx because it reminded them of similar statues in their home town.

Egyptians Contribution

Egyptians contributed by time. Firstly they equally divided day into 12 hours. Then they divided night into 12 hours. Putting day and night together became 24 hours.

ICT Technology at Tamaki College

Today the year 8’s from Glen Innes School went to Tamaki College for technology.We were doing ICT with Mrs Anderson. The easy part of the lesson was following the instructions. It was easy and clear. It wasn’t really challenging this time round but i’m sure it will get more challenging. I will be successful if I can put my passion into a project. Next week I would like to learning different ways of working faster and better on the computer.

The written language

Walt: Look for information

Ancient Egypt: The written word

Hieroglyphics:

• It was carved on tombs and on temple walls.
• There were around 700 different symbols.
• Over time new signs were created that represented certain speech words.
• Egyptians wrote from top to bottom.
• number hieroglyphics were developed for maths problems, also important for accounting.  

Scribes:

• Their ends were chewed to make a brushlike end.
• It was made from reed.
• Later the ink was only black and red.

Papyrus:

• It saved Egyptians a lot of valuable time.
• It was made from a triangular shaped reed.
• From 3000 BC

Ratio Blaster

Ratio Blaster

This week we were revise problems with given ratios. We played a game on Arcademic Skills Builder called Ratio Blaster. Ratio Blaster is aiming for the right ratio. Time was going quickly and I managed to get a good score. Mrs ramkolowen chose a really fun and educational game. Well Done Mrs Ramkolowen.