Take the Pyramid Challenge

Go here to take the Pyramid Challenge on the BBC Online website. This game is similar to the Mummy Game - have fun!

Tour the Egyptian Pyramids!

Click here to tour the pyramids at Giza. Click on "Explore the Pyramids" when you get there, and use your mouse to do the traveling for you. Have fun!

Egyptian Mummy Game

Check it out by clinking on this here.

Agenda for the Week of November 13-16, 2007

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: NO SCHOOL
Tuesday: "April Rain Song" Reading Companion. (Complete the whole page.)
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: Worksheet on Figurative Language (both sides).
Friday: None.





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: NO SCHOOL
Tuesday: Budget Vocabulary. (Words: mummy, embalm, afterlife)
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: Finish 3 sides of the cut-out pyramid. Do sides on pharaoh, mummification, and describing Egyptians' religion.
Friday: Finish and color cut-out pyramid. We will assemble them on Monday.

Technology: Period 5

Monday: None.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: None.
Friday: None.

Quiz on Similes

Go here to take an online quiz on similes.

Spelling Words for November 5-9, 2007

figurative
language
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
repetition
sentence
structure
rhyme
rhythm
punctuation

Agenda for the Week of November 5-9, 2007

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: Write each spelling word five times.
Tuesday: Spelling pyramids for all of this week's words. Write 3 similes and 3 metaphors.
Wednesday: Write each spelling word five times again. Do Lesson 14 (worksheet handed out in class) on figurative language.
Thursday: Worksheet on Figurative Language. Study spelling words.
Friday: None.





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: Finish your Reciprocal Teaching packet using pages 148-149. Fill in what you missed on your own.
Tuesday: Create a poster on the Nile River. DUE TOMORROW. (Ideas for content to include on your poster: how the Nile is useful for trade and transportation, fertile soil (Red Land/Black Land, etc.), flooding and irrigation.)
Wednesday: Draw pictures and color the social pyramid. Period 7 ONLY - If you messed up on your Nile River mini-poster, you need to redo it and have it ready to turn in tomorrow.
Thursday: Write your name in hieroglyphics (worksheet given in class).
Friday: None.

Technology: Period 5

Monday: None.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: None.
Friday: None.