4.5 Writing

Defining Success / Objective: What will your students be able to do by the end of class? / SWBAT explore the cultural contributions of Egypt by discovering hieroglyphics
SWBAT restate the importance of the Rosetta Stone
Key Ideas: What 3-5 key knowledge or skills will students need to master the objective? / Rosetta stone
Hieroglyphics
Assessment: How will you assess to determine which students mastered the objective?
Golden Goblet do now packet will be collected and graded at end of unit
Translation of message from hieroglyphics = 15 travel points
HW turned in today will be graded - #3 and GIST
Lesson Cycle / Drill/Do Now/Opening: How will you focus, prepare, and engage students for the lesson? / Materials:
•  Review Saba Farmer Questions
•  How do humans today communicate with each other? How many different ways are there? / PPT
Internet to watch videos
Introduction of New Material: How will you convey the knowledge and/or skill of the lesson? What will you student be doing to process this information?
Students will fill in guided notes via power point
Hieroglyphics
•  Egyptian writing that was carved in stone.
•  The symbols were pictures of objects
Rosetta Stone (VIDEO in PPT)
•  Written in about 196BC
•  Stone block that shows hieroglyphics
•  Founded in 1799 by a French soldier
•  After lots of studying, we now know how to read hieroglyphics
Papyrus
•  Paper used by Egyptians
•  Egyptians would take a plant and cut it into thin strips
•  They would then lay the strips flat and weave them to form paper
Students will watch 2 videos: One shows how ancient Egyptians made papyrus and how modern day paper is made.
Guided Practice: In what ways will your learners attempt to explain or do what you have outlined? How will you monitor and coach their performance?
Questions in ppt
Independent Practice: In what ways will your different learners attempt the objective on their own? How will you gauge mastery?
Venn diagram on paper
Main Idea / Notes
Do now: / •  How do humans today communicate with each other? How many different ways are there?
•  See Golden Goblet Packet for research question.
Hieroglyphics / •  Egyptian writing that was carved in stone.
•  The symbols were pictures of objects
Rosetta Stone / •  Written in about 196BC
•  Stone block that shows hieroglyphics
•  Founded in 1799 by a French soldier
•  After lots of studying, we now know how to read hieroglyphics
Papyrus / •  Paper used by Egyptians
•  Egyptians would take a plant and cut it into thin strips
•  They would then lay the strips flat and weave them to form paper
What is the difference between papyrus and paper?