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What would your life be like if: (5 points)
1. Most boys and girls did not go to school?
2. You had to live with someone who was cruel to you and gave you no choices?
3. You had to earn your own living now?
4. You learned that someone you depended on was using you to steal?
5. You knew you would be treated harshly and punished as an adult if someone thought you were committing a serious crime?
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Predictions (10 points)
1. Make three predictions on what you think the book is about after hearing the title?
2. Make three predictions on what the book is about after looking at the cover.
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After you finish the book…
3. Tell me how accurate your predictions were.
VOCABULARY
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Chapter 1
Choose four words from the list on page 3. Guess what you think they mean from the context of the story. Write it below. Look up the definitions of the word and write it below. (5 points)
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Journaling Questions: (5 points)
1. How is Ranofer’s job in the gold shop different from the apprentice’s job he wishes for?
2. Why is Gebu allowing Ranofer to work in the gold shop? What can Ranofer do about it?
3. Explain the meaning of the quotation. “And the honored Gebu, did he enjoy my little gift of date wine last week?”
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Chapter 1
Characters: Continue to fill out the character chart as you are introduced to new characters throughout the book. This must be completed before turning in the packet at the end of the book. (12 points)
1. Ibni:
2. Heqet:
3. Gebu:
4. Thutra:
5. Ranofer:
6. Setma:
7. Qa-nefer of Abydos:
8. The Queen:
9. Zau:
10. Thutmose:
11. Wenamon:
12. The Ancient:
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Chapter 2
Choose four words from the list on page 3. Guess what you think they mean from the context of the story. Write it below. Look up the definitions of the word and write it below. (5 points)
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Journaling Questions: (5 points)
1. How did Ranofer meet the Ancient?
2. Describe the encounter between Ranofer and Gebu when Ranofer reveals he knows what in the wineskin.
3. Explain the meaning of the quotation. “Hungry. Always, you are hungry. Why did you not dig yourself a few lotus roots while you dawdled at the river? Many such brats as you get nothing else and think themselves well off.”
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Chapter 3
Choose four words from the list on page 3. Guess what you think they mean from the context of the story. Write it below. Look up the definitions of the word and write it below. (5 points)
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Journaling Questions: (5 points)
1. What important job did Rekh entrust to Ranofer, and how did Ranofer complete it?
2. How did Gebu react when Ranofer returned home without t wineskins?
3. Explain the meaning of the quotation. “Now, Small One. Do you know the manner of making the little leaves we use to ornament ladies’ jewelry?”
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The Gift of the Nile
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Chapter 4
Choose four words from the list on page 3. Guess what you think they mean from the context of the story. Write it below. Look up the definitions of the word and write it below. (5 points)
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Journaling Questions: (5 points)
1. How does Ranofer dispose of the larger than usual breakfast Gebu left for him?
2. Do you think Ranofer will be able to trust Heqet? How can you tell?
3. Explain the meaning of the quotation. “Never fear. We’ll catch him, as the tortoise said to the snail.”
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Chapter 5
Choose four words from the list on page 3. Guess what you think they mean from the context of the story. Write it below. Look up the definitions of the word and write it below. (5 points)
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Journaling Questions: (5 points)
1. How do the Egyptians feel about someone who would rob a tomb?
2. What will Gebu do to Ranofer when he no longer brings home the wineskin?
3. Explain the meaning of the quotation. “I will build myself a little house in the desert out of bricks that I shall make myself, and I will cut papyrus in the marsh and sell it to the sail makers and buy my own fish.”
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Chapter 6
Choose four words from the list on page 3. Guess what you think they mean from the context of the story. Write it below. Look up the definitions of the word and write it below. (5 points)
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Journaling Questions: (5 points)
1. Compare Ranofer’s treatment in the gold shop with that in Gebu’s stone cutting shop?
2. What is the nocturnal mystery which sometimes awakens Ranofer in the night?
3. Explain the meaning of the quotation. “With the visions of Zahotep’s mutilated hands floating always before his eyes like some evil prophecy, his shoulders and thin arms numb or afire from the unaccustomed labor, and his mind in a prison of monotony, he learned above all to hate the stonecutter’s trade.”
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Chapter 6
Write a Letter for Help
Imagine you are Ranofer living with Gebu. You are very unhappy, and you need to confide in someone, but it is very hard to trust others. If Gebu finds out what you are thinking , he will probably beat you even more. Heqet and the Ancient are the only friends you have, but even with them you have a lot of trouble expressing yourself out loud. Sometimes it is easier to write what we feel than to say it. In the space below, write a letter to either Heqet or the Ancient, telling them what Gebu is doing to you and how you feel about it. (10 points)
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Chapter 7
Choose four words from the list on page 3. Guess what you think they mean from the context of the story. Write it below. Look up the definitions of the word and write it below. (5 points)
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Journaling Questions: (5 points)
1. How do Heqet and Ranofer plan for Ranofer to continue learning how to work gold?
2. Why does Ranofer did lotus root on the way to meet Heqet?
3. Explain the meaning of the quotation. “Watched any hangings lately?”
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Chapter 8
Choose four words from the list on page 3. Guess what you think they mean from the context of the story. Write it below. Look up the definitions of the word and write it below. (5 points)
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Journaling Questions: (5 points)
1. Describe the conversation between Zau and Ranofer.
2. What can Ranofer tell Gebu about the coppers?
3. Explain the meaning of the quotation. “It is clear that I can do nothing for you at the present. You must reshape your life into some other form. When you have done this, come to me again.”
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Chapter 9
Choose four words from the list on page 3. Guess what you think they mean from the context of the story. Write it below. Look up the definitions of the word and write it below. (5 points)
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Journaling Questions: (5 points)
1. How can Ranofer learn what Gebu is doing to get rich?
2. Why is Ranofer afraid of the dark?
3. Explain the meaning of the quotation. “Men can come and go in the darkness, and often no harm comes of it. But you are not yet a man and hefts fly away with children, even half-grown boys like you.”
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Chapter 9
Reshape Ranofer’s Life
Ranofer’s life is a very frustrating and painful state, but Zau plants a seed in Ranofer’s mind when he says, “It is clear that I can do nothing for you at the present. You must reshape your life into some other form. When you have done this, come to me and I will teach you.”
Activity
This is a chance for you to brainstorm your best ideas and come up with a plan to help Ranofer reshape his life and become who he wants to be. In pairs brainstorm a plan to help Ranofer reshape his life.
-Must Ranofer remain a victim?
-How can Ranofer solve the problem of being beaten by Gebu?
-How can Ranofer leave the stonecutting shop and become Zau’s pupil?
What should Ranofer do with the knowledge that Gebu is a thief?
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Chapter 10
Choose four words from the list on page 3. Guess what you think they mean from the context of the story. Write it below. Look up the definitions of the word and write it below. (5 points)
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Journaling Questions: (5 points)
1. What did Ranofer ask which sent Gebu into a rage?
2. How did Ranofer discover where Gebu was getting his newfound wealth?
3. Explain the meaning of the quotation. “This room, I do not understand its purpose.”
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Chapter 11
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Journaling Questions: (5 points)
1. How will Gebu react if he learns of what Ranofer has done?
2. What is different about Gebu’s behavior to Ranofer now?
3. Explain the meaning of the quotation. “He woke the next morning just in time to see Gebu cross the courtyard and let himself out the gate, with the bundle of shentis under his arm.”
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Chapter 12
Choose four words from the list on page 3. Guess what you think they mean from the context of the story. Write it below. Look up the definitions of the word and write it below. (5 points)
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Journaling Questions: (5 points)
1. What happened to the golden goblet?
2. What is significant about the broken tree?
3. Explain the meaning of the quotation. “Why,” the ancient answered slowly, “they were followed.”
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Chapter 13
Choose four words from the list on page 3. Guess what you think they mean from the context of the story. Write it below. Look up the definitions of the word and write it below. (5 points)
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Journaling Questions: (5 points)
1. Why did Ranofer fall into the tomb?
2. How did Heqet and the Ancient figure out where Ranofer had gone?
3. Explain the meaning of the quotation. “You are too young and I’m too old for such a venture, little one, but he’s got nobody else.”
MAKE A DECISION
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Chapter 14
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Journaling Questions: (5 points)
1. Describe the room Ranofer found himself in, in the tomb?
2. How does Ranofer feel as he is leaving the tomb and why?
3. Explain the meaning of the quotation. “Whatever he had expected, it was not this intimate look of home, of a well-loved room to which its owner might at any moment return.”
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Chapter 15
Choose four words from the list on page 3. Guess what you think they mean from the context of the story. Write it below. Look up the definitions of the word and write it below. (5 points)
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Journaling Questions: (5 points)
1. How does Ranofer get to the palace?
2. Who comes to Ranofer’s rescue?
3. Explain the meaning of the quotation. “His Excellency is Qa-nefer of Abyydos, favorite pet of Her Sublime Majesty, the Daughter of the Sun, the Divine Consort Ty, may she live forever!” the soldier rattled off stiffly.
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Chapter 16
Choose four words from the list on page 3. Guess what you think they mean from the context of the story. Write it below. Look up the definitions of the word and write it below. (5 points)
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Journaling Questions: (5 points)
1. How does the queen test Ranofer to see whether or not he is telling the truth?
2. What reward does Ranofer ask for and get, and what happens to Gebu?
3. Explain the meaning of the quotation. “I am going to ask you a question. If your tale is true, you will be able to answer it.”
BOOK REPORT IDEAS: (Worth 100 points)
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