Literary Luminary-Christoffer

This time we read to page 132 from page 98. I was Literary Luminary. I really found this part of the book very interesting and chose some interesting passages.

1. Page 103, Para. 2. I chose this passage because O thought that it was very interesting it also made me wonder who the figure was. Lastly I really liked how the author described the scene.

2. Page 121 Para. 3. I chose this passage because I thought the part where it says "Holy Cow" was very funny.

3. Page 121 Para. 1. I chose this passage because I can't believe that Ken and Toby are now friends with the participants of the Egypt Game. Now they are turning into very good friends.

4. The whole book. The whole book connects with the unit that we had in Humanities about Egypt.

The Egypt Game - Discussion Director - Lola

Discussion Director

Today I was Discussion Directer and we read from page 98 till 132...

Question 1: What ideas would you have for a sacrifice (Melanie, April, Elizabeth and Marshall were making sacrifices for their god)?

My Answer: I would sacrifice my favorite object and I would say some words about what it means.

Group Answer: Most people in my group would sacrifice Milan and his body parts and some would sacrifice their fish and pets.

Question 2: Which character would you most relate to?

My Answer: I think Melanie since I consider myself as mature and smart and caring. 

Group Answer:

Milan - Ken

Petar - The creepy antique shop grandpa

Chris - Toby

Nina - April

Question 3 : Would you join the Egypt Game (like Ken and Toby)? Why?

My Answer: Yes because I am quite interested in Egypt and the game sounds quite cool. 

Group Answer: Most of the people in my group said no.

Question 4: What would your Egyptian name and symbol be? 

My Answer: Like April, my name would be Bastet and my symbol would be a cat (like the Egyptian cat goddess)

Group Answer: 

Milan - Like Ken, his name would be Horemheb and his symbol would be a dagger with blood

Nina - Like Elizabeth, her name would be Nefertiti (Neferbeth) and her symbol would be a sort of heart

Chris - Like Toby, his name would be Ramose and his symbol would be a owl

Petar - Like Marshall, his name would be Marshamosis and his symbol would be a crown

Question 5: What do you think will happen next?
My Answer: I think that the ceremony of the dead will happen for Elizabeth's pet and probably a problem like somebody finds out about the Egypt Game.
Group Answer: That Toby and Ken will tell other people and then people will know about the Egypt Game. 

Connector-Nina-

The job that I did this week was connector. I didn't have a lot of connections with the book, but I found some. We read from page 98 to page 132. Next time we will read the whole book. 

Connections:

-I used to play a similar game as the Egypt Game but we were fairies, The Winx . 

-Milan has a similar connection, he and his friends were the Power Rangers.

- I have a little brother just like Melanie (One of the main characters).

- I used to go trick a treating in Lower School, I sometimes still go because my little brother is in Lower School

Ben Illustrator 6/1/2016

The Egypt Game by: Zilpha Keatley Snyder

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I was the Illustrator this time due to the fact that I never was the Illustrator for "The Egypt Game". My drawing was to represent something that was not mentioned so much in "The Egypt Game". It was about Melanie's and April's opinion about Gypsies and how The Egypt Game was to come together and have fun over the course of the Summer and Fall, even if their was tons and tons of problems through out the time for example the kidnappers and the conspiracies about the Professor who lived across the street, but also that Melanie,April and Marshal denied and later Elizabeth, lied to their parents and risked their lies for a simple game that was about Ancient Egypt.

The Egypt Game- Zilpha Keatley Snyder

THE EGYPT GAME

Illustrator

The illustration I drew, is of the four children walking to The Great Pyramids, which symbolizes Elizabeth, April, Melanie and Marshall’s journey to The Egypt Game.

In the bottom left corner, the university town in which the children were trick-or-treating is portrayed. These two illustrations are joined into one. Under the veil of darkness the four children were secretly getting away from the group of youngsters, which were being supervised by the two adults, to get to their destination.

The excursion was extremely risky, especially when there was a murderer on the loose.

The illustration covers the text in the chapters.

Vocabulary Enricher Ben

                                            The Egypt Game

I was the Vocabulary Enricher, the words that we had to read for this discussion ten were either having ten definitions or words that everyone knows, but their were a few words that were unknown to me. The words were:

Oracle: An oracle can be two things either a response of a priest/priestess to a god , or a Shrine.

Grottoes:A cavern or a cave formed into the ground with limestone.

Graciously: Pleasantly kind of an act or a luxury material or fabric. 

Wailing: Type of sound or a clear, loud voice said by a person or an animal. 

Gulping: To gasp or choke, out of laughter or any other act. 

Crept: Past tense of creep, meaning moving slowly by the ground or very close to the ground.

Travel Tracer- Alex Nunan

Alex Nunan
Mrs. Pasic
Language and Literature
16th May, 2016

                                                              Travel Tracer

My job was Travel Tracer. For my job I wrote down in the "Where the action begins" that the action began at Melanie's and April's school. The action happens when the students of  April's and Melanie's class learn about Egypt. The topic of Oracles show up and the class is hooked. When learning about Oracles, Toby knew the teacher was also hooked about that topic and asked her to give further explanation on Oracles. He did that so that she would speak a lot and miss a hard test. The plan worked and worked so well that the students were very fascinated about the topic.
     In the next part of my work.... I gave a list about where and what happens.
1. The Egyptians decide to transfer their knowledge of Oracles to Egypt.
2. April organizes an assembly in Egypt for who becomes the Oracle.
3. April becomes the Oracle of Egypt.
4. Egypt becomes better.
My last part of my job... I wrote that the end happens at the end of the chapter. The action is the discovery of Oracles that will stay in the book until the end!