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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Homework and Classwork small medium large Week 18 (12/7-11) Note: All week long, we will be editing and revising the class novel for homework. Before submitting your work, use the chapter summaries to make sure your work has the necessary plot elements. Students will have until Friday to turn in their finalized work, but nonetheless, they must do a little each day, if they are to succeed!!! Monday: All students will create a bibliography using an online citation engine. Then, students will use their bibliography to cite their information. Homework: All students will work on their bibliography page and in-body citation. Students will print and submit chapters three, four and five, along with their bibliography page on FRIDAY. Tuesday: Students will cover the next section of Beowulf, and compare the culture of the Danes with that of the Egyptians. Guiding questions: Which civilization is more advanced, and why? Is it possible to get less civilized, as time passes? If so, how? In what ways were the Danes more civilized than the Egyptians? Homework: Students will use the chapter summary to make sure all elements of chapter 3 are in place. Chapter 3 summary: Tsodilo Hills. You each arrive about fifteen miles from Tsodilo Hills, and fall unceremoniously onto the savanna. There, you see all manner of animals, including several extinct ones (mastadons, mammoths, etc.). Then, in the distance, you see a signal fire that Mack has built, and begin walking toward it. Describe the animals and the terrain using excellent sensory detail. When your character reaches the fire, he or she sees a message board, with Mack’s letter, telling you to write a poem about your home (or your character’s home). Wednesday: Students will cover Beowulf's departure from Denmark, and return to Geatland (modern Sweden). Students will also take a quiz, in which they compare Old Kingdom Egypt with Denmark from Beowulf's time (450 A.D.) on the basis of which might be considered more civilized. Homework: Students will revise and edit chapter 4 of their class novel, making sure that enough descriptive detail has been included. Chapter 4 summary: Home. Summary: You go off and write the poem, and return to see the Tsodilite tribe and your fellow travelers gathering. The chief raises his hand and greets you, as explained on the website. You gather next to the fire, and share your poems with the tribesmen, and then share a feast of grubs and frogs with them. Finally, you meet and spend hours making friends with a Tsodilite tribesman (This may be written in a summary style; you need not go into great detail.). Shortly after that you see the blue door again, and travel to Memphis, Egypt. At some point between arriving in Tsodilo Hills and getting your bearings in Memphis, you discover an avatar (a tool Mack has provided to help with questions and translation). It may appear as anything you like. Thursday: All students will discuss Beowulf's rule in Geatland (Southern Sweden), in preparation for his final battle with the dragon. Homework: Students will proofread and edit chapter 5 of the class novel, being sure to provide researched supporting details. Chapters 3-5, along with a bibliography page must be submitted at the beginning of class on Friday. Chapter 5 summary: Memphis. Summary: You arrive in Memphis, possibly at Imhotep’s building site for King Zoser’s pyramid. You are in the latter half of the 27th century B.C.E.. Using great sensory detail, observe and record what you see. In ancient Egypt, some people would have lived relatively modern lives, but the rest found themselves living much as the tribesman in Tsodilo Hills had. The only difference is that their toil was done for the benefit of the pharaoh, rather than themselves and their families. After a short while, you get your bearings, and meet an Egyptian who is in need. They may be injured, sick, unemployed, or have some other difficulty. Some of you may have observed a problem, rather than a person, but either way, you resolve to help, and must find a way to speak with Imhotep. The basic message you will pass on is that civilization should benefit all people, not just those few who are in power, whether you are addressing an issue or a particular individual. Create a symbol that expresses the message you want to pass on. Reaching Imhotep can be accomplished a number of plausible ways. Some may see fit to appear to have magical powers, using technology (your avatar) and unexpected knowledge (as you have likely come from a time after that of Old Kingdom Egypt). You may use any method you like, provided you remember that Imhotep is both important and busy. He is your only hope of getting your message to King Zoser (the pharaoh). Zoser may or may not choose to implement your improvements; either way, an important lesson will have been planted, like a seed, to sprout later. Once you have communicated with King Zoser, you will find the blue door again. Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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