Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 6B |Writing in Ancient Egypt 125

Note: Extensions may have activity options which exceed the

time allocated for this part of the lesson. To remain within the time

period allocated for this portion of the lesson, you will need to

make conscious choices about which activities to include based

on the needs of your students.

Extensions 20 minutes

 Multiple Meaning Word Activity^5 minutes

Context Clues: Form

Note: You may choose to have students hold up one, two, or three fi ngers

to indicate which image shows the meaning being described, or have a

student walk up to the poster and point to the image being described.

1. [Show Poster 3M (Form).] In the read-aloud you heard Meret ask,
   “So the carvings on the stones of the temple are a form of writing?”
   Here form means a type of or kind of something. For example,
   hieroglyphics is a form of ancient writing. Which picture shows this?


2. Form is also a piece of paper on which you fi ll out your information.
   Which picture shows this?


3. Form means to make or create. Which picture shows this?


4. I’m going to say some sentences with the word form. Hold up one
   fi nger if my sentence tells about form in picture one; hold up two
   fi ngers if my sentence tells about form in picture two; hold up three
   fi ngers if my sentence is about form in picture three.
   
   
   • Meret formed clay bowls using her hands.
   
   
   • Hieroglyphs are a form of writing used in ancient Egypt.
   
   
   • At the beginning of the school year, there are many forms that
     your parents need to fi ll out.
   
   
   • The students form a line at the door before going outside for
     recess.
   
   
   
   

Writing in Ancient Egypt

6 B