Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 6B | Writing in Ancient Egypt 129Show students Image Card 9 (Hieroglyphs). Talk about the Image
Card, and have students share what they learned from the read-
aloud about hieroglyphs and writing in ancient Egypt. Ask students
how this is similar to Mesopotamia. (They both had a way of
writing.) Ask students how this is different from Mesopotamia.
(Cuneiform and hieroglyphs are different.) Tell students that you
are going to place the Image Card in the Writing column on
the Civilizations Chart to help them remember that the ancient
Egyptians had a way of writing.Drawing the Read-Aloud (Instructional Master 6B-1) 15 minutes
Give each student a copy of Instructional Master 6B-1 and a piece
of drawing paper.
Give students the opportunity to talk about the various hieroglyphs
on the Instructional Master. On the board, write a decodable word
in hieroglyphs, and show students how to use the Instructional
Master to decode the word.
Ask students to write their names, or a decodable word that can
be spelled correctly, using the hieroglyphs. Words associated with
ancient Egypt would be an excellent choice.
Say, “Asking questions is one way to make sure that everyone
knows what to do. Think of a question you can ask your neighbor
about the directions I have just given you. For example, you could
ask, ‘What should we do fi rst?’ Turn to your neighbor and ask
your own question now. I will call on several of you to share your
questions with the class.”