February 3 Agenda
- Short Essay: Freewrite--Write one paragraph on anything you'd like to write on.
- Note: Turn in ANY work you've not yet turned in!!!
- Input: Book of the Dead
- Purpose of Book of the Dead:
- A spellbook to protect the dead person in the afterlife
- A guidebook to guide the dead through the afterlife
- A list of the dead's innocence
- Archeology of the Book of the Dead
- Scrolls of papyrus usually wrapped with mummies
- Real title: The Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
- Sometimes shortened versions, sometimes lost in time
- Therefore, there is no one complete scroll
- Most complete verion is the Scroll of Ani
- Guided Practice: Reading "The Book of the Dead"
- Independent Practice: Hieroglyphics
- Go over hieroglyphics, their purpose, and importance
- Create names in heiroglyphics
