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The next section…. Characters!. FIRST: TAKE NOTES ON A JOB FOUND IN YOUR ANCIENT CIVILIZATION. Only men/boys could be scribes Had to be a scribe to get a top job in the government, army, or priest Being a scribe was the key to better jobs and kept you from doing the harder/ labor jobs

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  1. The next section… Characters!

  2. FIRST: TAKE NOTES ON A JOB FOUND IN YOUR ANCIENT CIVILIZATION • Only men/boys could be scribes • Had to be a scribe to get a top job in the government, army, or priest • Being a scribe was the key to better jobs and kept you from doing the harder/ labor jobs • Only the wealthy could be scribes • Had to learn hieroglyphs • Sat cross-legged with a scroll for writing on across lap •  Bibliography #1: Gaff, Jackie. Ancient Egypt. Chicago, IL: Heinemann Library, 2005. Print. Job: Scribe

  3. RESEARCH FROM 2ND SOURCE • School starts when you’re six • You learn math, reading and writing in hieroglyphs • You can start another job, like tax collector, when teenager • Being a scribe was hard – you had to remember lots of hieroglyphs • It could take 12 years to learn to be a scribe • Scribes kept a written record of everything!! • It was a busy job • Most of what is known today came from what scribes wrote! •  Bibliography #2: Marston, Elsa. The Ancient Egyptians. Tarrytown, NY: Benchmark, 1996. Print.

  4. BEGIN TO WRITE CHARACTER PARAGRAPH #1

  5. Format for paragraph Topic sentence: Introduce your character and what they do for a living. You can add a character trait here if you like. The next 3 sentences support your main idea. You should use them to tell more details about your character’s job. Include skills needed to complete the job successfully. Finally, wrap up your paragraph by trying to include at least one personality trait for your character and why she/he has that trait.

  6. Topic sentence… • Introducing Narmer, son of the upper classman Ra. • That’s a short sentence. I didn’t put in his job. Can I add more. Let me look at my notes… • Introducing Narmer, the dedicated and hardworking scribe and son of the upper classman Ra.

  7. Supporting details Introducing Narmer, the dedicated and hardworking scribe and son of the upper-classman Ra. • Now I need to describe his job… • Narmer has been in training since he was 6 years old learning math, language, and hieroglyphs! After 10 years of studying, he is close to embarking on a new job. If he’s lucky, he might find himself working in government in the next 2 years!

  8. Conclusion • How can I wrap this up? What character traits does a scribe have? Any other notes I can fit in? • Thanks to Narmer’s dedication, we have a record of life in ancient Egypt. If it weren’t for diligent and organized scribes, no one would know much about this great ancient civilization.

  9. My final paragraph… • Introducing Narmer, the dedicated and hardworking scribe and son of the upper classman Ra.Narmer has been in training since he was 6 years old learning math, language, and hieroglyphs! After 10 years of studying, he is close to embarking on a new job. If he’s lucky, he might find himself working in government in the next 2 years! Thanks to Narmer’s dedication, we have a record of life in ancient Egypt. If it weren’t for diligent and organized scribes, no one would know much about this great ancient civilization.

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