ENTRY #1
Sam.-summarizer, Devin-researcher, Alicen-vocab definer, Colm-social class master, NONE-illustrator
Tuesday, Oct. 27 (G Day)— Read Chapter 1
Wednesday, Oct. 28 (A Day)— Complete chapter 1 Reading Journal
Copy and paste your journal entry in the space below:
Samantha- Chapter 1 -Summarizer
Ranofer is a 12 year old boy who lives in nile, Egypt. He lives with his evil half brother-Gebu who violently mistreats Ranofer. 10 months before Ranofer was living with his half brother, his father Thutra(who had a close relationship with Zau-the greatest gold worker in Thebes) died. So Ranofer was sent to live with Gebu. When Rekhi(A blacksmith) was counting how much golden ingots there were,Rekhi noticed that some of his ingots were gone and he thinks someone is stealing the golden ingots. Ranofer realizes and discovers that ibni is stealing the golden ingots.
Devin-Chapter 1- Researcher
Ancient Egyptians like mentioned in the book got there gold from the Eastern Desert since there was not a lot of water in the desert they transported the gravel with gold in it to the closest water source for transit to Egypt and that was the nile the only other way was buy donkey over land.Sometimes the ancient mines went hundreds of feet down. All the things Renifor said in the book about how they make the gold was true even the part were he said the master goldsmith blew the fire wit a pipe watch they did to make the fire hot. Ancient Egyptians invented gold working techniques that we still use today. Even when gold was not plentiful there was always something for goldsmiths to work with, but their best gold Crafts were built when there was lots of gold. The Egyptians did have big furnaces that the made realy hot using foot pumps to blow air in. link is here
Alicen-Chapter 1-Vocab Definer
crucible-a container of metal devotion-earnest attachment ingot-a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining. preoccupation-a taking possession beforehand beneficently-doing good or causing good to be done rejoiced-to be glad or delighted idle-having no reason illustrious-highly distinguished, famous accursed-under a curse; doomed, ill-fated drawplate-a plate use to reduce the diameter of wire by drawing it through conical holes diminishing-to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen;reduce. annealing-to free from internal stress by heating and gradually cooling. ingratiatingly- charming or agreeable. sibilant-a hissing sound revered-to regard with respect tinged with awe servility-of, relating to, or involving slaves or servants. wineskin-bag, usually of goatskin, for carrying wine and having a spigot from which one drinks. invariably-not changing or capable of being changed fermentation- agitation and excitement stoppering-Informal. something or someone that commands attention, as an unusual window display or a flamboyant person. adder-any of various other venomous or harmless snakes resembling the viper. paunch- belly or abdomen hireling- serving for only pay pincers- a gripping tool prospects- anticipation muster- to assemble surly type- hostile or unfriendly brusquely- abrupt graven- carved acacia- a tree similar to the locust tree vats- a large container
Colm Chapter 1 Social Class Definer
Social Pyramid
Top: Pharaoh pg. 1-5 The pharaoh is at the top of the pyramid because he/she is the ruler of Egypt.
Middle: Goldsmith: Ranofer pg. 31 Goldsmiths are highly respected and are looked up to by many people.
Bottom: Commoner: normal people pg. 22 Normal people will follow their dreams and do what the pharaoh tells them.
Ranofer lives in In ancient Egypt. They had places known as the City of the Dead. .The city of the dead contained Egypt's tombs(possessions of the dead), laboratories, artisans, metal workers and the Pharaoh's palace. Since Ranofer is in Egypt, Egypt is very hot. So the people would wear black eye paint and shengis. The black eye paint was to protect their eyes from the sun, and the shengis were light cotton wrapped around the waist to keep cool from the weather.
On page 27. "Its low , mud-brick buildings formed a broad belt between the green fields at the riverside and the strip of desert at the foot of the western cliffs, spreading north almost to the cliffs' curve, giving way in the south to high-walled gardens and the villas of rich noblemen, which clustered around the dazzling whit pile of Pharaoh's palace. On page 28. Artisans, laborers, apprentices- whose guttural speech and varied odors filled the air around him. They were clean-shaven, with the skin the color of tarnished copper. Their eyelids were rimmed and elongated almost to their temples with black eye paint, best protection against Egypt's glaring sun. Their shoulders were broad and bare, their hips narrow and wrapped in cotton shentis of purest white. Their hands, those strong and supple hands now gesturing or fingering their amulets or swinging idly at their sides, were the cleverest in the world, for these were the glassmakers and papermakers, the weavers, carpenters, and potters, the sculptors, painters, embalmers, masons and coffin builders of Hundred-Gated Thebes, and Thebes, as all men knew, was the center of the Universe. On page 28. Even the lowliest fisherman went to his eternal rest accompanied by a little food and furniture, an length of new linen, a string of beads, his weapons or tools-whatever comforts the living could provide for the ba of a loved one beginning his Three Thousand Years in the Land Of The West. As for the wealthy, their tombs were underground mansions crammed with gold and treasure.Death provided a constant market for the wares of the City of the Dead, and the living bought much for themselves as well. Therefore the shops hummed with industry day after day, and craftsmen were many. On page 31. G-good evening to you, Ancient. On page 42. Offerings made to the priests of Necropolis. On page 43. Gebu sold her at the common slave market to pay for funerary arrangements. http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/city.htm
Pg 27 ,Gateway to the awesome valley of the tombs of kings. Awsome means afraid of because of power or awe. Pg 28 A sun baked Thoroughfare thronged with workers from every part of the city of the dead. Thoroughfare A road with lots of streets coming off of it Pg 29 On the contrary, the closer he drew to his own street, the slower he walked Contrary Stuberness to go somewhere Pg 29 He stood a moment, took an irresolute step backwards, then swerved suddenly an ran down a lane Irresolute Dobhtfull Pg 33 He was like a figure hewn from his own stone. Hewn roughly shaped Pg 36 By ammon you have grown to toplofty. Toplofty Thinking high of yourself Pg 38 Winking Vindictively Vindictively vengefully
Entry #3
Colm-summarizer, None-researcher, Sam-vocab definer, Devin-social class master, Alicen-illustrator
Please copy and paste your role job. Remember to include your name and your role. Do not forget to respond to discussion post
Samantha - Social class master
Pg. 62- Ranofer's father was buried in the city of the dead.(Categorized in a high level of social class)
Pg. 62- Ranofer ate half of his father's offerings- since Ranofer receives little food. (categorized in a low level of social class)
Pg. 66 Heqet has a small house, six brothers and sisters -(low level of social class)
Pg. 67-Ranofer talks about when he lived with his father-( had a high level of social class)
Devin-Chapter 4-Illustrator
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Vocab Chapter 5 Blunders: anxiety caused him to make so many blunders the rest of the day that the whole shop’s attention was irritably on him. Pg. 75 Definition: Mistakes Jostled: Confused and jostled, Ranofer was swept along by the crowd, trying in vain to catch a glimpse of the palace walls over a sea of bobbing heads. Pg. 77 Definition: Shaken Whithing: shivering, Ranofer stared at the distant copper-brown figure writhing against the white wall. Pg. 78 Definition: Twist in pain Surliness: Ranofer slowed his pace, ashamed of his surliness. Pg. 79 Definition: gruff Caressing: The sky was radiant, the air on his cheek miraculously caressing. Pg. 80 Definition: A gentle touch. Furtively: Even then he dared not venture onto the big streets but found his way back to goldhouse furtively, through the the alleys, like one hiding from pursuers. Pg. 81 Definition: stealth Obsequious: He scrambled to his feet and darted over to Ranofer with his most obsequious smile and hateful hand-rubbing. Pg. 82 Definition: fawning Disdainfully: Wenamon dropped his unexpected burden, side-stepped disdainfully, and entered the courtyard. Pg. 84 Definition: Sconrful
In chapter five many things occur for starters Gebu is happy so Ranofer isn't as hungry as he was before and he isn't being beat regularly. Towards the beginning of the chapter Ranofer witnesses the beginning of a execution but the old cypress cutter pulls him away. Also Also Hequet tells Reke that Ibini is stealing gold and he is fired after a couple of days and he comes to Gebu who suspects nothing of Ranofer and he completely denies that he had made a promise to Gebu and sends him away. Once Ibini leaves Gebu tells Ranofer he was going to quit his job at the goldsmith and be apprenticed as a stone cutter to him and won't budge no matter how much Ranofer pleads. At the end of the chapter Ranofer asks Gebu to let him live on his own and cut cypress stems and work at the gold shoput Gebu laughs. And that's the main things that happened in chapter five of the Golden Goblet.
Alicen-Researcher
Tomb Robbers were people who would break into tombs and steal most of the valuable things inside. After they had successfully raided the tomb, they would take them to markets and sell them. The Robbers wouldn’t always be honest. To get more money for something, they might steal something from a commoners tomb and say it was from a pharaoh’s tomb instead. The punishment for tomb robbers who get caught is hanging them by their feet on the palace walls, and then executing them. The Egyptians believed that if something of importance was taken from a tomb, the mummy's ba wouldn’t make it to the years of paradise and die. If food was taken, then the ba would starve.
Samantha Austin- illustrator
Vocab Chapter 5 Blunders: anxiety caused him to make so many blunders the rest of the day that the whole shop’s attention was irritably on him. Pg. 75 Definition: Mistakes Jostled: Confused and jostled, Ranofer was swept along by the crowd, trying in vain to catch a glimpse of the palace walls over a sea of bobbing heads. Pg. 77 Definition: Shaken Whithing: shivering, Ranofer stared at the distant copper-brown figure writhing against the white wall. Pg. 78 Definition: Twist in pain Surliness: Ranofer slowed his pace, ashamed of his surliness. Pg. 79 Definition: gruff Caressing: The sky was radiant, the air on his cheek miraculously caressing. Pg. 80 Definition: A gentle touch. Furtively: Even then he dared not venture onto the big streets but found his way back to goldhouse furtively, through the the alleys, like one hiding from pursuers. Pg. 81 Definition: stealth Obsequious: He scrambled to his feet and darted over to Ranofer with his most obsequious smile and hateful hand-rubbing. Pg. 82 Definition: fawning Disdainfully: Wenamon dropped his unexpected burden, side-stepped disdainfully, and entered the courtyard. Pg. 84 Definition: Sconrful
Ranofer is unhappy about his first day being apprenticed as a stonecutter.Ranofer is greeted with a rude awakening by the master foreman-Pai.Ranofer does not like working there and misses the goldsmith.Ranofer wants to go back to gold working.Ranofer has been noticing the some unusual patterns with Gebu opening the door.
Devin Jackson-Chapter 5-Researcher
To cut through stones egyptians would have used a bow drill with a copper tube in the middle with sand and pulling the bow back and forth the tube would grind the sand into the granite and create a circle. So now that there was a circle they were left with a rock core with nothing around it in a small area this was called the central core. To get the central core out they would take two chisels wedge them in and somehow cut the bottom so that the core could be taken out and a somewhat level bottom would be left. I mentioned earlier that they used sand like in the book but they did not always use a special type for all of their drilling the sand they were using was just a higher grade of sand than the others. last of all the egyptians were very skilled some of their cuts were straighter than some craftsman can cut today with power tools. __http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/obelisk/cutting08.htm__
Alicen-vocab definer
wharves- structures built on the shore
mutilated- damaged or disfigured
akimbo- with hand on hip and elbow bent outward
disdain- despise or scorn
disconsolately- hopelessly unhappy
gilded- covered or highlighted with gold
monotonous- lacking in variety
interminable- unending
inattention- lack of attention
indiscriminately- lacking in care
furtive- taken, done, or used incredulous- skeptical
Wednesday, Nov 18 (A Day)— Read Chapter 7
Thursday, Nov. 19 (B Day)— Complete chapter 7 Reading Journal (start in class) and Read
NOne-summarizer, Sam-researcher, Devin-vocab definer, Allicen social class master, Colm-illustrator
Samantha Entry 7- Researcher
In the book the Golden Goblet by: Eloise Jarvis Mcgraw, mentions it is harvest time. Most of the time either peasants or farmers usually harvested crops.In Ancient Egypt, harvesting required hard work and intensive labor.Depending on where you lived, you would either transport crops on a donkey or physically carry crops.Scribes recorded grains on their stone tablets to tell the Pharoahs.
Meandering to take a course that is not straight or aimlessly wandering.
Flashed him a Belligerent look. Pg.108
Belligerent is a Aggressive or hostile look
And buoyant with the thought of more
Buoyant means Happy or optimistic
Colm-summarizer, None-researcher, Sam-vocab definer, Devin social class master, Allicen-illustrator
Samantha- Vocab Definer-Entry 8
soldered- to join two metal objects metal (Past tense)
scornfully-To be derisive or contemptuous
clod’s- A lump of clay or resources
drover- A person who moves long distances with animals
chisel-A wedge like tool with a cutting edge.
imbecile-Stupid or idiotic
grille-A grating open barrier(Gate)
overambitious- to overly obtain success
arrogantly- self importance entitlement
pupil-A student in school
Alicen- Researcher
The Egyptians had different classes and different types of living styles. Of course, there were the apprentices quarters, and then there are little run down houses, and palaces and “Mansions” belonging to wealthy merchants and close friends of the pharaohs.
Devin Jackson-Chapter 8-Social class master
Pg 121 "And went each day to a shop,and took home their coppers safe and sure each night, and went again in the morning instead of having to wonder who would hire them today."
This shows how your were in a higher class if you knew a craft but if you didn't you were in a lower class.
Pg 121" Thought you had the donkey and the little house at the edge of the desert."
Lower classes had smaller houses in harsher places.
Pg 122 Zau's shop is near the palace."
Higher classes that were favored by the pharaoh were closer to the palace.
Pg 127 "Stonecutter!" Zaus eyebrows lifted. "That is odd I thought you had a intrest in the smiths art.
Stone cutting was more of a lower class job compared to gold smith.
Pg 129 "I wish it !Who would not wish it. But I cannot pay the fee."
Because Gebu takes all of Ranofers money He is looked upon as a lower class citizen.
Entry #9
Allicen-summarizer, Colm-researcher, None vocab definer, Sam social class master, Devin-illustrator
Samantha Austin-Social class master- Entry 9
1: Pg.137
“The sandals,the head cloths of fine linen-several of them-yes,and for some time now Gebu had reeked of expensive ointments as well as barley beer”-
This annotation shows that Gebu has increased in social stases. The items that Gebu has is most likely what a Pharaoh can get.
2: Pg 141
“Ranofer said with admiring glance at his new friends shenti, which was firm woven linen.His own was the flimsiest cotton,and tender in every fiber from long wear.”-
This annotation shows that Hequet is not low class, neither high class but middle class. This shows that Hequet is middle class because he can afford a shenti.
3: Pg.136
“which had first look like meaningless birds tracks to him”-
With that piece of information, i can infer that Ranofer is not in the upper class field. I know that because if you are in upper class you would know how to interpret hieroglyphics.
Alicen Summarizer chapter 9
Ranofer, Heqet, and the Ancient are planning on spying on Gebu, the man from the docks, and the goldsmith worker. Ranofer starts spying on Gebu that night, but nothing happens.
Devin Jackson-Chapter 10-Summarizer
In chapter ten many exciting things happen for starters Hequet finds a perfect spot to spy on Weonem. And Ranofer and Hequet find out that they both meet at the stone working shop late at night to "study" scrolls. Also while following Gebu Ranofer Ran into what he thinks was either a cat or a Keft and loses Gebu and can not find him until he comes back. While rearranging scrolls in the Stone shop Ranofer finds a room for a layout that is in a odd spot so he asks Gebu but gebu is very angry and knocks him to the ground once he comes home Gebu wants to know why Ranofer was so interested but once told Gebu only Beats him more. The most exciting thing that happened in this chapter was Ranofer finding a Golden goblet that belonged to King Tut which means Gebu is a grave robber.
Samantha Austin-Entry 10- Illastrator
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Samantha Austin- Entry 11-Summarizer
When Gebu arrives home, Ranofer sneaks out of his house and goes outside.Ranofer meets up with the Ancient and the Ancient tells Ranofer that Gebu is planning to smuggle goods to another city.Right then, Ranofer decides that he wants to tell on Gebu. So,Ranofer comes up with a plan to take the golden goblet to prove that Gebu had stole the Ancient goods.Ranofer has tried to steal it, but Gebu is always home so Ranofer can’t steal it.
Sam.-summarizer, Devin-researcher, Alicen-vocab definer, Colm-social class master, NONE-illustrator
Tuesday, Oct. 27 (G Day)— Read Chapter 1
Wednesday, Oct. 28 (A Day)— Complete chapter 1 Reading Journal
Copy and paste your journal entry in the space below:
Samantha- Chapter 1 -Summarizer
Ranofer is a 12 year old boy who lives in nile, Egypt. He lives with his evil half brother-Gebu who violently mistreats Ranofer. 10 months before Ranofer was living with his half brother, his father Thutra(who had a close relationship with Zau-the greatest gold worker in Thebes) died. So Ranofer was sent to live with Gebu. When Rekhi(A blacksmith) was counting how much golden ingots there were,Rekhi noticed that some of his ingots were gone and he thinks someone is stealing the golden ingots. Ranofer realizes and discovers that ibni is stealing the golden ingots.
Devin-Chapter 1- Researcher
Ancient Egyptians like mentioned in the book got there gold from the Eastern Desert since there was not a lot of water in the desert they transported the gravel with gold in it to the closest water source for transit to Egypt and that was the nile the only other way was buy donkey over land.Sometimes the ancient mines went hundreds of feet down. All the things Renifor said in the book about how they make the gold was true even the part were he said the master goldsmith blew the fire wit a pipe watch they did to make the fire hot. Ancient Egyptians invented gold working techniques that we still use today. Even when gold was not plentiful there was always something for goldsmiths to work with, but their best gold Crafts were built when there was lots of gold. The Egyptians did have big furnaces that the made realy hot using foot pumps to blow air in. link is here
Alicen-Chapter 1-Vocab Definer
crucible-a container of metal
devotion-earnest attachment
ingot-a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
preoccupation-a taking possession beforehand
beneficently-doing good or causing good to be done
rejoiced-to be glad or delighted
idle-having no reason
illustrious-highly distinguished, famous
accursed-under a curse; doomed, ill-fated
drawplate-a plate use to reduce the diameter of wire by drawing it through conical holes
diminishing-to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen;reduce.
annealing-to free from internal stress by heating and gradually cooling.
ingratiatingly- charming or agreeable.
sibilant-a hissing sound
revered-to regard with respect tinged with awe
servility-of, relating to, or involving slaves or servants.
wineskin-bag, usually of goatskin, for carrying wine and having a spigot from which one drinks.
invariably-not changing or capable of being changed
fermentation- agitation and excitement
stoppering-Informal. something or someone that commands attention, as an unusual window display or a flamboyant person.
adder-any of various other venomous or harmless snakes resembling the viper.
paunch- belly or abdomen
hireling- serving for only pay
pincers- a gripping tool
prospects- anticipation
muster- to assemble
surly type- hostile or unfriendly
brusquely- abrupt
graven- carved
acacia- a tree similar to the locust tree
vats- a large container
Colm Chapter 1 Social Class Definer
Social Pyramid
Top: Pharaoh pg. 1-5 The pharaoh is at the top of the pyramid because he/she is the ruler of Egypt.
Middle: Goldsmith: Ranofer pg. 31 Goldsmiths are highly respected and are looked up to by many people.
Bottom: Commoner: normal people pg. 22 Normal people will follow their dreams and do what the pharaoh tells them.
ENTRY #2
NONE-summarizer, Sam-researcher, Devin-vocab definer, Alicen-social class master, Colm-illustrator
Thursday, Oct. 29 (B Day)— Read Chapter 2
Friday Oct. 30 (C Day)
Monday, Nov. 2 (D Day) — Complete chapter 2 Reading Journal
Samantha- Researcher
Ranofer lives in In ancient Egypt. They had places known as the City of the Dead.
.The city of the dead contained Egypt's tombs(possessions of the dead), laboratories, artisans, metal workers and the Pharaoh's palace. Since Ranofer is in Egypt, Egypt is very hot. So the people would wear black eye paint and shengis. The black eye paint was to protect their eyes from the sun, and the shengis were light cotton wrapped around the waist to keep cool from the weather.
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/city.htm
http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/cosmetics.htm
__http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/clothing.html__
Alicen-Social Classifier
On page 27. "Its low , mud-brick buildings formed a broad belt between the green fields at the riverside and the strip of desert at the foot of the western cliffs, spreading north almost to the cliffs' curve, giving way in the south to high-walled gardens and the villas of rich noblemen, which clustered around the dazzling whit pile of Pharaoh's palace.
On page 28. Artisans, laborers, apprentices- whose guttural speech and varied odors filled the air around him. They were clean-shaven, with the skin the color of tarnished copper. Their eyelids were rimmed and elongated almost to their temples with black eye paint, best protection against Egypt's glaring sun. Their shoulders were broad and bare, their hips narrow and wrapped in cotton shentis of purest white. Their hands, those strong and supple hands now gesturing or fingering their amulets or swinging idly at their sides, were the cleverest in the world, for these were the glassmakers and papermakers, the weavers, carpenters, and potters, the sculptors, painters, embalmers, masons and coffin builders of Hundred-Gated Thebes, and Thebes, as all men knew, was the center of the Universe.
On page 28. Even the lowliest fisherman went to his eternal rest accompanied by a little food and furniture, an length of new linen, a string of beads, his weapons or tools-whatever comforts the living could provide for the ba of a loved one beginning his Three Thousand Years in the Land Of The West. As for the wealthy, their tombs were underground mansions crammed with gold and treasure.Death provided a constant market for the wares of the City of the Dead, and the living bought much for themselves as well. Therefore the shops hummed with industry day after day, and craftsmen were many.
On page 31. G-good evening to you, Ancient.
On page 42. Offerings made to the priests of Necropolis.
On page 43. Gebu sold her at the common slave market to pay for funerary arrangements.
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/city.htm
http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/cosmetics.htm
__http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/clothing.html__
Devin Jackson-Chapter 2- Vocab Definer
Pg 27 ,Gateway to the awesome valley of the tombs of kings.
Awsome means afraid of because of power or awe.
Pg 28 A sun baked Thoroughfare thronged with workers from every part of the city of the dead.
Thoroughfare A road with lots of streets coming off of it
Pg 29 On the contrary, the closer he drew to his own street, the slower he walked
Contrary Stuberness to go somewhere
Pg 29 He stood a moment, took an irresolute step backwards, then swerved suddenly an ran down a lane
Irresolute Dobhtfull
Pg 33 He was like a figure hewn from his own stone.
Hewn roughly shaped
Pg 36 By ammon you have grown to toplofty.
Toplofty Thinking high of yourself
Pg 38 Winking Vindictively
Vindictively vengefully
Entry #3
Colm-summarizer, None-researcher, Sam-vocab definer, Devin-social class master, Alicen-illustrator
Tuesday, Nov. 3 (E Day) — Read Chapter 3
Wednesday, Nov. 4 (F Day)— Complete chapter 3 Reading Journal
Please copy and paste your role job. Remember to include your name and your role. Do not forget to respond to discussion post
Samantha Austin- Vocab definer
Welts-A red swollen mark or bump left on by a blow or pressure
Sah- Sah means son (In ancient egypt)
Shat- Shat means daughter in (ancient egypt)
Scribe- A person who writes books and documents in hieroglyphics
Neb- Neb means lord or master.
Cow’s horn mallet- A cow's horn attached to a wooden stick
Blow pipe-a metal pipe used to bring together and blow molten glass in making hollowware.Example: A bowl
Tongs-long sticks to pick up something
Mallets-a wooden stick with a heavy rectangular-cubed metal attached to the wooden stick.
Devin-Chapter 3-Social Class Master
Pg 44. Hunger Was a Better Companion
Ranofer is so low compared to his brother he is almost always hungry.
Pg 45. It Gave one a sense of power, to be able to wright.
You had to be in the upper class or rich to know how to write well
Pg 48. "Aye Master" Said The Scribe to Rehke the goldsmith
This shows the difference between common workers and High workers
Pg 50. "The ever scowling first craftsmith bids me ask if you will be making charcoal today"
Pg 58. Trying to ignore the smell of frying fish coming from the apprentices quarters.
Ranofer is so hungry because he is not properly and he smelled food and it's like torture
Alicen-Illustrator
Entry #4
Alicen-summarizer, Colm-researcher, None-vocab definer, Sam-social class master, Devin-illustrator
Thursday, Nov. 5 (G Day)— Read Chapter 4
Tuesday, Nov. 10 (B Day)— Complete chapter 4 Reading Journal
Please copy and paste your role job. Remember to include your name and your role. Do not forget to respond to discussion post
Samantha - Social class master
Pg. 62- Ranofer's father was buried in the city of the dead.(Categorized in a high level of social class)
Pg. 62- Ranofer ate half of his father's offerings- since Ranofer receives little food. (categorized in a low level of social class)
Pg. 66 Heqet has a small house, six brothers and sisters -(low level of social class)
Pg. 67-Ranofer talks about when he lived with his father-( had a high level of social class)
Devin-Chapter 4-Illustrator
Blunders: anxiety caused him to make so many blunders the rest of the day that the whole shop’s attention was irritably on him. Pg. 75 Definition: Mistakes
Jostled: Confused and jostled, Ranofer was swept along by the crowd, trying in vain to catch a glimpse of the palace walls over a sea of bobbing heads. Pg. 77 Definition: Shaken
Whithing: shivering, Ranofer stared at the distant copper-brown figure writhing against the white wall. Pg. 78 Definition: Twist in pain
Surliness: Ranofer slowed his pace, ashamed of his surliness. Pg. 79 Definition: gruff
Caressing: The sky was radiant, the air on his cheek miraculously caressing. Pg. 80 Definition: A gentle touch.
Furtively: Even then he dared not venture onto the big streets but found his way back to goldhouse furtively, through the the alleys, like one hiding from pursuers. Pg. 81 Definition: stealth
Obsequious: He scrambled to his feet and darted over to Ranofer with his most obsequious smile and hateful hand-rubbing. Pg. 82 Definition: fawning
Disdainfully: Wenamon dropped his unexpected burden, side-stepped disdainfully, and entered the courtyard. Pg. 84 Definition: Sconrful
Entry #5
Wednesday, Nov. 11 (C Day)— Read Chapter 5
Thursday, Nov. 12 (D Day)— Complete chapter 5 Reading Journal
Devin-summarizer, Allicen-researcher, Colm-vocab definer,None-social class master, Sam-illustrator
Devin Jackson-chapter 5-Summarizes
In chapter five many things occur for starters Gebu is happy so Ranofer isn't as hungry as he was before and he isn't being beat regularly. Towards the beginning of the chapter Ranofer witnesses the beginning of a execution but the old cypress cutter pulls him away. Also Also Hequet tells Reke that Ibini is stealing gold and he is fired after a couple of days and he comes to Gebu who suspects nothing of Ranofer and he completely denies that he had made a promise to Gebu and sends him away. Once Ibini leaves Gebu tells Ranofer he was going to quit his job at the goldsmith and be apprenticed as a stone cutter to him and won't budge no matter how much Ranofer pleads. At the end of the chapter Ranofer asks Gebu to let him live on his own and cut cypress stems and work at the gold shoput Gebu laughs. And that's the main things that happened in chapter five of the Golden Goblet.
Alicen-Researcher
Tomb Robbers were people who would break into tombs and steal most of the valuable things inside. After they had successfully raided the tomb, they would take them to markets and sell them. The Robbers wouldn’t always be honest. To get more money for something, they might steal something from a commoners tomb and say it was from a pharaoh’s tomb instead. The punishment for tomb robbers who get caught is hanging them by their feet on the palace walls, and then executing them. The Egyptians believed that if something of importance was taken from a tomb, the mummy's ba wouldn’t make it to the years of paradise and die. If food was taken, then the ba would starve.
Samantha Austin- illustrator
Vocab Chapter 5
Blunders: anxiety caused him to make so many blunders the rest of the day that the whole shop’s attention was irritably on him. Pg. 75 Definition: Mistakes
Jostled: Confused and jostled, Ranofer was swept along by the crowd, trying in vain to catch a glimpse of the palace walls over a sea of bobbing heads. Pg. 77 Definition: Shaken
Whithing: shivering, Ranofer stared at the distant copper-brown figure writhing against the white wall. Pg. 78 Definition: Twist in pain
Surliness: Ranofer slowed his pace, ashamed of his surliness. Pg. 79 Definition: gruff
Caressing: The sky was radiant, the air on his cheek miraculously caressing. Pg. 80 Definition: A gentle touch.
Furtively: Even then he dared not venture onto the big streets but found his way back to goldhouse furtively, through the the alleys, like one hiding from pursuers. Pg. 81 Definition: stealth
Obsequious: He scrambled to his feet and darted over to Ranofer with his most obsequious smile and hateful hand-rubbing. Pg. 82 Definition: fawning
Disdainfully: Wenamon dropped his unexpected burden, side-stepped disdainfully, and entered the courtyard. Pg. 84 Definition: Sconrful
ENTRY #6
Monday Read Chapter 6-Tuesday Complete Journal-Due Wednesday
Sam-summarizer, Devin-researcher, Allicen-vocab definer, Colm-social class master, NONE-illustrator
Samantha- Summarizer
Ranofer is unhappy about his first day being apprenticed as a stonecutter.Ranofer is greeted with a rude awakening by the master foreman-Pai.Ranofer does not like working there and misses the goldsmith.Ranofer wants to go back to gold working.Ranofer has been noticing the some unusual patterns with Gebu opening the door.
Devin Jackson-Chapter 5-Researcher
To cut through stones egyptians would have used a bow drill with a copper tube in the middle with sand and pulling the bow back and forth the tube would grind the sand into the granite and create a circle. So now that there was a circle they were left with a rock core with nothing around it in a small area this was called the central core. To get the central core out they would take two chisels wedge them in and somehow cut the bottom so that the core could be taken out and a somewhat level bottom would be left. I mentioned earlier that they used sand like in the book but they did not always use a special type for all of their drilling the sand they were using was just a higher grade of sand than the others. last of all the egyptians were very skilled some of their cuts were straighter than some craftsman can cut today with power tools.
__http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/obelisk/cutting08.htm__
Alicen-vocab definer
wharves- structures built on the shore
mutilated- damaged or disfigured
akimbo- with hand on hip and elbow bent outward
disdain- despise or scorn
disconsolately- hopelessly unhappy
gilded- covered or highlighted with gold
monotonous- lacking in variety
interminable- unending
inattention- lack of attention
indiscriminately- lacking in care
furtive- taken, done, or used
incredulous- skeptical
Wednesday, Nov 18 (A Day)— Read Chapter 7
Thursday, Nov. 19 (B Day)— Complete chapter 7 Reading Journal (start in class) and Read
Chapter 8
Friday, Nov. 20 (C Day)
Monday, Nov. 23 (D Day)— Complete chapter 8 Reading Journal
NOne-summarizer, Sam-researcher, Devin-vocab definer, Allicen social class master, Colm-illustrator
Samantha Entry 7- Researcher
In the book the Golden Goblet by: Eloise Jarvis Mcgraw, mentions it is harvest time. Most of the time either peasants or farmers usually harvested crops.In Ancient Egypt, harvesting required hard work and intensive labor.Depending on where you lived, you would either transport crops on a donkey or physically carry crops.Scribes recorded grains on their stone tablets to tell the Pharoahs.
Alicen Chapter 7 Social Classifier
I would rather have Gebu as a master-page 109
http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/harvesting_grain.htm
Devin Jackson-Chapter 7-Vocab definer
While the Other lands eked out one Pg. 102
Eked to supplement or support.
The only Respite Pg. 103
Respite to relieve for a certain amount of time
Followed the meandering path Pg 106
Meandering to take a course that is not straight or aimlessly wandering.
Flashed him a Belligerent look. Pg.108
Belligerent is a Aggressive or hostile look
And buoyant with the thought of more
Buoyant means Happy or optimistic
Colm-summarizer, None-researcher, Sam-vocab definer, Devin social class master, Allicen-illustrator
Samantha- Vocab Definer-Entry 8
soldered- to join two metal objects metal (Past tense)
scornfully-To be derisive or contemptuous
clod’s- A lump of clay or resources
drover- A person who moves long distances with animals
chisel-A wedge like tool with a cutting edge.
imbecile-Stupid or idiotic
grille-A grating open barrier(Gate)
overambitious- to overly obtain success
arrogantly- self importance entitlement
pupil-A student in school
Alicen- Researcher
The Egyptians had different classes and different types of living styles. Of course, there were the apprentices quarters, and then there are little run down houses, and palaces and “Mansions” belonging to wealthy merchants and close friends of the pharaohs.
Devin Jackson-Chapter 8-Social class master
Pg 121 "And went each day to a shop,and took home their coppers safe and sure each night, and went again in the morning instead of having to wonder who would hire them today."
This shows how your were in a higher class if you knew a craft but if you didn't you were in a lower class.
Pg 121" Thought you had the donkey and the little house at the edge of the desert."
Lower classes had smaller houses in harsher places.
Pg 122 Zau's shop is near the palace."
Higher classes that were favored by the pharaoh were closer to the palace.
Pg 127 "Stonecutter!" Zaus eyebrows lifted. "That is odd I thought you had a intrest in the smiths art.
Stone cutting was more of a lower class job compared to gold smith.
Pg 129 "I wish it !Who would not wish it. But I cannot pay the fee."
Because Gebu takes all of Ranofers money He is looked upon as a lower class citizen.
Entry #9
Allicen-summarizer, Colm-researcher, None vocab definer, Sam social class master, Devin-illustrator
Samantha Austin-Social class master- Entry 9
1: Pg.137
“The sandals,the head cloths of fine linen-several of them-yes,and for some time now Gebu had reeked of expensive ointments as well as barley beer”-
This annotation shows that Gebu has increased in social stases. The items that Gebu has is most likely what a Pharaoh can get.
2: Pg 141
“Ranofer said with admiring glance at his new friends shenti, which was firm woven linen.His own was the flimsiest cotton,and tender in every fiber from long wear.”-
This annotation shows that Hequet is not low class, neither high class but middle class. This shows that Hequet is middle class because he can afford a shenti.
3: Pg.136
“which had first look like meaningless birds tracks to him”-
With that piece of information, i can infer that Ranofer is not in the upper class field. I know that because if you are in upper class you would know how to interpret hieroglyphics.
Alicen Summarizer chapter 9
Ranofer, Heqet, and the Ancient are planning on spying on Gebu, the man from the docks, and the goldsmith worker. Ranofer starts spying on Gebu that night, but nothing happens.
Devin Jackson-Chapter 10-Summarizer
In chapter ten many exciting things happen for starters Hequet finds a perfect spot to spy on Weonem. And Ranofer and Hequet find out that they both meet at the stone working shop late at night to "study" scrolls. Also while following Gebu Ranofer Ran into what he thinks was either a cat or a Keft and loses Gebu and can not find him until he comes back. While rearranging scrolls in the Stone shop Ranofer finds a room for a layout that is in a odd spot so he asks Gebu but gebu is very angry and knocks him to the ground once he comes home Gebu wants to know why Ranofer was so interested but once told Gebu only Beats him more. The most exciting thing that happened in this chapter was Ranofer finding a Golden goblet that belonged to King Tut which means Gebu is a grave robber.
Samantha Austin-Entry 10- Illastrator
Samantha Austin- Entry 11-Summarizer
When Gebu arrives home, Ranofer sneaks out of his house and goes outside.Ranofer meets up with the Ancient and the Ancient tells Ranofer that Gebu is planning to smuggle goods to another city.Right then, Ranofer decides that he wants to tell on Gebu. So,Ranofer comes up with a plan to take the golden goblet to prove that Gebu had stole the Ancient goods.Ranofer has tried to steal it, but Gebu is always home so Ranofer can’t steal it.