M6-Welcome to Greece! (Due A-12/10; B-12/17)

This Week's Mission: 

Time to head to Ancient Greece! For this mission you have a choice of options. Please choose one of the following:

• Sail across the Mediterranean Sea and visit a Greek Colonies or City-State
• Visit an Greek Farm and talk with a farmer
• Travel around Greece using the modes of travel available to the times
• Visit a Greek marketplace and buy some of the items available there

Specific Post Requirements:

• Must contain two pieces of factual information.
• No new Writer's Secret; instead I want you to include at least 2 lines of dialogue. Have 2 people speak in your post. Remember to put what they say in quotes and to give each new speaker a new paragraph. An example follows:

I walked up to the nearest merchant selling fancy pottery.

"How much for this vase?" I asked.

"That one," the merchant said gruffly. "That one is too much for you!"

• Must use the delicious word: SUPERIOR.

General Post & Comment Requirements:

A reminder about the general requirements for each post can now be found at the top left of this blog.

M5-Photo Safari (Due: A-11/26, B-12/3)

This Week's Mission: 

This is your last mission in Ancient Egypt. I need you to take some pictures of the wonderful things you have seen. 

You will need to post 5-10 images. Each image needs a1-2 sentence caption. You must use Writer's Secret 1.1, 1.2, & 1.3. As well as 2 of the five delicious words (conceive, enormous, paralyze, sandwich, groggy, bon apetite) An example post can be found after this one.

Directions on how to put pictures in your blog (using Firefox):

1-conduct a Google search for the specific image you want, for example: "Tutankhamen" will get you several pictures of King Tut.
2-browse through the thumbnails until you see one you like; click to open it
3-in the "Google Images" preview that opens click on "Full-size image" to the right.
4-right-click on the image and select "Save Image As"
5-make sure you are saving your image to the desktop, give it a title that makes sense to you, and press save.

6-in your "new post" window on blogger click the little picture just to the left of "link." If you hover over it, it will read "Insert Image"
7-in the window that opens make sure "upload" is selected; click "choose file"
8-search for your picture on your desktop, select "Open"
9-wait for the image to be uploaded, when it appears in the window click on it, then click on "add selected."
10-You can change the size of your picture and its alignment by clicking on it and using the toolbar that opens.
11-You will need a caption for each photo. For this mission you should write the captions in your blog. DO NOT use the "add caption" tool found in the picture tool bar.

Specific Post Requirements:

• Must contain 5-10 images with captions.
• Must use and highlight 1.1, 1.2 & 1.3
• Must use and underline 2 delicious word.

General Post & Comment Requirements:

The general post requirements do not pertain to this mission. However, you are still required to read and comment on at least 2 other M5 posts.

M5-Photo Safari Example

Here are some pictures from my travels through Ancient Egypt.

 Looking at my map, I thought about my travels, wondering if I would ever return to Ancient Egypt.  It was a really wonderful country.

Tut ruled!  He was just a boy when he was Pharaoh.

Escaping the dam waters, this temple was moved.  It now sits in a fake cliff side.

These enormous statues lined the entry to a grand palace. I'm so impressed with the detail the artisans put in these temples.

We rode in this falluca. The Nile was an amazing river.

I'm a bit groggy when it comes to reading hieroglyphics. I think they are preparing a Pharaoh for his afterlife.

M4-Leisure Time (Due 11/12)

This Week's Mission: 

You've explored the Nile, you've met a pharaoh, now it's time to have some fun. For this week's mission you need to explore a part of Ancient Egypt that is most interesting to you. Maybe you want to join Pharaoh's Army and fight in a battle? Maybe you want to enter Egyptian Mythology and help Ra in his daily duties? Surrounded by exotic spices, you prepare an Egyptian feast, wondering if the pharaoh will approve. Maybe you will prepare an Egyptian feast! Maybe you want to explore Modern Egypt? Maybe you want to be chased by a cursed Mummy!

Whatever you choose to do you do need to do it accurately.  Do a bit of research before you just start making things up.  If you are going to fight in a battle, who is it going to be with? Fighting bravely, you use ancient weapons. If you are going to go shopping in an enormous Bazaar, what kinds of things will be available for sale? What will you pay with? Have fun, but learn a little something as well.

If this mission is too open ended for you, and you are struggling with where to begin I suggest you write a post based on Egyptian Mythology. You can read about some Egyptian Gods, Goddesses, and Stories here: http://www.egyptianmyths.net/

Specific Post Requirements:

• Must contain two pieces of factual information.
• No new Writer's Secret; use and highlight 1.2 or 1.3
• Must use the delicious word: enormous.

General Post & Comment Requirements:

A reminder about the general requirements for each post can now be found at the top left of this blog.