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Community & Friendship

Today, we did Charger Trails. We first did the Marble Luge with Ms. Stewart, then Hog Call with Ms. Taylor, and lastly Maze with Ms. Smith. The Marble Luge was where we must transport a marble from a piece of masking tape into an upright cub using only tubes and ourselves. We first tried piping the marble, and then we tried using two tubes to contain and pass the marble, and succeeded. Next, we did the Hog Call. We had everyone stand with their back facing the leader, and managed to match everyone in 45 seconds, even with the delay of multiple people trying to suddenly become the leader. Then we did the next Hog Call challenge, and managed to use the same strategy with two people leading and another checking. Next, we went to the maze and managed to be the group of Ms. Smith’s to find a way through and get everyone through.

 

I feel I was successful as a friend today while participating in Charger Trails because I went with the flow. In Hog Call, I would have liked to be a leader, but when I wasn’t I went with the flow and trusted the leader, following them to where they thought I should be. In Marble Luge, I also went with the flow and tried to pipe and pass well, and I think I did. In Maze, I trusted group members and if someone accidently gave me the wrong square, I didn’t blow up and start yelling at them. I just knew it wasn’t their fault and they were trying to help. That is why I felt I was a successful friend.

 

I felt I was successful as a team member because I participated, making me a good team member. I made my opions on where the person should go next in Maze heard, and I also made my ideas on how to succeed at Marble Luge heard. In Hog Call, I helped match people in the first round, then stepped down the second and let the other members of the team lead the second round.

 

 

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Burial Practices

Sebastian Polge

Did Ancient Egyptians believe in the afterlife?

  • Ancient Egyptians believed in the afterlife
  • Believed their soul couldn’t enjoy the afterlife unless the body was prepared right.
  • The body could not decay or
  • The ancient egyptians developed process of embalming

How did you embalm a dead body?

  • Removed organs and placed them in a canopic jar.
  • Removed brain through nostrils
  • They hooked it and pulled the brain through the nose
  • Put body in box and put natron on it
  • After 40 days, washed, oiled and wrapped the body in serval yards of fabric
  • Then they spread momia on the body. momia is a black gooey substance.

How did you bury a dead body?

  • Buried dead with items to use in afterlife. The reason ancient Egyptians buried the body with items is because they believed that the Ka could use these items in the afterlife. A Ka is the spirit of a dead person.
  • They buried the dead with food, drink, gold, jewelry, or everyday items
  • Burial ceremonies differed from rich to poor
  • Poor did not get embalmed
  • Most poor wrapped in discarded clothing and put in ground
  • Some people had a small ceremony if affordable
  • Pharaohs had grandest funerals
  • Priests lay body in a coffin, which was put in a sarcophagus. A sarcophagus is a large stone container.
  • Workers built special boats to pharaoh to secret burial site. The grave site was secret so grave robbers could not rob the pyramid.
  • Some Pharaohs were buried in pyramids in early times. The reason only some pharaohs were buried in pyramids is because too many grave robbers were breaking into them and stealing the gold and jewels.

 

[Image] http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/special/virtual_library/ramesses_mummy.html.9/16/15.web.

 

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My Favorites Seedfolks Character

The character I choose is Wendell, or the writer of chapter 3. He is friends with Ana, the old lady. The three things I like about Wendell are 1. He is hard working. 2. He has a kind of sadness, but he decides that though he can’t change the world, he can make it a better place. 3. He has a nerve to be the friend of an old lady [Cough cough stalker cough cough]. I can relate to my character because he works hard to plant a garden, and he is brave enough to be one of the first to plant a garden in the lot.

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Why I want to go to BHI

BHI sun rise

I would like to revisit BHI (Bald Head Island). I really like BHI because it is a fun place to be. While there, you can go to the beach and you can bike around the island, possibly even biking up to the Marina for some ice cream. Also, there’s more nature and less pollution on BHI because no cars are allowed- only golf carts. The only way to get there if you don’t have your own boat or aren’t up for a swim is to take a ferry from Southport. It’s very peaceful on BHI, and it’s a great place to spend your summer. That is why I want to revisit BHI, because it’s a fun place to be.