Mrs. Jodoinâs Web-Based

Writing Through the Ages

http://www.paperpen.co.uk/history/ages.html

1. Click on 25000 B  
1. What did the cave dwellers use for paint?
2. Where did the cave dwellers draw pictures?

2. Click on 4000 BC
1. What does Cuneiform mean?
2. How were the inscriptions made?
3. How many symbols were in the Sumerian Alphabet?

3. Click on 3000BC
1. What was stylized picture writing called?
2. What does this word mean?
3. What was Egyptian paper named?

4. Click on 1000 BC
1. Where does the word alphabet originate?
2. What did the Greeks add to the Phoenician alphabet?
3. On what materials and objects did the Greeks write?

5. Click on 0 BC
1. Where do the letters of the English alphabet originate?
2. What letters have we added?
3. What do we call the everyday flowing writing the Romans developed?

6. Click on 1000 AD
1. Why were quill pens cut at an angle?
2. Who kept up the art of writing when the Roman Empire collapsed?

.http://www.pencilpages.com/main.htm

Click on pencil photo gallery

     7. Click and view  ãWorldâs Largest Pencilä

                A. Where is it located?

                B.  How much does it weigh?

                C. From what is it made?

      8.  Click and view  ãRaw Graphiteä

                 A. According to the author, what color is it?

           B. How does it feel?

       9.Click and view Oldest Known Pencil

            A. Where was it found?

10.     Return to the link and click on FAQâs

A.   Answer question # 1

B.    Answer #2

C.    Answer question #3

D.   Answer question # 4 (click on the link and write all the steps)

E.    Answer #5

F.    Answer#6

G.   Answer #7 (click on the link and paraphrase your answer)

H.   Answer #8

http://www.parkerpen.co.uk/history/fountainPen.html

11.     Click on THE CHOICE

A.   Why are pencils popular?

B.     What is the difference between traditional and modern pencils?

12.     Click on BALLPOINT PENS

                  A. What consistency is ball point pen ink and from what is it made?

                  B. What makes the ink in the pen fall on the ball?

13.      Click on PENS THAT WORK LIKE PLANTS

                  A. Paraphrase how fiber tip pens use capillary action

http://mac.vansd.org/lgriffit/HTML%20Presentation%20folder/sld001.htm

For review: Click on the third button at the top of the Powerpoint presentation and view all slides

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001156/writing%20process/sl_storystarters.htm

Click on CLICK HERE

Choose a Story Starter

Write a well-developed story with a beginning, middle and an end.

You may want to arrange a graphic organizer including:

  Title, characters, setting

  What is the main character trying to do?

  What problem does the main character run into?

  How does the main character solve the problem?