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The Egypt Game Project
Inside the box: Create a memorable scene from the novel inside your box. Use your imagination!
You may print pictures off the internet. Do not go to the craft store and purchase a bunch of Egyptian artifacts. Create them out of things you already have at home. Remember the characters in
the story created the Egypt Game out of things they found. Sketch out your scene below. Write one or
two sentences to describe the scene you have chosen and glue it on the inside of the box.
Left Side of the Box: What is the theme of The Egypt Game? Provide text evidence from the novel to support your
theme. Your answer should be in complete sentences.
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Right Side of Box: Write a four to five sentence book talk about The Egypt Game. Do not explain the book in excruciating detail. Instead give your audience just enough information to want to wrestle that book out of your hands
and read it themselves.
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Top of the Box: Describe the four main characters. Include character traits and quotes from the book to support
your answers. Your answers should be in complete sentences.
April:
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Melanie:
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Marshall:
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Elizabeth:
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Bottom of the Box: What is the setting of the The Egypt Game? Use text evidence to support your answer. Your answer should be in complete sentences.
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Back of the Box: Complete and glue the Plot Roller Coaster onto the back of your box. Use this Plot Roller Coaster as
an example to get your ideas down. Answers should be in complete sentences.