The Egypt Game Group

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jentothefur
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High School - 9th Grade

What do you think the most important facts are about who, what, when, where, and why?

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Posted by jentothefur on Friday January 9, 2009 at 6:43 PM and tagged with characters, plot, the egypt game, themes, what, when, where, who, why.

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  1. slchanmo1885
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    High School - 10th Grade

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    WHO: April - an 11 year old girl, pale with blond hair. She is very homesick and has come to live with her grandmother, and she's not used to other children.

    Melanie - a slender 11 year old black girl who loves to read and is very creative. She befriends April when April moves into her apartment building.

    Marshall - Melanie's 4 year old brother who is very mature for his age and has a stuffed animal octopus named "Security"

    Elizabeth- a nine year old Chinese girl who is gentle and shy and befriends Melanie and April

    Toby and Ken - two boys who later join the game

    WHAT - The Egypt Game, a creative game about ancient Egypt

    WHERE- The game takes place in back of an old junk shop in a "large University town in California, on a street called Orchard Avenue" (chap 1)

    WHEN - the late 1960s

    WHY - The children all had different reasons to play the game, but the overriding theme is the theme of friendship and opening up to others. April was an anti-social child who learned to play with other children and form friendships, the boys learned how to form a friendship with girls, and the Professor learned how to come out of his shell and enjoy being with people again. 

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    Posted by slchanmo1885 on Tuesday February 24, 2009 at 3:24 PM