LO: I can plan a structured story.
Eye of Horus amulet
1.
Examine the artefact.
Investigate the Eye of Horus Amulet by
passing it around.
What does it look like?
What does it feel like?
How was it made?
What was it made for?
Is it well designed?
What is it worth?
Vocabulary/Glossary:
pitch: an attempt to sell or promote something.
amulet: an object that provides protection
myth: a traditional and old story that contains important
truths, but is not always factual.
Horus: the god of the sky and kingship, connected to
the falcon, and the son of Isis and Osiris.
Seth: the god of violence and chaos, connected to a
fantastic animal with square ears, a long snout, and a
split tail.
Osiris: the god who ruled the afterlife and judged the
dead.
Thoth: the god of science and writing connected to the
moon, the ibis-bird, and the baboon.
symbol: something that represents something else.
Context:
You are a writer and you have the chance to pitch to
a film director to try and get your movie made.
*It is to be called ‘The Eye of Horus’.
*It needs to include the Eye of Horus amulet.
*It needs to appeal to children around your age.
*It should be a ‘losing tale’ or a ‘finding tale’.
The Eye of Horus
The Myth
Horus was the god most connected to the
Egyptian king. The animal associated with Horus
was the falcon. The ancient Egyptians told myths
about how Horus had to fight with his uncle Seth
to become king. Seth had murdered Osiris,
Horus' father and wanted the throne for himself.
One myth described how Seth damaged Horus'
eye. Thoth, the god of the moon, healing and
writing, got the eye back from Seth, put the
damaged pieces back together and restored
Horus' sight.
The Eye of Horus
The Meaning
Egyptians called the eye of Horus wedjat, which
means 'the uninjured one'. The amulet of the eye
of Horus was the most popular amulet in ancient
Egypt. Eye amulets are still used in Egypt today.
The ancient Egyptian eye amulet is made of an
eyebrow, eye and lines that look like the markings
around the eye of the falcon. In life, the amulet
provided protection in all forms, especially in
relation to health. In death, the Eye of Horus
amulet represented purity, the protection of the
mummy and the promise of rebirth in the Afterlife.
The Eye of Horus
The Senses
As well as acting as a symbol of protection, the Eye of Horus also
represented six senses when divided into six different parts touch, taste, hearing, thought, sight, and smell.
Smell is symbolized by the side of the eye closest to the nose.
Sight is symbolized by the pupil.
Thought is symbolized by the eyebrow, close to the brain.
Hearing is symbolized by the side of the eye closest to the ear.
Taste is symbolized by the curled, diagonal line, which looks a
little like a tongue
Touch is symbolized by the vertical line stretching down towards
the earth.
thought
sight
hearing
smell
touch
taste
The Eye of Horus
The Maths
In ancient Egyptian writing, fractions to measure grain were
represented using six broken bits of the Eye of Horus, before
Thoth healed it. Each bit is half of the next largest. The inside of
the eye was 1/2, half of 1/2 equals the pupil, 1/4 and so on until
the smallest value of 1/64. In writing fractions an ancient Egyptian
would draw an inside eye plus a pupil to equal the fraction we
write as 3/4. If you add the fractions of the complete eye together
you get 63/64. To get the complete eye (64/64) the final 1/64 is
supplied by the representation of the uninjured whole eye that
Thoth healed.
Eye of Horus amulet
1/8
1/16
1/32
¼
½
1/64
STORY
TYPE
The
LOSING
tale
Introduction
Problem/
Issue/Dilemma
The main
They lost what
character(s) are they were
given something. given.
Characters
(Who?)
Setting
(Where and When?)
Climax
They search for
it and
something
goes wrong...
Resolution
They find the
item in an
unexpected
place.
Ending
They reflect on
what
happened.
STORY
TYPE
The
FINDING
tale
Introduction
The main
character goes
somewhere.
Characters
(Who?)
Setting
(Where and When?)
Problem/
Issue/Dilemma
They find
something
unusual/
amazing/
important.
Climax
Resolution
Ending
Something
happens (good
or bad)
because of the
object they
found.
They put it
back/ return it/
hide it/ throw it
away/ do
something
else...
They reflect on
what
happened.
Task:
*Create a structured story idea for a movie.
*Write in note form.
*You can include labelled drawings if it helps.
Success Criteria:
*Use a range of different adjectives (E.g.
incredible, turquoise, shimmering).
*Use a range of powerful verbs (E.g.
scurrying, investigate, disappeared)
*Use a range of feelings and emotions
words (E.g. anxious, overjoyed, petrified,
relieved).
Plenary:
Pitch your movie to the director.
Make sure you...
*are enthusiastic!
*speak clearly and with volume.
*use expression.
Whose movie would you like to see made
and why?