Some Year 4 children have been writing special poems called Kennings using their knowledge of The Ancient Egyptians. A Kenning is a poem where each line has two words -a noun and a verb. We hope you like them!
Mr Nay
Pyramid creators Hieroglyphic painters Cat lovers Tomb guardians * Canopic cloggers
* although Bryn knew guardians to be a noun, he used it because it was such a good word Bryn
Paintings artists Sarcophagus builders Canopic jars sculptors Pyramids constructors Clothing sewers
Emily
Gods worshipping Isis worshipping Hieroglyphic writing Pyramid creating Pyramid defending Nile drinking Nile irrigating Water collecting Water channelling Gut collecting Brain discarding Liver preserving Sarcophagus filling Beetle placing Body cleansing After-life believing
Leyla B
Nile swimmers Pyramid makers Hieroglyphics writers Mummy making Tomb defender Body making
Habiba
Wonder builders Mummy mummifiers Gods worshipers Cat lovers Brain wasters Intestines holder Hieroglyphics readers Gold diggers
Iris
Mummy mummifier Pyramid builder God worshipper Hieroglyphic writer Nile drinker
Tabitha
Sarcophagus sheathers Gods believer Cat lovers Nile survivors Papyrus growers Weird behaviours*
* although this is a noun, the author wanted to use this word because it was a good word.
Anonymous
God worshipper Ancient inhabiters Hieroglyphic writers Palace dwellers Papyrus makers Nile farmers Gold lovers Mummy embalmers
Taylor J