Day 3 · Five optional activities. Get a pencil and some colours, and choose one task at a time.
Read the tasks as text
Picture descriptions for the tasks:
1. Key: wheel = A, star = M, jar = K, leaf = I. The signs on the tablet, from the left: star, leaf, jar, wheel. Write one letter for each sign.
2. First tablet: star, leaf, jar, wheel, leaf. Copy: star, wheel, jar, wheel, star. Which two signs have changed?
3. The tablet says MIKA.
4. An empty tablet with room for a name and a pattern.
THE JOURNEY WITH LUKE / ACTIVITY WORKSHOP
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The name on the tablet
Get a pencil and some colours. Choose one task at a time.
Made-up exercises inspired by the game. These are not historical sources.
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1
Crack the picture code
Each picture stands for a letter. Use the key and write the name in the boxes.
= A
= M
= K
= I
2
Find two changes
Compare the tablets, one sign at a time. Circle the two signs that have been changed on the
copy.
FIRST TABLET
COPY
THE JOURNEY WITH LUKE / ACTIVITY WORKSHOP
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Write, check and tell
Get a pencil and some colours. Choose one task at a time.
Made-up exercises inspired by the game. These are not historical sources.
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3
What is on the tablet?
Someone says Mika has a dog. But what is on the tablet itself? Tick the right answer.
MIKA
The name Mika.
That Mika has a dog.
4
Your own name tablet
Write your name in big letters. Decorate the edge with a pattern. You can also make up your
own picture code.
5
A message without sound
Show “come here” or “I am thirsty” without speaking. Let a friend guess. Then draw the message. Was
it easier to understand? Swap roles.
Made-up exercises inspired by the game. You can use the sheets without remembering the conversations in the game.