TDA’s
| Text-dependent Questions | Evidence-based Answers |
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Text features are graphic sources, such as pictures, maps, or charts, make information easier to understand. The author includes Egyptian hieroglyphs, or little pictures, with their meanings on the side of the page. Look at the text on pages 120-121 to find out how each of the hieroglyphs helps the reader understand the information about the young Jean-François and his interests. The first hieroglyph is a picture of a jumping goat. What does this image mean? Why do you think this image was chosen? The second image is a picture of a bird, the ibis. Why do you think this bird was chosen to represent the word “discover”? The last image on page 120 is that of a long-necked giraffe. What does this image represent and why was it chosen? On page 121, what can you say about the first image? What does the image of sandals on page 121 mean and why was it chosen? What does it mean in relation to Jean-Francois? |
All of the hieroglyphs helps the reader know about what the pictures mean and what they represent. On the bottom of some of the pictures it says what they mean. The jumping goat means, there is a jumping free spirited kid goat in the Egyptian word “Imagine.” I think it was chosen because it was jumping in the air. He imagines going to Egypt. I think it was chosen to represent the word “discover.” Because birds discover new places. The long neck giraffe stands for the word “Predict.” Because they can see and predict what they see. It is a picture of a lion. It was Jean Francois favorite animal because it was in his name. Jean-Francois ChampolLION. The word(s) they mean is “Never give up.” Jean Francois never gave up his dream. |
| The title hints that Jean-François will be the one to decipher hieroglyphics. What evidence on pages 120-121 also supports this prediction? | Jean Francois studied the Egyptian Hieroglyphics. He studied Egypt Hieroglyphics. He filled a notebook with Hieroglyphics. |
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Page 122-123 Not all of the images or hieroglyphs in the text match those on the side. What words in the text help the reader understand what these hieroglyphs mean? |
The word(s) that help the reader understand what that Hieroglyphic means is the word or words before it. |
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Page 122 Could Jean-François have been able to help the scholars decipher the Rosetta Stone? Cite evidence (which means to find examples in the text) to support your answer. |
Yes, he could’ve because he knew all the ancient languages. But they turned him down because, they thought it was a hard job for a young boy to do. |
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How does the symbol, or hieroglyph, for “glory” on the side of page 123 support the text on that page? How could you compare the dreams of Napoleon and those of Jean-Francois? |
It supports the text on that page because, Napoleon dreamed of glory. Napoleon’s dream was glory, and Jean-Francois dream was discovery. |
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Page 124 Why were the people angry with Jean-Francois? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. |
Because he was running back to save his notebooks but, people were pointing at him and calling him a traitor. |
| At the bottom of the first paragraph on page 125, the author writes: “Everyone said that the Englishman would be the first to unlock the door to Egypt’s past – everyone except Jean-François. “ Use evidence from the text to explain why the author compares Egypt’s past to a locked door. | Because no english men or women wouldn’t be able to figure out the Egypt language, that is why they call it a locked door. |
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Pages 126-127 Using the text and illustrations, describe the importance of September 1822. |
The importance in September 1822 was, that Jean-Francois found a package at his doorstep, from a friend from Egypt! In it were names of pharaohs copied from a temple . |
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Page 128 – What happened right after Jean Francois first made his discovery? |
People all over France celebrated his discovery! |
| How did this discovery change his life later? Did Jean-François continue to seek knowledge? Cite evidence to support your answer. | Later people from France sent Jean-Francois to Egypt to uncover more knowledge about Egypt. |
In our classroom we do TDA’s. TDA’s are questions we have that we have to answer in the text we read during that week. The story we read to answer these questions was, The Seeker of Knowledge!
