Seeker of Knowledge TDAs
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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? |
First hieroglyphics: jumping goat. The goat is there because it is part of the word “imagine” and Jean-Francois, when he’s young, he dreams, or imagined going to Egypt one day. Second hieroglyphics: sharp-eyed ibis bird. The ibis is there because it is in the word discover, and Jean-Francois dreams of discovering things with the great Napoleon. Third hieroglyphics: long-necked giraffe. The giraffe is there because it is in the word “predict”, and Jean-Francois predicts that someday he’ll go to Egypt too. Fourth hieroglyphics: lion. The lion is there because it is Jean-Francois’s favorite animal. Fifth hieroglyphics: strongly woven sandals firmly planted on the ground. The sandals are there because they are in the phrase “never give up”, and even though some people studying the hieroglyphics turned him away, he didn’t give up. |
| The title hints that Jean-François will be the one to decipher hieroglyphics. What evidence on pages 120-121 also supports this prediction? | The text on page 121 states: “Can anyone read their writing?” Jean-Francois asked. “No. No one.” the scientist replied. “Then I will one day.” said Jean-Francois” When Jean-Francois says that he will one day, he is foreshadowing what will happen later. |
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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 words that come before that help. For example, the text states: “In 1790, a French boy named Jean-Francois was born .” The text before that is talking about birth, therefore, the hieroglyphics must be the one for birth. |
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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 is the one who deciphered the connection with Greek language and cracked part of the hieroglyphics code. If he could do that, he could definitely help the scholars do their stuff. |
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Page 124 Why were the people angry with Jean-Francois? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. |
The people were mad at Jean-Francois because he was friends with the great Napoleon, and they were mad at Napoleon so they were mad at his friends, too. |
| 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. | Egypt’s past was hidden away. Everything behind a locked door is also hidden away, until the door is unlocked, so all the scientists need is the key. |
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Pages 126-127 Using the text and illustrations, describe the importance of September 1822. |
The words describe the excitement, and the pictures show Jean-Francois’s feelings. |
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Page 128 – What happened right after Jean Francois first made his discovery? |
He almost died. |
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