Seeker of Knowledge

Unit 4 Week 4

Genre - Biography

A biography is the story of a real person’s life as told by another person.

Vocabulary Strategy – Word Structure

Many words in English come from the Greek and Latin languages. You may be able to use what you already know about Greek and Latin words to help you figure out the meaning of an unknown word. For example, you might know that trans- in translate means “across, through, or beyond.”

Comprehension Skill – Graphic Sources

A graphic source, such as a picture, a map, or a chart, organizes information and makes it easy to see. These can help you understand what you read.

Comprehension Strategy – Ask Questions

Active readers ask themselves questions before they read, while they read, and after they read.

Vocabulary

AncientLink

ScholarsSeekerTemple

TranslateTriumphUncover

Ancient

Antique; of times long past

LinkAnything that joins or connects, as a loop or chain would

Scholars

Students; people having much knowledge

Seeker

One who tries to find; one who searches or seeks

TempleBuilding constructed for a god; building used for the service or worship of God or gods

A temple in IndiaA temple in India A temple in ThaiA temple in Thai

Translate

To change from one language into another

Triumph

Victory or success

Uncover

Show; to make known

How were Jean-Francois and Napoleon alike?

• They dreamed of doing something great.

• They spent their childhood in Egypt.• They wanted to conquer the world.

Compare and Contrast

Jean-Francois Napoleon

Which of the following was a main idea of the story?

• No one was ever able to read the black stone from Rosetta, Egypt.

• Jean-Francois was determined to read the Egyptian hieroglyphs.

• Jean-Francois met a scientist who had been to Egypt with Napoleon.

Why did the author point out that scholars turned Jean-

Francois away?

• To explain why Jean-Francois gave up trying to decipher the symbols

• To show that Jean-Francois was not ready to learn about hieroglyphs

• To show that they judged Jean-Francois by his age rather than ability

After the Battle of Waterloo, why did some people call Jean-

Francois a traitor?

• He had became friends with Napoleon.• He gave France’s secrets to its

enemies.• He ran from a scene of a battle.

When did Jean-Francois first translate Egypt’s hieroglyphs?

• After a friend left a package for him.• After visiting Egypt for the first

time.• While attending school in Grenoble

Which detail best supports the main idea that Jean-Francois

worked very hard to reach his goal?

• He studied the Rosetta Stone and other inscriptions.

• He got sick from not eating and sleeping while he was working.

Which of the following best states the main idea of the

story?• Jean-Francois Champollion became

an important French general.• Egyptian hieroglyphs were used on

the black stone found in Rosetta.• Jean-Francois Champollion

discovered how to read hieroglyphs.

What was the “key” that Jean-Francois discovered that

helped him understand the hieroglyphs?

• The Egyptian symbols stood for syllables and whole words.

• The Rosetta Stone had both Greek and Egyptian writing.

• Animal pictures were used in the names of Egyptian gods.

What did Jean-Francois have to know about Egypt’s history to

read its hieroglyphs?

He had to know the names of its rulers.

Cleopatra King Tut

Why did the hieroglyph of the two sandals best represent

Jean-Francois?

The two sandals best represents Jean-Francois because he never gave up.

Why did the author include hieroglyphs as part of the sentences in the story?

The hieroglyphs show that the symbols stood for letters, words, and phrases