Reading Literacy. The Ancient Egyptians

𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒔.

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕. 𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒚𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕. The Ancient Egyptians had brown eyes and black hair. Men and women had long hair. They were not very tall, but they were healthy. There weren't any roads in Ancient Egypt. People walked or travelled by boats on the River Nile. People used donkeys to carry things on land. The Ancient Egyptians didn't have shops and they didn't use money. There were markets in towns. They exchanged food, drinks and other things. 1. A. How did they travel? B. What did they look like? C. Where did they exchange things? 2. A. What did they look like? B. How did they travel? C. Where did they exchange things? 3. A. What did they look like? B. Where did they exchange things? C. How did they travel?

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒑𝒔. Ancient Egyptian children loved with wooden animals. They dolls and they also played with . Only boys from rich families studied at . They learnt to read and . They studied and languages too. Girls stayed at home and their mothers.

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕. Ancient Egyptian children loved playing with wooden animals. They had dolls and they also played with balls. Only boys from rich families studied at schools. They learnt to read and write. They studied maths and languages too. Girls stayed at home and helped their mothers.

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕. Five thousand years ago there was no paper. People used clay (глиняные) tablets to write on. They used a reed (тростник) to write on the wet clay. Then they waited for the clay to dry. The tablets were very heavy. They were easy to break. People used each tablet only one time. The Ancient Egyptians wanted to make paper to write on. Three thousand years ago there were lots of papyrus plants in Egypt. The Ancient Egyptians used papyrus to make a kind of paper. It was difficult to make, but it was soft and light and easy to write on. People in other countries started to use papyrus, too. But papyrus was very expensive. Only rich people used it. Sometimes people used the papyrus, then washed it and used it again.

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕. 𝑷𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓. Five thousand years ago there was no paper. People used clay (глиняные) tablets to write on. They used a reed (тростник) to write on the wet clay. Then they waited for the clay to dry. The tablets were very heavy. They were easy to break. People used each tablet only one time. The Ancient Egyptians wanted to make paper to write on. Three thousand years ago there were lots of papyrus plants in Egypt. The Ancient Egyptians used papyrus to make a kind of paper. It was difficult to make, but it was soft and light and easy to write on. People in other countries started to use papyrus, too. But papyrus was very expensive. Only rich people used it. Sometimes people used the papyrus, then washed it and used it again.

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑. Five thousand years ago there was no paper. People used clay (глиняные) tablets to write on. They used a reed (тростник) to write on the wet clay. Then they waited for the clay to dry. The tablets were very heavy. They were easy to break. People used each tablet only one time. The Ancient Egyptians wanted to make paper to write on. Three thousand years ago there were lots of papyrus plants in Egypt. The Ancient Egyptians used papyrus to make a kind of paper. It was difficult to make, but it was soft and light and easy to write on. People in other countries started to use papyrus, too. But papyrus was very expensive. Only rich people used it. Sometimes people used the papyrus, then washed it and used it again.

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕. 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔. Five thousand years ago there was no paper. People used clay (глиняные) tablets to write on. They used a reed (тростник) to write on the wet clay. Then they waited for the clay to dry. The tablets were very heavy. They were easy to break. People used each tablet only one time. The Ancient Egyptians wanted to make paper to write on. Three thousand years ago there were lots of papyrus plants in Egypt. The Ancient Egyptians used papyrus to make a kind of paper. It was difficult to make, but it was soft and light and easy to write on. People in other countries started to use papyrus, too. But papyrus was very expensive. Only rich people used it. Sometimes people used the papyrus, then washed it and used it again. 1. Clay tablets were very . 2. Clay tablets were very when they were dry. 3. Clay tablets were to break. 4. Papyrus was very . 5. Papyrus was . 6. Papyrus was to make.

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕. 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺, 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵, 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺, 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵. 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆. 𝑻𝒚𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔. Five thousand years ago there was no paper. People used clay (глиняные) tablets to write on. They used a reed (тростник) to write on the wet clay. Then they waited for the clay to dry. The tablets were very heavy. They were easy to break. People used each tablet only one time. The Ancient Egyptians wanted to make paper to write on. Three thousand years ago there were lots of papyrus plants in Egypt. The Ancient Egyptians used papyrus to make a kind of paper. It was difficult to make, but it was soft and light and easy to write on. People in other countries started to use papyrus, too. But papyrus was very expensive. Only rich people used it. Sometimes people used the papyrus, then washed it and used it again. 1. Clay tablets were very ___ . 2. Clay tablets were ___ to break. 3. Papyrus was very ___ to make. 4. Papyrus wasn't heavy. It was ___ . 5. Papyrus was ___ . It was easy to write on. 6. Only rich people used papyrus. It was ___ .