Detailed description
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Rosetta Stone’, features an informational text about Young and Champollion deciphering the hieroglyphic writing of ancient Egypt. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about validity, word origin, parts of speech, meaning, detail, words in context, drawing a conclusion, importance, making a judgment, and reasoning. Answer sheet provided with file download.