Hieroglyphics
What was our text about?
The Rosetta Stone
What was our text about?
How an emoji was chosen as 2015 word of the year.
What are Chinese characters?
Symbols used for writing
What is the name of a professor or expert in languages?
Linguist
What's our essential question for this unit?
How have people communicated using pictures over time?
Where was the Rosetta Stone found?
Egypt
Which emoji was chosen?
A face crying tears of laughter/joy
How old are Chinese Characters?
Around 3,000 years old
If you travel far away for a long time, what do you go on?
An Odyssey
What did people call the decision to make an emoji a word of the year?
Who found the Rosetta Stone?
French Soldiers / Pierre Francois Bouchard
Who chose this emoji
Oxford English Dictionary
How many Chinese Characters are there?
abstract art
What was one our linguistic frames that we practiced for this unit? (It was after watching a video or looking at a picture)
I predict, I observe, I conclude
Why was the Rosetta Stone important?
It held the key to deciphering hieroglyphics
What was one piece of evidence that the author gave?
74% of Americans use emojis
80% of people in Britain use emojis
25% of people under 25 use emojis
What is one country where they used to use Chinese characters but don't any more?
Vietnam
Korea
If you need to analyze and understand a secret code or language, what do you do?
decipher
When did people forget how to read hieroglyphics?
Since the dying days of the Roman empire
What were the three scripts written on the Rosetta Stone?
Greek, Hieroglyphics, Demotic (Every day Egyptian)
What was the name of the linguist they interviewed in the article?
Vyv Evans
What is the art of writing Chinese Characters called?
Calligraphy
What's a character where each symbol equals a word?
logogram
Who invented emojis in Japan?
Shigetaka Kurita