Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 6A | Writing in Ancient Egypt 119Purpose for Listening
Tell students that the next read-aloud is about writing in ancient
Egypt. Remind them that they learned about cuneiform writing
in the read-alouds about Mesopotamia. Explain that this story
continues with the life of the character Meret, and that even
though this is a made-up story, there are real facts in it about
Egyptian writing long ago. Tell them to listen carefully to fi nd out
whether Egyptian writing was like Mesopotamian writing.