Welcome to our classWelcome to our class

I. Pre-readingI. Pre-readingBrainstormingBrainstorming

PredictionPrediction

BrainstormingBrainstorming

Cairo

The River Nile

The Sahara Desert

The Old Temple

Sphinx

Pyramids

Why did old Egyptians build pyramids?

What was buried in them?

BrainstormingBrainstorming

mummies

The Curse of the Mummy

(Reading)

A word or sentence asking God to bring harm to sb.or sth.

Prediction(The title)A famous explorer

The curse of the mummy

II. While-reading

Fast reading

Careful reading

Fast reading1.What was the name of the explorer?

2. What was the name of the Egyptian king whose tomb the explorer found?

3.What happened to some of the explorer’s team members after the opening of the tomb? Why so?

Howard Cart British explorer

(1874—1939)

famous for the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb

King Tutankhamun ruled Egypt between 1334 and 1325 BC. He was probably the most famous Egyptian pharaoh.

Careful reading:read & matcha. A short introduction of Howard Carter’s

life story.

b. Howard Carter did not go to school and later became an explorer.

c. Lord Carnarvon died after carter had opened the tomb.

d. Howard Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.

Para.1

Para.2

Para.4

Para.3

Careful reading:read and matche. There is a scientific reason why people

died after entering the tomb.

f. The mystery of Tutankhamun’s tomb has never been fully explained.

g. More people died after carter’s discovery.

h. People keep wondering why so many people died and have suggested all kinds of explanations.

Para.7

Para.8

Para.5

Para.6

characters Who What How

Howard Carter

in 1891__________by the1920s__________

in 1922__________

Lord CarnarvonRichard BethellGeorge Gould

A pet bird

Identify the relationships between the characters & say something about them.

Explanations of some new words

1. He was brave and adventurous.(line 2)

1. take away everything 2. eager for adventure3.interested in sth and wishing to know about4. being in a place 5. not afraid 6. kept in good condition

not afraid eager for adventure

2. he was bright and curious about the world outside his hometown.(line 5)

1. take away everything3.interested in sth and wishing to know about4. being in a place6. kept in good condition

interested in sth and wishing to know about

Explanations of some new words

3.Inside the tombs, he found jewels,gold and the preserved bodies of dead kings.(line10) 1

1. take away everything4. being in a place6. kept in good condition

kept in good condition

Explanations of some new words

1. take away everything4. being in a place

4.we emptied the tomb of everything it contained– we were rich and famous right away.(line 20)

take away everything

Explanations of some new words

5.Lord Carnarvon, who was also present when the tomb was opened.( line 26)

4. being in a place

being in a place

Explanations of some new words

III. Post-reading

Retelling the story

Meeting of the mummies and the explorers

Part 1 (Para.1--Para.2)

Part 2 (Para.3--Para.5)

Part 3 (Para.6--Para.8)

Introduction of H.C.

Explorer’s strange deaths

Different beliefs about the deaths.

Please imagine what will happen next.

A frightening meeting

Suppose the mummies meet the explorers one day.

Homework Choose either of the two items as

your homework.1. Write a short passage to introduce

Howard Carter and his amazing discoveries.

2. Write a short passage about the frightening meeting of the mummies and the explorers.