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Welcome to our class

Welcome to our class. I. Pre-reading. Brainstorming. Prediction. Brainstorming. Cairo. The River Nile. The Sahara Desert. The Old Temple. Sphinx. Pyramids. Brainstorming. Why did old Egyptians build pyramids?. What was buried in them?. mummies.

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Welcome to our class

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  1. Welcome to our class

  2. I. Pre-reading Brainstorming Prediction

  3. Brainstorming

  4. Cairo

  5. The River Nile

  6. The Sahara Desert

  7. The Old Temple Sphinx

  8. Pyramids

  9. Brainstorming Why did old Egyptians build pyramids? What was buried in them?

  10. mummies

  11. A word or sentence asking God to bring harm to sb.or sth. The Curse of the Mummy (Reading)

  12. Prediction(The title) A famous explorer The curse of the mummy

  13. II. While-reading Fast reading Careful reading

  14. Fast reading 1.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?

  15. Howard Cart British explorer (1874—1939) famous for the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb

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

  17. Careful reading:read & match a. 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

  18. Careful reading:read and match e. 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

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

  20. Explanations of some new words • take away everything • eager for adventure • 3.interested in sth and wishing to know about • 4. being in a place • 5. not afraid • 6. kept in good condition • He was brave and adventurous.(line 2) not afraid eager for adventure

  21. Explanations of some new words • take away everything • 3.interested in sth and wishing to know about • 4. being in a place • 6. kept in good condition 2. he was bright and curious about the world outside his hometown.(line 5) interested in sth and wishing to know about

  22. Explanations of some new words 1. take away everything 4. being in a place 6. kept in good condition 3.Inside the tombs, he found jewels,gold and the preserved bodies of dead kings.(line10) 1 kept in good condition

  23. Explanations of some new words • take away everything • 4. 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

  24. Explanations of some new words 4. being in a place 5.Lord Carnarvon, who was also present when the tomb was opened.( line 26) being in a place

  25. III. Post-reading Retelling the story Meeting of the mummies and the explorers

  26. 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.

  27. A frightening meeting Suppose the mummies meet the explorers one day. Please imagine what will happen next.

  28. Homework Choose either of the two items as your homework. • Write a short passage to introduce Howard Carter and his amazing discoveries. • Write a short passage about the frightening meeting of the mummies and the explorers.

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