TeachingDesignforUnit3AmazingpeopleReadingTheCurseoftheMummyTeachingaims:♦Readingstrategy:predictinginformation♦EnablingtheStudentstoknowaboutafamousexplorerHowardCarterandhisamazingdiscoveries.♦Thestrangedeathsanddifferentexplanationsaboutthedeaths.ThegistofthepassageThepassageisaboutafamousexplorerwho,withtheassistanceofLordCarnarvon,ledateamtoEgyptandmadesomeunexpecteddiscoveriesintombs.Itstillremainsamysteryhowoneofhisdiscoveriesledtoillnessanddeathformanyofhisteammembers.Teachingprocedures:I.Pre-readingtasksPrediction1.Whatwillyouthinkofwhenyoureadthetitle“TheCurseofthemummy”?2.Whydoesthewriterchoosesuchatitlehere?Inordertodrawyourattentionandarouseyourinterestinreadingthepassage.II.1.While-readingtask1Scanning1.WhatamazingdiscoverydidHowardCartermake?HefoundthetombofKingTutankhamun.2.WhathappenedtosomeofCarter’steammembersafterthetombwasopened?Theyfellillanddied.3.Isthecurseofthemummyfullyexplained?No,itisn’t.2.While-readingtask2SkimmingPart1(Para1--3):HowardCarter’sandPart2(Para4--5):afterthediscoveryPart3(Para6--8):butnoaboutthedeaths3.While-readingtask3CarefulreadingLearnitonebyonepart①.Part1(Paras1-3)HowardCarter’sexperiencesandhisdiscoveriesHowardCarter1874-1939Education：didn’tgotoschool,wastaughttodrawbyhisfatherInterest：lovedvisitingandexploringnewplacesWenttoEgypt：In1891Job:explorer(bythe1920s)Discoveries：manyamazingthingsGreatestdiscovery:KingTutankhamun’stombYearofthediscovery：In1922Where：theValleyoftheKings,Egypt②.Part2(Paras4-5)StrangedeathsafterthediscoveryWhathappenedtothepeopleandcreaturesthathadsomethingtodowiththeopeningofthetomb?ThestrangedeathsCharacterConnectionwithCarterandthetombHowdidhe/itdie？PetbirdluckypetbirdledCartertothetombluckypetbirdledCartertothetombEatenbyaLordCarnarvonMoney,waswhenthetombwasopenFellinwithaGeorgeGouldCarnarvon’sfriend,thetombHadahighRichardBethellCarter’s，thetombDiedofArthurMaceAteam③.Part3(Paras6-8)Differentexplanationsbutnoconclusion.1.Coincidence2.Theresultofthemummy’scurse3.Ascientificexplanation(viruses)Thecurseofthemummyatothisday.III.Post-readingtasksDiscussion1.Doyouthinkthemummy’scursereallyexists?Whyorwhynot?Yes,Ithinkso.Because…No,Idon’tthinkso.Because…2.Wouldyouliketobeanexplorertoexplorethemysteriesintheworld？WhyorWhynot?Yes,I’dliketobeanexplorer.Because…（exciting，knowalotabout,…）No,I’dnotliketobe/Idon’twanttobeanexplorer.Because…（time，money，life…）IV.Homework1.FinishoffpartsD&EonP44&P45.2.WriteasummaryaboutHowardCarterinafewsentences.3.Underlineusefulexpressionsinthepassage.
