TeachingDesignforUnit3AmazingpeopleReadingTheCurseoftheMummyTeachingaims:♦Readingstrategy:predictinginformation♦EnablingtheStudentstoknowaboutafamousexplorerHowardCarterandhisamazingdiscoveries
♦Thestrangedeathsanddifferentexplanationsaboutthedeaths
ThegistofthepassageThepassageisaboutafamousexplorerwho,withtheassistanceofLordCarnarvon,ledateamtoEgyptandmadesomeunexpecteddiscoveriesintombs
Itstillremainsamysteryhowoneofhisdiscoveriesledtoillnessanddeathformanyofhisteammembers
Teachingprocedures:I
Pre-readingtasksPrediction1
Whatwillyouthinkofwhenyoureadthetitle“TheCurseofthemummy”
Whydoesthewriterchoosesuchatitlehere
Inordertodrawyourattentionandarouseyourinterestinreadingthepassage
While-readingtask1Scanning1
WhatamazingdiscoverydidHowardCartermake
HefoundthetombofKingTutankhamun