Unit 3 reading The curse of the mummy 骆元源 Dec 27th, 2017

Preview(预习) helps you know the outline and the vocabulary. Activity 1 Preview(预习) helps you know the outline and the vocabulary. Activity 1. Go through the text, prepare to speak out the words when the meanings show up.

Speak out the words according to the meanings. 1. having a strong wish to know about something _________ 2. search a place in order to discover something _______ 3. move over the sea ________ 1.curious 2.explore 3.sail

4.coincidence 5. preserve 6. riddle 4. a situation when two or more similar things happen at the same time by chance ________ 5. pretect something from damadge _________ 6. something that is difficult to explain or understand _________ 4.coincidence 5. preserve 6. riddle

What could be inside of the Pyramid? Sphinx Pyramid

paitings Egypian statues

mummy

what, why, who, when, where, how The curse of the mummy predict Step1. Pre-reading. Reading the title, what do you suppose this article could tell? Who could be cursed? What is the curse about? Why were they cursed? ...... what, why, who, when, where, how

Learning objectives 1. Reading an article about a British explorer 2. Learning how to predict information 3. Comparing and researching different information source

Reading strategy (阅读策略) predicting information (page 43) How can we make predictions more specific and detailed? Besides the title, the first paragraph can tell more.

Read the first paragraph and circle the key words 1.famous, 2.explore, 3.amazing things specific and detailed

Step2. Fast reading 1.What was the childhood of Howard Carter like? 2.What were contained in Egyptian kings' tombs that Carter found? 3.What happened to Carter's secretary after the tomb was opened?

1.What was the childhood of Howard Carter like? He didn't go to school, but learnt to draw from his father. Bright and curious.

2.What were contained in Egyptian kings' tombs that Carter found? He discovered a great fortune in jewels and gold, along with the preserved bodies of dead kings.

Richard Bethell died of heart trouble four months later. 3.What happened to Carter's secretary after the tomb was opened? Richard Bethell died of heart trouble four months later.

Step3. Activity 2. Discussion about the structure (结构) of the text Part 1 ( ) Howard Carter’s early days and his discovery Part 2 ( ) Strange deaths after the discovery Part 3 ( ) Different explanations about the deaths 1—— 3 4—— 5 6 —— 8

the place where its contents would go Step4. Listening. Listen to Paragraph 2-3 and try to fill in the blanks explorer Job at 17 years old the money giver the place where its contents would go set sail for Alexdria,Egypt Lord Carnarvon, interested in Egypt Its contents would go into the museum.

Step5.Deatiled reading. Part 2 Read Paragraph 4-5 and answer following questions. 1.What strange things happened when Lord Carnarvon died? The lights went out in Cairo. His dog died at about the same time.

predict 2.Underline the first sentence of Paragraph 4: Not long after the discovery, people in Carter's team began to fall ill and die. Who? What? When? How?

Step6.Summary(总结) Part 3 ( Paragraph 6-8 ) What are the three different explanations about the deaths? 1.Coincidence 2.The mummy’s curse 3.A scientific explanation (viruses)

Step7.Group work(小组活动) —— Retelling 1. Retell the story of the famous Howard Carter and the curse of the mummy. 2. Choose 10 words or phrases (短语) for each part. 3. Four students work as one group, tell the story to your team members in turn（轮流）. 4. Note down 10 words on a piece of paper, present (展示) the paper in front , and retell your part of story.

Example Part 1 Howard Carter’s early days and his discovery paragraph 1—3: school, curious, explorer, discover a great fortune, most amazing discovery, money, Lord Carnarvon, close the tomb

part 2: after , fall ill, upon, pet bird, present, lights, dog, hear of, only to, heart trouble part 3: had something to do, live on, coincidence, mummy's curse, punishment , scientific, viruses, for pretection, remain a riddle

compare Reflective learning. 1.What information can you predict from the title? Who could be cursed? What is the curse about? Why were they cursed? ..... compare

compare 2.What information can you predict from the first paragraph? Why did they die? What did the press say? ...... compare