Teaching Design for Unit 3 Amazing people
Reading: The curse of the mummy (comprehension)
Aims and requirements
? Read an article about a famous explorer and an article about a Chinese astronaut
? Listen to a list of requirements
? Talk about famous people and unknown places, and introduce a person
? Write a biographical article
? Interview a professional
Summary of the passage
The passage is about a famous explorer who, with the assistance of Lord Carnarvon, led a team to Egypt and made some unexpected discoveries in tombs. It still remains a mystery how one of his discoveries led to illness and death for many of his team members.
Procedures
Step 1: Leading-in
1) Do you still remember something from our discussion on Egypt in Unit 1 and Unit 2?
We talked about Toby traveling in Egypt and people’s curiosity about how the pyramids were built. Though we don’t know exactly how people at that time built them, we are quite sure of one thing, that is, all the pyramids were built for kings and queens. They expected to be buried there after their death. In spite of the harsh conditions, the Egyptians created this wonder of the world with their hands. It’s said the pyramids are as magnificent as a palace inside.
2) Have you ever read or thought about what is inside the pyramids?
3) Are there any people buried in them?
4) What do people nowadays call those buried in tombs?
5) What are mummies and how are they made?
6) Apart from mummies, are there any treasures inside the tombs of the pyramids?
7) Have the tombs ever been robbed of treasures by people?
8) What happened to these people after they entered the tombs?
9) Were they rich overnight?
10)What may explain the disasters that happened to those people?
Step 2: Fast reading for general ideas
Pay attention to the Reading strategy first before skimming the passage.
1) The article you are going to read is about a famous explorer who worked in Egypt. Read the article and make connections between the title and the explorer. Use your imagination and express your opinions freely with each other.
What might be the connections between ‘The curse of the mummy’ and the famous explorer?
Why does the writer choose ‘The curse of the mummy’ as its title here? Do you think the title can grab your attention and arouse your interest?
From your point of view, what might be dealt with in the following article? Can something like the explorer’s hobbies, his experiences of adventures, his achievements be covered in the article?
2) You’ve done a good job, expressing your opinions about the relationship between the title and the explorer and predicting the main contents of the article. That’s great. But to be more specific, can you anticipate what might be covered in the first paragraph of the article?
3)Please read the first paragraph and discuss how the first paragraph agrees or disagrees with your predictions.
What’s the first paragraph about? Is it the beginning of a story?
What does the writer tell us about the explorer in the first paragraph?
What words do you think are useful for you to predict the ideas included in the passage?
Now you may find the first paragraph serves as a general introduction of Howard Carter, and please pay attention to the key words in the first paragraph on the blackboard:
famous, brave, adventurous, amazing
4) With the help of the key words, you may predict the content of the paragraphs that follow.
What are the following paragraphs likely to do?
Will they give specific examples to support the
general description of Howard Carter?
Exchange your ideas with your partners and then check your prediction by reading the following paragraph.
5) Now let’s focus on Reading strategy to review the skills of how to predict information in an article.
Skim the passage and complete the three questions in Part A.
Step 3: Detailed reading for important information
Now please reread the passage and identify which statements are true and which are false. Then complete Part C1 on P44 individually.
Part C2 on P44. Match the summaries of the paragraphs in the article
3. While reading please identify the relationships between these characters and try to retell the passage according to the following diagram.
Characters
Who was he?
What did he do?
How did he die?
George Gould
a friend of Carnarvon
visited the tomb
a high fever
Lord Carnarvon
a British man interested in Egypt
offered Carter money to explore the mysterious;
be present at the opened tomb
a fever
Howard Carter
a famous explorer especially for the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb
in 1891 set sail for Alexandria, Egypt
by the 1920s searched for the tombs of the Egyptian kings
in 1922 found the tomb of King Tutankhamun
seemed nothing to do with the tomb
Richard Bethell
Carter’s secretary
entered the tomb
heart trouble
Step 4: Post-reading activities
1. interview
A---the spokesman of Howard Carter
B---a journalist
B will ask A the following questions:
1) What kind of person do you think Howard Carter is? Why?
2) To be a qualified explorer, what kind of personality do you think he/she should have?
3) Do you think the personality of Howard Carter has had a positive effect on his discoveries?
4) As for students, what sorts of personalities does a student have to possess?
5) Compared with the amazing persons such as Mother Teresa, Bill Gates, Beethoven, Zhang Heng, do you think Howard Carter is as great as them?
6) Do you think the mummy’s curse really exists? Why?
Step 5: Homework
1. Parts D and E on P44 and P45.
2. Write a summary about Howard Carter in a few sentences.
课件20张PPT。Leading-in
1. Do you know anything about Egypt? 2. What is inside the pyramids? 3. Are there any dead people in them? 4.What do people nowadays call them?5. Are there any treasures(jewels) inside the pyramids? 6.Have the pyramids ever been robbed of treasures by people? 7. What happened to these people after they entered the pyramids? 8. Did they fall ill and die?9. Why did they die? What are the possible reasons?The curse of the mummyUnit3 Amazing people Reading strategy :
Predicting information
1) by reading the title
The article is about a famous explorer who worked in Egypt. What might be the connections between ‘The curse of the mummy’ and the famous explorer?
2. Why does the writer choose ‘The curse of the mummy’ as its title here?
The title can draw your attention and arouse your interest.
3. From your point of view, what might be talked about in the article?
The explorer’s hobbies, his experiences of adventures, his achievements and so on.
Reading strategy :
Predicting information
2) by reading the first paragraph
What’s the first paragraph about?
An introduction to Howard Carter
and his amazing discoveries.
2. What words do you think are useful for you to predict the ideas included in the passage?
Famous , brave, adventurous and amazing.
3. Will they be some examples to support the general description of Howard Carter?
Let’s review the skills of how to predict information on P43.
Predicting information
by reading the title—too general
by reading the first paragraph —more specific
I. Scan the passage and complete the three questions in Part A.
The article is about a mummy’s curse.
His name was Tutankhamun.
They fell ill and died.
II. Please reread the passage and then complete:
1. Part C1 on P44;
2. Part C2 on P44 a friend of Carnarvon
visited the tomb
offered Carter money to explore the mysterious;
be present at the opened tomb
a feverin 1891by the 1920sin 1922set sail for Alexandria, Egypt
searched for the tombs of the Egyptian kings
found the tomb of King TutankhamunCarter’s secretaryheart troubleHow many parts ?(4)Part1
Part2
Part3
Part4(Para1)(Paras2-3)(Paras4-5) (Paras6-8)A short introduction to Howard Carter. More information about CarterSome people died after the tomb was openedDifferent explanations, but no conclusion.Part2(Paras2-3)
What was Howard Carter’s most amazing discovery?
The discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamun. Part 3 (Paras4-5).
What happened to the creatures that had something to do with the opening of the tomb. Carter’s lucky pet birdLord CarnarvonLord Carnarvon’s dogGeorge Gould, Carnarvon’s friendRichard Bethell, Carter’s secretaryArthur Mace, another member of the teamEaten by a snakeDied of a feverDied Died of a high feverDied of heart troubleDied soon
Part4 (Paras6-8) Different explanations
Find out the different explanations mentioned in the passage.
1. coincidence 2. The result of the mummy’s curse3. virusexplanationsStep 5: Fill in the blanks with the following words: mummies famous curse preserved lucky snake amazing entering searching Egypt Since I arrived in_____ in the early 1920s,I have spent most of my time _ ______for lost treasures. In ancient Egyptian tombs,I have found gold,jewels and the ________ dead bodies of former kings. These bodies are called ___ ____.Actually, my_____pet bird found the place.Words can’t express how excited I was! It was_______. In it we found the mummy of Tutankhamun, gold and jewels. We decided to empty the tomb .I’m sure we’ll soon be rich and ______!The only sad thing about today is that my bird died. A ______ ate him just upon our_______the tomb. I hope there isn’t a ______. Egyptsearching preservedmummies luckyamazingfamous snake entering curse Post-reading activities ---interview
A---the spokesman of Howard Carter
B---a journalist
B will ask A the following questions:
1) What kind of person do you think Howard Carter is? Why?
2) To be a qualified explorer, what kind of personality do you think he/she should have?
3) Do you think the personality of Howard Carter has had a positive effect on his discoveries?
4) As for students, what sorts of personalities does a student have to possess?
5) Do you think the mummy’s curse really exists? Why?
Homework
1. Finish off parts D & E on P44 & P45.
2. Write a summary about Howard Carter in a few sentences.
3. Underline useful expressions in the
passage.
Thank you very much
