
Don't Wake the Mummy
Adventure (fiction),
2,582 words,
Level U (Grade 4)
Two fourth-grade students visit an Egyptian pyramid on a class trip. Their exciting adventures begin when they accidentally awaken a mummy entombed in a burial chamber. Determined to escape the mummy, as well as stay out of trouble with their teacher, the two classmates put their heads together to come up with some clever solutions.
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Lesson Resources
Preteach the Vocabulary
Story Words
Anubis, comprehension, escapade, hieroglyphics, initiate, mummification, obediently, ominously, queue, revulsion, sarcophagus, shrill, triumphantly, undetected, vacating
Anubis, comprehension, escapade, hieroglyphics, initiate, mummification, obediently, ominously, queue, revulsion, sarcophagus, shrill, triumphantly, undetected, vacating
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Make, revise, and confirm predictions before and during reading
Comprehension
Make inferences / draw conclusions about characters and events in text
Grammar and Mechanics
Understand when to use the pronouns I and me
Word Work
Recognize and use content vocabulary
Make, revise, and confirm predictions before and during reading
Comprehension
Make inferences / draw conclusions about characters and events in text
Grammar and Mechanics
Understand when to use the pronouns I and me
Word Work
Recognize and use content vocabulary
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class









