Elicit Prior Knowledge
Initiate a discussion with students about going on class trips. Ask how they are usually expected to behave. Ask students to share experiences. 

To introduce vocabulary, make two overlapping circles in a Venn Diagram on the board or chart paper. Label one circle Behavior on Class Trips and the other Egypt. Discuss the following vocabulary words and classify them in the Venn Diagram according to students' predictions of how they might be used in the story: escapade, hieroglyphics, mummification, obedient, ominously, revulsion, sarcophagus, triumphantly, undetected. 

Skim and Scan
Hand out the book and have students skim through it, looking at the illustrations. Ask them what they think might be happening. Discuss how prior predictions of events in the story and use of vocabulary may need to be revised. Record any new vocabulary predictions in the Venn Diagram. 


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