Book Summary
Don't Wake the Mummy is a fictional story about a fourth-grade girl and boy who go to Egypt on a class trip. While touring a pyramid, they accidentally waken a mummy in a burial chamber, which begins a humorous and exciting adventure. The children strategize to solve the problem and to avoid getting in trouble with their teacher. 

Vocabulary
Challenging Words:
Anubis
comprehension
escapade
hieroglyphics
initiate
mummification
obedient
ominously
queue
revulsion
sarcophagus
shrill
triumphantly
undetected
vacating
 
Reproducible Worksheets
Worksheet 1: Problem/Solution
Worksheet 2: Adverbs 

Lesson Objectives

Comprehension
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as students work to understand the text.

The targeted comprehension strategy for this lesson is: Identify problems facing the main characters and the solutions to each problem. 

Word Work

Action Verbs
Understand and identify action verbs. 

Adverbs
Identify adverbs in the text. 

Visual Literacy
Getting meaning from illustrations and characters' expressions.