Book Summary
Imagine hiking high in the mountains and suddenly stumbling upon a frozen human body in the ice. This is what happened to two German hikers in 1991 when they discovered Otzi, a 5,300-year-old mummy, in the Tyrolean Alps. Otzi: The Iceman explains the scientific theories of how the Iceman might have lived, survived, and died. As readers learn about Otzi, they can develop their own theories about his life and death. Photographs, maps, and illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Summarize

Objectives

• Identify the main idea and supporting details
• Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand the text
• Identify and understand the use of adverbs
• Identify the meanings of the prefixes dis- and ­re-

Materials

• Book -- Otzi: The Iceman (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Main idea and details/summary, adverbs, prefixes worksheets

   Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: acupuncture, arthritis, carbon dating, corpse, evidence, glacier, preserved, shaman, tattoos, theory