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Book 2 Unit 3 ReadingLearning aims:
1. to develop students1 ability of predictionto understand the text and learn something about a famous explorer, Howard Carter
2. to take an active part in some class activities and express freelyLearning activities:
Activity 1: Lead in:
Enjoy a video and get the message of the mummyActivity 2: Prediction:
Task 1. Can you predict what might happen in the passage according to the title?
Task 2. Read the first paragraph, and circle out what may be talked about in the passage.
a. The origin of the curse
b. Introduction of Howard Carter
c. Carter's amazing discovery
d. Strange deaths
e. The definition of the mummy
f. Different explanations for the strange deaths
g. Introduction to King TutankhamunActivity 3: Overall understanding:
Go through the passage and check their answers of prediction part.
Activity 4:Intensive reading:
Paras 1-3Task 1. Detail comprehension
1 .We can infer that Howard Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
A. at the age of 48on his own expense
B. and found it emptyand found it had been broken into before
2 .Read Para 3and tell us the right order of how Carter made the amazing discovery()found treasure and the mummy
()received money()found the tomb of King Tutankhamun
()came to the valley of the kingsTask 2. Further thinkinguse some adjectives as much as possible to describe
Carter's personalities(人格).
Paras 4-5
Task 1 Fill in the form
Characters
Who they were
How they died
Lord Carnarvon
From whom Carter had
(1)money
Fell ill with a (5)and
died in Egypt.
George Gould
A (2)of
Carnarvon
Had a high fever after (6) the tomb and died.
Richard Bethell
Carter's
(3)
Died of heart trouble
Arthur Mace
A (4)of the
team
Not mentioned
Task 2 Predict what will be discussed in the following part.
Paras 6-8
1 .Find different explanations about the deaths.
(l)Some people say :
(2)Other people believe :
(3)Still others believe :
Conclusion: The curse of the mummy remains a to this day.
2 . What's your opinions about the strange deaths?
Sentence structures to follow
a.There is possibility that ...9 because...
b.The deaths can be explained like this ...
c.I think their deaths are due to...9 because...
d. In my opinion, all this happened because ...
Summary--the structure of the passagePart 1 (Paras 1-3) A brief (简洁的)i of Howard Carter and his most a discovery
Part 2(Paras 4-5) People's strange d after the discovery
Part 3(Paras 6-8) Different e about the deaths
Activity 5. Discussion:
1 .Do you think Howard Carter is a success as an explorer? And what makes him successful?
2 .As senior high students, what qualities(品质)should we develop in order to succeed in the future?
Activity 6: Homework
Try to retell the text according to the outline below.
Carter ——> Achievements —> Strange deaths—> Explanation 今 Conclusion
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