Racing to English True Stories

Tutankhamun

TEACHERS NOTES

Language learning objectives:
Language functions	Narrating		Making suggestions
Sentence structures	Past passive: was broken was discovered was hidden		Maybe Maybe he broke his leg… Maybe that's why…
Key vocabulary	maybe pharaoh king coffin	buried tomb entrance	broken discovered hidden	chariot bows arrows

SUGGESTED LESSON OUTLINE

Talk about the key vocabulary (see `Language learning objectives' above) to ensure that learners understand the words. Ask learners to read the passage silently. Ask learners to work in pairs or small groups to retell the anecdote (without looking at the passage) either in English or their first language. Groups then reread the passage together. Pairs or threes ask each other the suggested questions. Written work.

BLANKS The passage with the blanks in it could be used at any stage - with advanced learners it could be used at the beginning of the lesson - with others it could be used in the middle of the lesson or at the end.

Information for this story from:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun

• http://www.tutankhamun-exhibition.co.uk/pages/whowas_set.htm

• http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/news/intro.htm

Racing to English True Stories

Tutankhamun

Tutankhamun was a Pharaoh (king) in Egypt about 3,000 years ago. He became Pharaoh when he was eight or nine years old. When he was ten years old, Tutankhamun married his half sister. After some years she gave birth to two baby girls, but they both died. When he was about 19 years old, Tutankhamun died. He was buried in a tomb. Many beautiful things were placed in the tomb with him. His baby girls were also buried in his tomb. But nobody knows how he died.
A painting from Tutankhamun's tomb. He is in a chariot; he has a bow and arrows.	After he was buried, the entrance to his tomb was hidden; it was covered by stones and sand. But in 1922, it was discovered by a man called Howard Carter. He found Tutankhamun's coffin. He also found more than 5,000 beautiful things in the tomb. There was a chariot in the tomb and some bows and arrows. Tutankhamun's left leg was broken. Maybe he broke his leg when he was hunting in his chariot. Maybe that is how he died.

Ask your friends:

• Have you ever found something?

• What was it?

• How did it get there?

• How was it lost?

• What did you do with it?

Ask your friends to use the word `maybe' in some of their answers.

Now write about something you found.

• What did you find?

• How did it get there? (Maybe…)

• How was it lost? (Maybe…)

• What did you do with it?

Racing to English True Stories

Tutankhamun

Look at this passage with some friends. Decide which phrases fit in each space:

Tutankhamun was a Pharaoh (king) in Egypt __________ 1 __________. He became Pharaoh when he was eight or nine years old.

When he was ten years old, Tutankhamun __________ 2 __________. After some years she gave birth to two baby girls, but __________ 3 __________.

When he was about 19 years old, Tutankhamun died. He __________ 4 _________ in a tomb. Many beautiful things __________ 5 __________ in the tomb with him. His baby girls were also buried in his tomb. But nobody knows __________ 6 __________.

After he was buried, the entrance to his tomb __________ 7 __________; it was covered by stones and sand. But in 1922, it __________ 8 __________ by a man called Howard Carter. He found Tutankhamun's coffin. He also found more than 5,000
__________ 9 __________ in the tomb.

There was a chariot in the tomb and some __________ 10 __________.

Tutankhamun's left leg __________ 11 __________. Maybe he broke his leg when he was hunting in his chariot. Maybe that is how he died.

about 3,000 years ago

beautiful things

bows and arrows

how he died

married his half sister

they both died

was broken

was buried

was discovered

was hidden

were placed

© Gordon Ward 2010. Photocopiable only for use in the purchasing institution. Step 24: True Stories - Tutankhamun

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