Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 12A | Tutankhamun, The Golden Pharaoh, Part II 213Discussing the Read-Aloud 15 minutes
Comprehension Questions 10 minutes
- Evaluative Were your predictions about what Howard Carter
found correct? Why or why not? (Answers may vary.) - Literal What did Carter and the others fi nd inside the tomb?
(many objects made of gold, e.g., throne, statues, couch, King
Tut’s sarcophagus with mummy, etc.) - Inferential How do you think Carter felt when he fi nally
discovered King Tut’s tomb? (excited, thrilled, etc.) - Inferential The read-aloud is titled “Tutankhamun, The Golden
Pharaoh.” Why did the author chose that title? (Lots of gold
objects were found in his tomb; etc.) - Inferential Why was the discovery of King Tut’s tomb so
important? (This is how we know much of what we know
about ancient Egypt.) - Evaluative Do you think that archaeologists will continue to
make new discoveries about ancient Egypt? Why or why not?
(Answers may vary.)
[Please continue to model the Question? Pair Share process for
students, as necessary, and scaffold students in their use of the
process.] - Who? Pair Share: Asking questions after a read-aloud is
one way to see how much everyone has learned. Think of
a question you can ask your neighbor about the read-aloud
that starts with the word who. For example, you could ask,
“Who did you hear about in today’s read-aloud?” Turn to your
neighbor and ask your who question. Listen to your neighbor’s
response. Then your neighbor will ask a new who question,
and you will get a chance to respond. I will call on several of
you to share your questions with the class. - After hearing today’s read-aloud and questions and answers,
do you have any remaining questions? [If time permits, you
may wish to allow for individual, group, or class research of
the text and/or other resources to answer these questions.]