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Curse of Being Pharaoh, The
6-pack
ISBN: 9780478122558
Copyright Date: 1999
Grade Level:
5
Reading Level:
S
Strategy/Skill:
Fact and opinion, Making predictions, Prior knowledge
Genre:
General Narrative
Theme/Topic:
Character Education, Conflict, School and Community
Classification:
Fiction
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Book Summary
Mrs. Herrera, the class’s regular teacher, is away taking a course. In her absence, the substitute teacher decides that the class program will be different for a while. The students will “live their learning” as they study the life and times of the Pharaohs. This seems to mean general chaos and little discipline – perfect as far as Marty, the class bully, is concerned.
Features of the Book
- The theme of bullying
- First person point of view
- The prologue
- The way the illustrator has interpreted the author’s descriptions
- The descriptive writing – He reminded me of a long, quivering leaf
- The facts about Egypt and the Pharaohs
Purpose
The Curse of Being Pharaoh can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:
- drawing on students’ prior knowledge
- making and confirming predictions
- identifying how setting is important to a story’s developmentr
- ecognizing the first person narrative
- distinguishing between fact and opinion
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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