Connect Reading and Writing
Critical Thinking
1. SUM IT UP Point to pictures in the selection as you give a summary of the main ideas. Use these ideas to make a Five-Ws Chart about archaeologists.
2. Explain Return to the KWL Chart you made on page 322. Write what you learned about pyramids in column 3. Discuss your chart with a group.
3. Interpret How do artifacts give us clues about people of the past?
4. Infer Why do you think it took Carter so long to work on King Tut’s tomb?
Reading Fluency
Phrasing Read the passage on page 582 to a partner. Assess your fluency.
1. I read
a. great
b. OK
c. not very well
2. What I did best in my reading was _______.
Reading Strategy
Vocabulary Review
Oral Review Read the paragraph aloud. Add the vocabulary words.
A museum had a very old statue from the grave, or ________, of a dead king. The handmade object, or ________, was beautiful. It had been created during the time of a great ________. One day the ________ statue was stolen from the museum. Some ________ and other scientists decided to search for it. They solved the mystery by looking for ________ to follow. They found the statue, where it was ________ underground, near the base of a ________.
Written Review Imagine you are an archaeologist. Write a paragraph to tell about your work. Use at least four vocabulary words in your paragraph.
Write About the Guiding Question
Explore Discoveries of the Past
How do the discoveries of Howard Carter’s team of archaeologists change us and the world? Read the selection again and look for details that support your answer.