Page 1 of 15 Non-fiction Unit 3.1 Was Tutankhamen Killed? About this unit: In this unit, the children explore the Big Question: Was Tutankhamen killed? They read the interactive eBook, retrieving and collating information and identifying evidence in the text to support their theories. They investigate main and subordinate clauses and are introduced to the perfect tense. In their writing tasks, they write letters, paragraphs, and finally compose an explanation text in response to the Big Question. Stimulus synopsis: Was Tutankhamen Killed? What caused the death of the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen at the age of 19? Read the evidence and then make up your mind about this history mystery! This interactive eBook includes pop-up fact boxes, animation, videos and supplementary text to engage children and support learning. Spelling list: NF AR 3.1.1 Spelling List: Was Tutankhamen Killed Recommended grammar activities: New: Y3_01 Revising nouns Y3_02 Revising singular and plural nouns Y3_04 Revising verbs Y3_05 Revising tense Y3_08 Introducing perfect form Pearson is not responsible for the quality, accuracy or fitness for purpose of the materials contained in the Word files once edited. To revert to the original Word files, re-download them from ActiveLearn. Page 2 of 15 Comprehension Session Comprehension 1 Main focus Teaching summary Introduce the unit and set up the case Identify questions Introduce the Big Question (Was Tutankhamen killed?) using screen 1 of the eBook Who killed Tutankhamen? Invite the children to enrol in the Ancient Crime Squad. Show ‘Ancient Crime Squad’ (NF ITP 3.1.1). Click on each magnifying glass to reveal answers to the questions, and discuss what it might mean to be part of the Ancient Crime Squad. (E.g. looking back in history and investigating ancient crimes.) Discuss the case that the children are about to investigate. (Whether or not Tutankhamen was killed.) Their aim is to solve the mystery and write a clear explanation for the Ancient Crime Squad as to what happened. Discuss what information the children think they might need to find out in order to solve the case. Do you know anything about Ancient Egypt? Have you heard of Tutankhamen before? Who was he? Record these questions on the Learning Wall for use in later sessions. Activity description The children Think-Pair-Share existing knowledge on Ancient Egypt and Tutankhamen, recording their findings on ‘What do we know?’ (NF PCM 3.1.1). Objectives: Listen to and discuss wide range of text types; Increase familiarity with wide range of books Spoken language: Ask relevant questions; Build their vocabulary; Participate actively in conversations Photocopiables: NF PCM 3.1.1 Digital resources: eBook of Was Tutankhamen Killed?, NF ITP 3.1.1 Session Comprehension 2 Main focus Discuss nonfiction features Teaching summary Summarise and record relevant information Let’s see what we can find out about Tutankhamen from the eBook. Display the eBook and talk about the features of a non-fiction book, e.g. contents page, glossary, index, etc. Use the cover and contents page to encourage Activity description The children write short sentences detailing what they know about Tutankhamen so far. Some children could highlight which of their sentences contain relevant ‘evidence’ to support the investigation. Use ‘Tutankhamen’ (NF PCM 3.1.2) for support where necessary. Pearson is not responsible for the quality, accuracy or fitness for purpose of the materials contained in the Word files once edited. To revert to the original Word files, re-download them from ActiveLearn. Page 3 of 15 further ideas and questions about Tutankhamen. Read screens 2-4 of the eBook, modelling correct intonation, volume and speed. Click words in bold to reveal glossary definitions and explore the information within the interactive pop-ups. Summarise what you have learnt about Tutankhamen so far, referring back to the eBook. Explore which bits of the text count as evidence (e.g. facts about why or how Tutankhamen was killed.) How much of this is evidence that might be useful to the investigation? Show ‘Incident board’ (NF ITP 3.1.2). Click each magnifying glass icon to reveal further information. Discuss how detectives might use an incident board to help them store information related to their cases. Create a class incident board on the Learning Wall to record evidence that will help you solve your own case. Objectives: Listen to and discuss wide range of text types; Increase familiarity with wide range of books; Identify and summarise main ideas Spoken language: Listen and respond appropriately; Participate actively in conversations Photocopiables: NF PCM 3.1.2 Digital resources: eBook of Was Tutankhamen Killed?, NF ITP 3.1.2 Session Comprehension 3 Main focus Retrieve and summarise information with reference to the text Collate facts learnt so far Teaching summary Use the Learning Wall to remind the children of the information they thought they might need in order to solve the case (from Comprehension 1). Are there more questions to add? Read screens 5-8 of the eBook. Click words in bold to reveal glossary definitions and explore the information within the interactive pop-ups. Model retrieving information from the text, e.g. We wanted to know if Tutankhamen was attacked. It says here that an x-ray revealed Activity description Assign Expert Groups a question from the Learning Wall to research using reference materials. The children then use Jigsawing to share their findings. Then, using ‘The facts so far’ (NF PCM 3.1.3), the children write three key pieces of information about the investigation. Pearson is not responsible for the quality, accuracy or fitness for purpose of the materials contained in the Word files once edited. To revert to the original Word files, re-download them from ActiveLearn. Page 4 of 15 damage to Tutankhamen’s skull. Add information gathered to the class incident board, discussing how we know and making reference back to the appropriate part of the text. Are there any questions that we haven’t answered? Where else could we look for clues? (E.g. reference materials, online) Objectives: Listen to and discuss wide range of text types; Increase familiarity with wide range of books; Identify and summarise main ideas Spoken language: Articulate and justify answers; Consider and evaluate different viewpoints Photocopiables: NF PCM 3.1.3 Digital resources: eBook of Was Tutankhamen Killed? Session Comprehension 4 Main focus Find information from different sources and text types Teaching summary Role-play an event from history to demonstrate understanding of the text Click on and read through the supplementary text pop-ups on screens 3 and 4 (Howard Carter’s diary), and screen 7 (report from medical experts). What extra information have we found out? (Tutankhamen was buried with lots of treasure, there was evidence of a disturbance in the tomb, the mummy was untouched, etc.). As the children respond, highlight the relevant parts of the text. Add any additional information to the incident board on the Learning Wall. Discuss the meaning of the word ‘theory’ (e.g. an idea that hasn’t been proved), summarising the main theories about Tutankhamen’s death so far. Can you think of any other theories? The children Think-Share-Pair ideas for theories. Explain that the children are going to Thought Track the theories Carter and Carnarvon’s might have had when they discovered Tutankhamen’s tomb. Activity description The children Thought Track the moment that Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon opened Tutankhamen’s tomb. Ask them to talk about how Carter and Carnarvon would have felt and what the objects inside the tomb told them. Add the phrases the children have used to the Learning Wall for use in Depth focus 3, paying particular attention to any conjunctions. Objectives: Listen to and discuss wide range of text types; Check that text makes sense and is in context; Retrieve and record information from nonfiction; Discuss and record ideas Pearson is not responsible for the quality, accuracy or fitness for purpose of the materials contained in the Word files once edited. To revert to the original Word files, re-download them from ActiveLearn. Page 5 of 15 Spoken language: Give well-structured descriptions, explanations and narratives; Speculate, hypothesise, imagine and explore ideas Photocopiables: N/A Digital resources: eBook of Was Tutankhamen Killed? Session Comprehension 5 Main focus Teaching summary Identify features of an explanation text Remind the children that they will be writing an explanation text for the Ancient Crime Squad. Using ‘Explanation text features’ (NF ITP 3.1.10), discuss the success criteria for writing explanation texts. Reread screens 2 and 3 of the eBook. Which explanation text features can you spot? (E.g. Questions as titles, use of past tense, paragraphs, glossary words, maps, etc). Reread the supplementary text (mummy instructions) in the pop-up on screen 5. Explain that this is a different kind of explanation text. How does it help explain how to make a mummy? (question, paragraphs, conjunctions) Activity description Using ‘Papyrus making’ (NF PCM 3.1.9), the children add conjunctions and a title to the explanation text. Talk Partners discuss what words they think would need to go in a glossary (e.g. ‘pruner’) and what illustrations they would like to show. Objectives: Listen to and discuss wide range of text types; Check that text makes sense and is in context; Retrieve and record information from nonfiction; Discuss writing similar to that which they are planning to write; Discuss and record ideas Spoken language: Listen and respond appropriately; Participate actively in conversations Photocopiables: NF PCM 3.1.9 Digital resources: eBook of Was Tutankhamen Killed?, NF ITP 3.1.10 Pearson is not responsible for the quality, accuracy or fitness for purpose of the materials contained in the Word files once edited. To revert to the original Word files, re-download them from ActiveLearn. Page 6 of 15 Depth focus Session Depth focus 1: Spoken and written English Main focus Teaching summary Activity description Discuss the difference between spoken and written English Click on and read through the supplementary text pop-up (Tutankhamen’s diary) on screen 2 of the eBook. How does Tutankhamen feel about being a boy king? How is Tutankhamen’s diary different to the rest of the text on screen 2? Highlight the difference between Tutankhamen’s letter and the rest of the text on the screen (the letter is written in informal language and the text on screen 2 is written in formal language). Can you spot any examples of the informal language Tutankhamen has used? (note form, first person, etc) Ask the class to participate in the drama activity, making a note of key phrases and sentences used on the Learning Wall. Model taking an informal phrase or sentence from the Hot-seating activity and turning it into a formal report using Standard English. In pairs or small groups, the children use Hotseating to explore further how Tutankhamen felt to be a boy king. Objectives: Speculate, hypothesise, imagine and explore ideas Spoken language: Ask relevant questions; Build their vocabulary; Speculate, hypothesise, imagine and explore ideas Photocopiables: N/A Digital resources: eBook of Was Tutankhamen Killed? Session Depth focus 2: Chronology Main focus Explore the use of tense to establish chronology Rehearse paragraphs in the correct tense Write and edit paragraphs in Teaching summary Remind the children that at the end of the unit they will need to write an explanation of their findings about the case for the Ancient Crime Squad. In this explanation, it must be clear when events happened. How can we show this in our writing? (by using the correct tense) Show Screen 1 of ‘Yesterday, today, tomorrow’ (NF ITP 3.1.3). Drag the correct tiles into the sentences and recap the importance of using the correct tense to establish chronology. Repeat with Screen 2. Activity description Talk Partners work together to plan, rehearse orally and write short paragraphs to create their own tense story about Popov. Use ‘A tense story’ (NF PCM 3.1.4) as required. Pairs then swap descriptions with another pair to evaluate each other’s work using the success criteria on NF ITP 3.1.5. Each pair then edits their own description taking into account the suggested improvements. Pearson is not responsible for the quality, accuracy or fitness for purpose of the materials contained in the Word files once edited. To revert to the original Word files, re-download them from ActiveLearn. Page 7 of 15 the correct tense Show ‘A tense story’ (NF ITP 3.1.4) and work through the example, pulling out the use of different tenses (past, present, future). Explain that the children are going to write their own tense story about Popov. Discuss the success criteria on ‘Tense story features’ (NF ITP 3.1.5). Can you think of anything else we could add? Draw the class back together for the children to share the Popov stories, either as a whole class or in small groups. Objectives: Oral rehearsal, use of rich vocabulary, and increasing range of sentence structures; Organise paragraphs around a theme; Assess own and other's writing; Propose changes to improve consistency; Read aloud own writing Spoken language: Listen and respond appropriately; Consider and evaluate different viewpoints Photocopiables: NF PCM 3.1.4 Digital resources: eBook of Was Tutankhamen Killed?, NF ITP 3.1.3, NF ITP 3.1.4, NF ITP 3.1.5 Sentence grammar Pearson is not responsible for the quality, accuracy or fitness for purpose of the materials contained in the Word files once edited. To revert to the original Word files, re-download them from ActiveLearn. Page 8 of 15 Session Sentence grammar 1: Causal conjunctions Main focus Teaching summary Use causal conjunctions Identify subordinate and main clauses Review the list of phrases captured on the Learning Wall from the Thought Tracking activity carried out in Comprehension 4. Remind the children about conjunctions and expressing time and cause, using conjunctions such as ‘when’, ‘before’, ‘after’, ‘while’, ‘because’. Did anyone use conjunctions in their thought tracking? Use a selection of sentences to remind the children about subordinate and main clauses and the causal relationship between them. (E.g. Although it was raining, we went out to play) Show ‘Silly sentences’ (NF ITP 3.1.6) and play the game. Ask the children to identify the conjunctions and then click the ‘conjunctions’ button to see if they were right. Use Modelled Writing to compose some more silly sentences using causal conjunctions. Activity description Using ‘My silly sentences’ (NF PCM 3.1.6) as necessary, the children orally rehearse sentences with causal conjunctions, before writing. In pairs, the children identify the conjunction, subordinate and main clause of their sentences. Objectives: Use conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions Spoken language: Listen and respond appropriately; Participate actively in conversations Photocopiables: NF PCM 3.1.6 Digital resources: NF ITP 3.1.6 Session Sentence grammar 2: Perfect and past perfect tenses Main focus Identify and use the perfect and past perfect form of verbs Teaching summary Show ‘The perfect conversation’ (NF ITP 3.1.7). Demonstrate the use of the perfect tense by reading through the conversation between the detective and his assistant, Popov. Click each question to reveal the answer. Look at a section of the eBook which uses the perfect form (e.g. the suspect profiles on screen 6) and ask the children to identify where it appears. Activity description Talk Partners use ‘Tense conversations’ (NF PCM 3.1.8) to practise the perfect and past perfect tense. Pearson is not responsible for the quality, accuracy or fitness for purpose of the materials contained in the Word files once edited. To revert to the original Word files, re-download them from ActiveLearn. Page 9 of 15 In order to use the perfect form in their own writing later, explain how the past perfect tense is formed (‘had’ + past participle). Reread the suspect profiles and ask the children to spot where the past perfect tense has been used. Show ‘Perfect gaps’ (NF ITP 3.1.8). Ask the children to help you complete the unfinished sentences. Objectives: Oral rehearsal, use of rich vocabulary, and increasing range of sentence structures; Use the present perfect form of verbs Spoken language: Listen and respond appropriately; Consider and evaluate different viewpoints Photocopiables: NF PCM 3.1.8 Digital resources: eBook of Who killed Tutankhamen?, NF ITP 3.1.7, NF ITP 3.1.8 Session Sentence grammar 3: The perfect tense Main focus Teaching summary Ask and answer questions using the perfect tense Using ‘The perfect discovery’ (NF ITP 3.1.9), explain that the children are going to help find a papyrus scroll that archaeologists have been searching for. It may give clues to revealing the curse of the Mummy! Is the scroll hidden at Lord Carnarvon’s castle? Highlight the use of the perfect tense as you work through the activity, asking the children to predict what Lord Carnarvon’s next question will be. Take time to discuss each artefact found and what its purpose was. Activity description The children work in pairs to Babble Gabble what questions Lord Carnarvon asked and what they found in each location, e.g. LC asked: Have you looked in the Library cupboard? We looked in the Library cupboard and found Tutankhamen’s mannequin. Objectives: Use the present perfect form of verbs Spoken language: Ask relevant questions; Build their vocabulary; Articulate and justify answers; Give well-structured descriptions, explanations and narratives Photocopiables: N/A Digital resources: NF ITP 3.1.9 Pearson is not responsible for the quality, accuracy or fitness for purpose of the materials contained in the Word files once edited. To revert to the original Word files, re-download them from ActiveLearn. Page 10 of 15 Composition tasks Short composition 1 Session Day 1 Main focus Rehearse and then write a letter in character Teaching summary Reread screen 6 of the eBook, drawing out ideas around possible suspects and motives for wanting to kill Tutankhamen. Can we add any more information to the class incident board? Has this changed your opinions of how Tutankhamen might have died? Look at the supplementary text pop-up (the letter from Ankhesenamun). Does the letter use formal or informal language? Talk Partners discuss the language used in the letter. Explain that the children are going to write their own letter revealing Horemheb’s plan to become Pharaoh. Draw the class back together to share their letters. Activity description Using ‘A secret plan’ (NF PCM 3.1.5), the children imagine that they are Horemheb and must compose a letter to Ay, detailing his secret plan to become Pharaoh. Talk Partners orally rehearse their proposed sentences and then work individually to complete their letters. Objectives: Listen to and discuss wide range of text types; Check that text makes sense and is in context; Retrieve and record information from nonfiction; Discuss writing similar to that which they are planning to write; Discuss and record ideas Spoken language: Speculate, hypothesise, imagine and explore ideas; Consider and evaluate different viewpoints Photocopiables: NF PCM 3.1.5 Digital resources: eBook of Was Tutankhamen Killed? Pearson is not responsible for the quality, accuracy or fitness for purpose of the materials contained in the Word files once edited. To revert to the original Word files, re-download them from ActiveLearn. Page 11 of 15 Short composition 2 Session Day 1 Main focus Orally rehearse and write a letter for a specific purpose Teaching summary Reread screens 3 and 4 of the eBook, including the supplementary text (Howard Carter’s diary), and discuss the treasures found in Tutankhamen’s tomb. Tell the children that the British Museum in London has requested details of the treasure. Can you write a letter to describe what you know? Use Modelled Writing to show how this letter should be composed, paying particular attention to the style of language (e.g. formal) and descriptive language needed (e.g. adjectives). Record these sentences on the Learning Wall as a supportive structure for the children. Activity description Using ‘A letter to the British Museum’ (NF PCM 3.1.7), the children write a letter to the British Museum in London describing in great detail what they have seen. Talk Partners share and evaluate each other’s letters, giving Two Stars and a Wish. Objectives: Discuss and record ideas; Oral rehearsal, use of rich vocabulary, and increasing range of sentence structures Spoken language: Listen and respond appropriately; Articulate and justify answers Photocopiables: NF PCM 3.1.7 Digital resources: eBook of Was Tutankhamen Killed? Pearson is not responsible for the quality, accuracy or fitness for purpose of the materials contained in the Word files once edited. To revert to the original Word files, re-download them from ActiveLearn. Page 12 of 15 Short composition 3 Session Day 1 Main focus Teaching summary Understand the importance of paragraphs in organising texts Write paragraphs to collate ideas from the text Discuss the importance of organising text and using paragraphs. Why do we use paragraphs? (To help make sense of the text and link common ideas together). Refer to the eBook for examples. Using ‘Paragraph puzzle’ (NF ITP 3.1.11), model how to organise the titles and sentences for the first paragraph. Ask the class to help you complete the second and third paragraphs. Reread the paragraphs for sense and to make sure that only the relevant sentences are in each paragraph. Activity description The children practise writing in paragraphs by writing two or three short paragraphs about the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb, e.g. the search, finding the tomb, the body/artefacts. They can use screens 3-9 of the eBook to help them. Objectives: Organise paragraphs around a theme Spoken language: Participate actively in conversations Photocopiables: N/A Digital resources: eBook of Was Tutankhamen Killed?, NF ITP 3.1.11 Pearson is not responsible for the quality, accuracy or fitness for purpose of the materials contained in the Word files once edited. To revert to the original Word files, re-download them from ActiveLearn. Page 13 of 15 Long composition Session Day 1 Main focus Teaching summary Activity description Organise ideas from the text into a plan for writing an explanation text Remind the class of the Big Question and that the main purpose of this unit is to write a clear explanation of how Tutankhamen might have died. Ask the children to remind you what features an explanation text should have. Use the success criteria on ‘Explanation text features’ (NF ITP 3.1.10) to check their responses. Use Modelled Writing to structure and organise a plan, emphasising the importance of oral rehearsal. What headings could we have for each paragraph? Remind children of the key information and evidence collected on the incident board and make notes about what information will go where in the plan. The children write notes using ‘Explanation plan’ (NF PCM 3.1.10) to help plan where the information will go for their reports. They use the eBook to find examples of information to help write the text. Objectives: Oral rehearsal, use of rich vocabulary, and increasing range of sentence structures; Organise paragraphs around a theme; Use simple organisational devices in non-narrative material Spoken language: Listen and respond appropriately Photocopiables: NF PCM 3.1.10 Digital resources: NF ITP 3.1.10 Session Day 2 Main focus Draft the explanation text Self-evaluate writing to make improvements Teaching summary Activity description Review the plans created in Writing task 4, Day 1. Use Modelled Writing to flesh out the paragraphs from a plan to a draft piece of writing, e.g. taking a note from the plan, thinking about which paragraph it belongs with and turning it into a complete sentence. Once the children have finished writing their drafts, draw them back together and model how to self-edit their work using the success criteria on ‘Explanation text features’ (ITP 3.1.10), e.g. I’ve put my sentences in the The children use completed ‘Explanation plan’ (NF PCM 3.1.10) to draft their explanation text. Then, the children self-evaluate their writing and make a list of three things they’d like to improve. Pearson is not responsible for the quality, accuracy or fitness for purpose of the materials contained in the Word files once edited. To revert to the original Word files, re-download them from ActiveLearn. Page 14 of 15 correct paragraphs but I haven’t used any conjunctions. I’ll go back and add these in. Objectives: Oral rehearsal, use of rich vocabulary, and increasing range of sentence structures; Organise paragraphs around a theme; Use simple organisational devices in non-narrative material; Assess own and other's writing; Propose changes to improve consistency; Proof-read for errors Spoken language: Listen and respond appropriately Photocopiables: NF PCM 3.1.10 Digital resources: NF ITP 3.1.10 Session Day 3 Main focus Teaching summary Complete and evaluate final explanation texts Recap the self-evaluation work done yesterday and allow the children time to create final versions, making improvements to their drafts. Talk Partners evaluate each other’s work against the success criteria on ‘Explanation text features’ (NF ITP 3.1.10), giving Two Stars and a Wish. The children Think-Share-Pair ideas for presenting the explanation texts to the Ancient Crime Squad, e.g. neatly presented written work, word processed reports with maps and graphics, added to the incident board, etc. Discuss ideas for presenting the explanation texts Activity description The children complete final versions of their explanation texts, making the improvements on their list from Day 2. Objectives: Assess own and other's writing; Propose changes to improve consistency; Proof-read for errors; Read aloud own writing Spoken language: Articulate and justify answers; Consider and evaluate different viewpoints Photocopiables: N/A Digital resources: NF ITP 3.1.10 Pearson is not responsible for the quality, accuracy or fitness for purpose of the materials contained in the Word files once edited. To revert to the original Word files, re-download them from ActiveLearn. Page 15 of 15 Consolidation Session Consolidation Main focus Use evidence from the text to evaluate and provide an answer to the Big Question: Who killed Tutankhamen? Teaching summary Refer back to the Big Question (Was Tutankhamen killed?) Did we have enough evidence to answer this? Review the key information on the incident board. Is there any information still missing? What will our final statement to the Ancient Crime Squad be? Explain that the statement needs to answer the question, e.g. It looks most likely that Tutankhamen died from an infection, but unless scrolls are discovered which explain actually what happened, it looks as though we may never know for sure. Show ‘Thank You!’ (NF ITP 3.1.12), a thank you email from the Ancient Crime Squad. I Explain that the case is closed for now and remove all photos etc. from incident board. Activity description Talk Partners discuss alternative final statements for the Ancient Crime Squad in answer to the Big Question. Objectives: Retrieve and record information from non-fiction Spoken language: Listen and respond appropriately; Give well-structured descriptions, explanations and narratives Photocopiables: N/A Digital resources: NF ITP 3.1.12 Pearson is not responsible for the quality, accuracy or fitness for purpose of the materials contained in the Word files once edited. To revert to the original Word files, re-download them from ActiveLearn.