Ancient Egypt: Tutankhamun's Tomb - A Newspaper Article

A literacy unit surrounding the topic of Ancient Egypt, the death of the young pharaoh Tutankhamun and the discovery of his tomb by Howard Carter.

WAGOLL: Newspaper article - Who killed the Pharaoh Tutankhamun?

Lesson 1: Comprehension challenge (differentiated: bronze, silver, gold)
Lesson 2: Who killed Tutankhamun? Research/note-taking project - link to topic - children to formulate their own theory based on the evidence available oracy/ debate opportunity
Lesson 3: Reading as a writer - identify the features of a newspaper article - differentiated
Lesson 4: Treasure hunt: history detectives - children to work in mixed ability pairs
Lesson 5: Diary entry- Howard Carter: The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb scaffolded worksheet knowledge organiser to support writing the diary entry
Lesson 6: Edit and improve Carter’s diary entry
Lesson 7: Expanded noun phrases : The items found in King Tut’s tomb (differentiated bronze, silver gold) HA: to use research to create their own word bank
Lesson 8: Research for newspaper article - planning document knowledge organiser/ word bank
Lesson 9: Draft headline and orientation
Lesson 10: Draft paragraph 1 and 2 - background information and how was the tomb discovered
Lesson 11: Draft paragraph 3 and 4 - what was found inside and quotes from who was there
Lesson 12: Draft re-orientation
Lesson 13: Edit and improve
Lesson 14: Publish - newspaper format send/ main