Warm-up- Read the first paragraph of The Age of Pyramids.

Choose the 6 words from the paragraph that you think are most important to understanding the main idea.


1.) Read Mummies and Pyramids (pgs.41-45) - 12 minutes

After reading complete the Reading Quiz

2.) A pharaoh's prayer to the gods- 20 minutes

Steps to write in your blog:

1.) Read Mummies and Pyramids (pgs. 46-53)

2.) Choose your favorite god

3.) Choose your favorite pharaoh- ex. Ramses II, Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut, Akhenaton

4.) Pretend you are that pharaoh that makes Egypt monotheistic from polytheistic.

5.) Write a prayer to the god that includes:
1.) What you are going to build that god
2.) Why you love that god (use information from the reading)
3.) Ask for protection from... (Ra, the sun god, might protect Egypt from rain, etc.)

3.) Summarizing- The Age of Pyramids Reading- Mini-Lesson


Step 1: Read a paragraph.
Step 2: Choose the words that are most important- No more that 7 words
Step 3: Combine those words into 1 sentence
Step 4: Move on to the next paragraph. Do Steps 1,2,3 for the new paragraph