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Pre-reading
1. Look at the cover of book 3. What do you think Jack and Annie are up to?
2. Where do you think they are?
3. What do you think this story is about?
4. What do you know about mummies?
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Vocabulary
1. sleek (adj.) smooth and glossy; well-groomed look
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2. funeral (n) the observance held for a dead person usually before burial or
cremation
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3. coffin (n) a box or chest for burying a corpse or dead body; sarcophagus
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4. perch (n) a bar or peg on which something is hung; (v) to land and rest on a
perch
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5. mirage (n) an optical effect that is sometimes seen at sea, in the desert, or even in
hot pavement, that may have the appearance of a pool of water or a mirror in which
distant objects are seen; an illusion that something exists but actually it doesnt
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6. mourner (n) a person who mourns
Mourn (v) to feel or express grief or sorrow for the dead
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7. musty (adj.) smelling of damp and decay
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8. swoosh (v) to make or move with a rushing sound
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9. scepter (n) a staff or baton held by a royalty (king, queen) as a symbol of authority
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10. tomb (n) a place, chamber, or vault for the dead; grave
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11. pleat (n) a fold in cloth made by doubling material over onto itself
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12. passage (n) a way of entrance and exit; a road, path or tunnel
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13. hieroglyph (n) a character used in a system of writing especially in Egypt during
the time of the pharaohs
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14. underworld (n) the place for the departed souls
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15. goblet (n) a bowl-shaped drinking container; tumbler
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16. scroll (n) a roll( as of papyrus, leather, or parchment) for writing a document
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17. drafty (adj.) exposed to or abounding in drafts of air
draft (n) a current of air in a closed-in space
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18. relief (n) removal or lightening of something oppressive, painful, or distressing
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19. wither (v) to become dry and sapless; to lose freshness
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20. faint (v) to become weak and lose consciousness
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Comprehension Questions
Chapter 1: Meow!
1. Predict: Why do you think the title of this chapter is Meow?
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2. What does Jack think he hears? (p. 1)
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3. Why does Jack think the M person might be close by? (p. 2-3)
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4. What is unusual about the castle book? (p. 4)
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5. Draw the illustration in the book described on page 5.
6. Why does Jack like pyramids better than dinosaurs? (p. 6)
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Chapter 2: Oh, Man. Mummies!
1. What kind of land does the tree house land in? (p. 9)
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2. Where does the cat go after leaving Jack and Annie? (p. 10)
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3. Why is there a parade? (p. 12)
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4. What is a sarcophagus? (p. 12)
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5. What does Annie think is in the box? (p. 13)
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6. Where does the funeral procession go? (p. 14)
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7. How does Jack explain what happened to the parade? (p. 15)
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8. How does Annie explain what happened to the parade? (p. 15)
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Chapter 3: Its Alive!
1. List 2 facts that Jack learns about pyramids from his book. (p. 17)
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2. According to the book, where is the burial chamber? (p. 19)
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3. Predict: Why do you think that location was chosen as the burial chamber?
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4. What happens when the floor stopped slanting? (p. 19)
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5. What came out of the shadows? (p. 20)
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Chapter 4: Back from the Dead
1. What did the mummy drop? (p. 21)
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2. Predict: Why do you think the mummy had the stick?
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3. Who does Jack think the person in white was? (p. 23)
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4. How did people try to stop the tomb robbers? (p. 23)
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5. Predict: What kinds of things would a tomb robber steal?
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6. Why could Jack not give the scepter to the Egyptian lady? (p. 25)
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Chapter 5: The Ghost Queen
1. Who is the beautiful lady? (p. 26)
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2. What does she need and why? (p. 27)
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3. How will Queen Hutepi get to the Underworld? (p. 27)
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4. Where is the Book of the Dead? (p. 27)
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5. Why cant Hutepi find the book? (p. 28-29)
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6. Why does Jack have glasses and Hutepi does not?
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7. Why cant Hutepi wear Jacks glasses? (p. 30)
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8. How do they solve Hutepis problem? (p. 30)
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Chapter 6: The Writing on the Wall
1. Copy the 4 pictures on page 31 below. Then, write the meaning of each as Hutepi
decodes them.
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Meaning
2. Predict: What message do you think the hieroglyphs send?
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Chapter 7: The Writing on the Wall
1. What is the first thing Jack and Annie see as they follow the ghost-queen into the
pyramid? (p. 37)
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2. What is the second thing Jack and Annie see as they follow the ghost-queen into the
large room? (p. 38)
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3. According to Jack, why is the second object in the room? (p. 38)
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4. Where is the jug? (p. 39)
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5. Where is the folded cloth? (p. 39)
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6. What was inside the folded cloth? (p. 39)
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7. Where does Jack want to leave the scroll and why? (p. 43)
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8. Where does Annie want to leave the scroll and why? (p. 43)
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9. Predict: What do you think is inside the gold, glowing box?
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Chapter 8: The Scroll
1. Who was in the gold box? (p. 44)
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2. Why did the ancient Egyptians make mummies? (p. 45)
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3. List the steps to create a mummy.
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4. What is unusual about the second door in the boat room where Annie is? (p. 49)
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5. Predict: Why do you think there would be identical halls in a tomb?
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6. What new problem do Jack and Annie face as they get ready to return to the boat
room? (p. 50)
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Chapter 9: Follow the Leader
1. The first sentence of the chapter says, It was pitch dark. Look up the word pitch in
the dictionary.
What do you think this expression means?
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2. What happens when Jack and Annie try to open the wooden door? (p. 52)
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3. What is the next idea Jack has to escape? (p. 52)
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4. What surprising sound do Jack and Annie hear in the dark? (p. 53)
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5. How does the cat help them? (p. 56)
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6. What do Jack and Annie hear and see as they climb into the tree house? (p. 57-58)
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7. Text-to-Self: Do you think the boat is a mirage or is it the ghost-queen? Why?
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Chapter 10: Another Clue
1. Why does Annie want to straighten up the tree house? (p. 61)
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2. What unusual clue do Jack and Annie find as they straighten up the tree house? (p. 62)
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3. What do Jack and Annie decide to do tomorrow? (p. 64)
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4. Predict: Who do you think M is, and will Jack an Annie find M? Why or why not?
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5. What do you think of the story as a whole?
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Supplementary Activities
1. Read DK Eye Wonder: Pyramids. Compare the facts Jack and Annie learned
with the facts in this non-fiction book.
2. In this book, we meet Queen Hutepi, but we do not learn a lot about her life. What
else do you want to know? Write a letter to Queen Hutepi to ask your questions. Then,
roll it to form a scroll. Remember all five parts of a letter!
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Book Report
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