Vocabulary+Example

=**The Mummy**=

for the mummy walks again.
—from The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight - More Poems to Trouble Your Sleep by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Arnold Lobel

__Close Reading/Vocabulary__
1. Read 1st stanza and ask students to read the rest silently 2. Have students look for "cool words" they don't know 3. Have an essential question "How did Jack Prelutsky demonstrate his knowledge of ancient Egypt through this poem?" 4. Graphic organizer--have them give evidence 5. Share with others in their group/class

taken from Jaeger, Paige. " Close Encounters of the Complex Kind ." //Library Media Connection//. January 2014. (available on EBSCO/Pioneer)