Elvira Woodruff - Tips For Teachers - The Magnificent Mummy Maker
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Activities for The Magnificent Mummy Maker


  1. Describe why Andy always feels ordinary. Have you ever felt this way? Why?

  2. How would you cope if you felt you were always being compared to someone like Jason? Write a paragraph telling what you would do.

  3. If you were granted four wishes from a mummy, what would they be? List them and tell why you chose them.

  4. Create your own Magnificent Mummy. Why is your mummy so magnificent?

  5. Create a Venn diagram of Andy and his stepbrother Jason. Write 4 ways they are different and 3 ways they are alike.

  6. Andy enjoyed writing hieroglyphic messages. Write your own messages using hieroglyphic.

  7. Do you think the mummies' ka was really in Andy's paper mummy? Why or why not?

  8. Create a class museum of Ancient Egypt. Decide on the types of displays you would have. Plan out on paper where everything would be located. What would your museum teach it's visitors?

  9. Create a poster, flyer? And/Or a commercial advertising your class' museum.

  10. Write the author (Elvira Woodruff) a letter giving her suggestions for a future book.


Worksheets:

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