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Secrets of the Mummies

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How did the ancient people of Egypt preserve their dead so well that their bodies are still recognizable today? Learn the painstakingly complex process they used for preservation. Young scholars read and summarize a narrative detailing ancient techniques for preservation of the dead, taking notes and drawing inferences and conclusions from the reading.

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main ideas, central ideas, supporting details, details, textual evidence, evidence, image analysis, inferences, making predictions, quotations, retelling, summarizing, sequences, patterns

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connect ideas, Discussion, illustration meaning, inference, Informational Text, main idea, prediction, quote, retell, sequence, summarize, supporting details, textual evidence, w.5.8, english language arts
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3rd - 6th
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English Language Arts
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