DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 135
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 3
Frame 5
Ask:
What important piece of information do they get from the note? (the thief wants to take
back other things.)
Could that be a clue? (Accept all logical answers.)
Why? (The thief may come back to take other things)
Frames 6, 7 and 8
Ask:
What’s Kate’s big suggestion? (Maybe the collection in that room belonged to Mr. Bates.)
What does Amy remember? (that Bettina had these paintings in her gallery before Bates
had them)
How could that be? (Maybe Bettina, who owned a gallery, sold Mr. Bates the paintings)
After Reading HOTS
Discuss the findings with the whole class. Write the clues students mention on the board.
After each clue is presented, make sure the students know where it was found by referring to the
text.
Make sure all the clues have been mentioned.
The clues are:
The crime was at 11:30
The thief cut a hole in the museum window.
The thief stole two paintings.
The thief stole the paintings without the frames.
The thief put a message on the table.
The message said the thief wants to ‘take back’ things.
The things are things in the Bates Collection.
Bettina the gallery owner owned the paintings before the museum.
Bettina is a suspect!!
8. Sequence – (HOTS – Sequence) (page 93)
Say:
Tom started writing his notes.
Curriculum:
Help him finish.
P: Students will produce a short
Copy the sentences into your notebooks in the
piece of coherent writing.
correct sequence and fill in the missing sentences.
Have the students answer in their notebooks.
When they are finished, go over the answers with them.
Write the correct sentences on the board to enable all the students to complete this exercise.
Answer Key:
2. The thief climbs in through the window.
3. He takes the paintings out of their frames.
4. He puts a message on the corner of the table.
5. He gets away through the window...
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