DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 161
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 3
PART 8: Extra Reading (pages 117-118)
1. Let’s Read! (Track 36A) (page 117)
Alex Anderson Collects a Cat
Before Reading
Have the students look at the title.
Ask:
What do you think the story is about? (Accept all
logical answers)
How do you think someone collects a cat?
(Accept all logical answers.)
Curriculum:
ALC: Students will be familiar with
age-appropriate literary texts.
ALC: Students will describe main
characters, settings and events in
literary texts.
ALC: Students will communicate a
personal response, verbally and / or
visually, to a literary text.
2. Let’s Answer! (page 118)
Have the students read Paragraphs 1 and 2.
Have the students answer the questions in their notebooks.
They may work in pairs.
When they have finished, go over the answers with them.
Answer Key:
1. He is a famous art collector.
2. a
3. c
3. Let’s Write! (HOTS – Compare and Contrast) (page 118)
Say and ask:
Before you do exercise 3, let’s read the rest of the story.
Read paragraphs three and four.
1. Why did Alex want the bowl? (for his collection)
2. Why didn’t he want to say that the bowl was special? (He didn’t want to pay a lot for
it.)
3. What reason does he give the story owner for wanting to buy the cat? (to catch
mice)
Say and ask;
Now, read paragraphs five and six:
4. How much does he pay for the cat? (20 Euros. Tell the students that the Euro is
European money and it represents all those countries who are members of the
European Union).)
5. Why doesn’t the store owner give Alex the bowl? (It’s his lucky bowl / He uses it to
sell cats.)
6. What’s funny about this story? (Accept all logical answers that show they
understood.)
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