DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 183
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 4
For weaker students: Have them copy the sentence with the new word into their notebooks, next
to the definition they wrote. This will help them remember the context as well. For more ideas, go
to pages vi and vii in the Yellow Pages section.
Reading
Have the students read the first paragraph.
Ask:
What did the kids find in the park? (a flashlight, some cut-down trees, a road that’s being
built, a piece of paper)
What’s on the piece of paper that Sasha found? (a plan of a neighbourhood)
Where does the road on the paper lead to? (the lake)
Which lake is it? (the lake in the park)
Have the students read the second paragraph.
Ask:
What is on the new sign? (a sign for the new neighbourhood)
Where are they building the new neighbourhood? (in the park)
Why does Kate say “That’s why the animals are disappearing!”? What does she suddenly
understand? (The company building the neighbourhood is destroying the animals’ habitat.)
What does Ella present on her laptop? (a report by Robert)
What is Robert talking about? (the kids in Seaside)
Why are Tom and Kate surprised at the end? (because Ella also knows Robert)
After Reading
Ask:
Curriculum:
What do you think the kids want to do?
ALC: Students will communicate a
personal response verbally.
(They need to help solve the problem.)
How do you think they will use the clues
they found last night to help them?
(Accept all logical answers such as consult adults what to do now that they know the
problem, go to the Internet)
Why do you think Tom and Kate are surprised that Ella knows Robert? (Accept all logical
answers.)
What’s the connection between what’s happening in Lakeview and what Robert is talking
about in Seaside? (Accept all logical answers – encourage the use of the related vocabulary
learned.)
2. Let’s Answer! (page 139)
Have the students answer in their notebooks.
When they have finished, go over the answers with them.
Answer Key:
1. c
2. a. There were cut-down trees.
b. They found a plan of a new neighborhood.
c. They are building a road.
d. There is a new sign for Lakeview Estates.
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