DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 201
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 4
Part 9: The Green Team Promise (pages 152-157)
Let’s Remember
Ask:
Who comes to the meeting? (the Mayor, Michelle, Mr. Kane, The Green Team)
Who is Michelle (President of M&M who are building Lakeview Estates)
Who is Mr. Kane? (He is against building the new Lakeview Estates.)
What was the Green Team's suggestion for solving the problem? (apartment buildings instead of
private houses)
Discuss the title of the section.
Ask:
What is a promise? (Explain if they aren’t sure.)
Who remembers what the Green Team promised Lakeview? (They will help solve the
mystery of the animals.)
What other promises do you think the Green Team might be able to make? HOTS
1. Let’s Rap! (HOTS- Prediction)
(track 43) (page 152)
Have the students read the rap and say what they
think it means to be Green.
Ask: (Accept all logical answers.)
What do you think “Think it over” is
referring to?
What should we turn off?
What should we clean up?
Curriculum:
AI: Students will understand the
general meaning, main ideas, and
sequence of events in the text and
use this knowledge as needed.
AI: Students will identify different
text types and use this knowledge as
needed.
AI: Students will locate relevant
information for a specific purpose.
AI: Students will use simple
information tools such as a glossary,
a simplified learner’s dictionary, and
a table of contents.
Extra for the rap:
Have one student read the rap while another
student acts it out in mime.
If you have been doing this for every rap, then make
sure each rap is performed by a different pair/
group of students.
For more ideas, go to page iv in the Yellow Pages section.
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