DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 209
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 5
UNIT 5 - PROBLEMS AT SCHOOL (page 161)
OBJECTIVES
In this unit the students will:
Read comics and learn about problems at school.
Categorize information from announcements.
Act out a story using the Future Tense.
Learn how to use count and non-count nouns
Learn the difference between fact and opinion.
Understand content from a literary text.
Domains, Benchmarks and Activities
DOMAINS AND BENCHMARKS
ACTIVITIES
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
Understand the general meaning, main ideas,
and sequence of events in a text and use this
knowledge as needed
Students read a rap to find out the main idea of the story.
Students read a story about the problems in school.
Students listen to announcements.
Students read a handout text to find information about the
project Kids Against Bullying (KAB).
Students read a flyer to learn about bullying.
Students read an Internet entry in order to do an internet
search.
Identify different text types and use this
knowledge as needed
Students read a rap, comics, notes, song, joke, internet entries,
story, instructions, signs, informative texts, and a literary text.
Identify explicit opinions and feelings
Students need to identify the characters' feelings.
Find out and follow short and simple directions Students follow instructions in order to complete Let's Do It
and instructions in familiar contexts
(performance tasks)
Extract information from visual data, such as
timetables
Students extract information from pictures and signs.
Locate relevant information for a specific
purpose
Students read a handout to locate specific information.
Students listen to announcements to locate important
information.
Use simple information tools such as a
glossary, a simplified learner’s dictionary, and
a table of contents
PRESENTATION
Students use a simplified learner's dictionary (word list).
Describe people, places, things, and events
Students describe the characters and events.
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