DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 225
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 5
Say:
So what do you think this story is about? (Accept all logical guesses and write a few
examples on the board. While making
predictions, ask questions and lead the
Curriculum:
discussion, trying to incorporate the new words
AI: Students will use simple information
tools such as a glossary, a simplified
in the list below. Write the new words on the
learner’s dictionary, and a table of
board as they come up in the discussion.)
contents.
Now let’s look at some of the new words in the
story.
NEW WORDS:
agree
alone
cafeteria
curly
embarrassed
except
kidding
lunch break
shocked
VOCABULARY Have the students look for the words in the story to see if
they can understand what they mean.
Discuss each word. Explain its meaning.
Vocabulary reinforcement
Have the students go over the text and find the words they just learned.
Ask them to read the sentences where they found the words. If there are
still unclear words, explain them.
Have the students copy the words into their notebooks and write their
definitions.
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 the Introduction in the Yellow Pages section.
Reading
Part 1 (track 49)
Have the students read the first paragraph.
Appreciation of culture
NOTE: These girls are sitting in the cafeteria in
school. This is a common feature in all American
schools, elementary and secondary. There are tables
at which students sit, and very often the same
groups of students sit at the same tables every day.
This almost becomes their territory, so accepting
someone new may be odd or frowned upon,
depending on the group. Cliques are very common in
American schools, and they are not known to be very
welcoming to new students. Ask your students if
there is a cafeteria in their school. Is it common to
see cliques in their school?
Ask:
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 extract information
from visual data such as a timetable.
AC: Students are familiar with different
cultural products and practices.
What’s different about the lunch break today? (They aren’t talking about clothes, school,
and homework, but about the note.)
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