DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 255
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 5
5. Let’s Write HOTS (page 201)
CASE SUMMARY
Have the students answer in their Detective’s Notebooks.
When they are finished, go over the answers with them.
Make sure to write the correct answers on the board to enable all the students to have the correct
version in their notebooks.
Answer key:
1. Name the characters that had a problem? – Maya,
Curriculum:
Ann and Josh
P: students will describe people, places,
2. What was the problem? –They were bullied. Maya
things and events
got a mean note, Ann was laughed at on Faceapge,
Josh was hurt by the bully – he was tripped, pushed,
pulled.
3. Was this problem solved? How? The problem was solved by telling others and writing a note to
apologize.
4. What did these problems have in common? They were all different forms of bullying.
5. Do you have any ideas on how to stop problems like these? (accept logical answers here)
Part 9 - Extra Reading (page 202)
Appreciation of Literature
NOTE: This reading passage is an excerpt from a book called ‘There’s a Boy in the Girl’s
Bathroom’ which is a book for children written by
Curriculum:
Louis Sachar. Louis Sachar is a famous American
ALC: Students will be familiar with
writer. He won many prized including the National
age-appropriate literary texts
Book Award and the Newberry Medal. He has
ALC: Students will describe main
written over 21 children’s books and educational
characters, settings and events in
books.
literary texts
For more information on him and his books go to:
ALC: Students will communicate a
http://www.louissachar.com/
personal response, verbally and / or
visually, to a literary text
1. Let’s Read! (track 55A) (page 202)
Before reading
Say:
This story is part of a book called “There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom”, by Louis Sachar.
What do you think of the title of the story?
What do you think the story is about? (accept logical predictions)
Reading
Have the students read paragraph one quietly.
Then ask:
Where is Bradley? (in the advisor’s office)
What’s the advisor’s name? (Carla Davis)
Have the students read paragraph two quietly.
Then ask:
What does she look like? (she’s young and pretty with blue eyes and soft blond hair)
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