DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 259
UNIT 6 AT A GLANCE
THE PROBLEM
School’s almost over, and Tom and Kate wonder where their friends Jack, Amy and the
Professor are.
THE CHARACTERS
Miss Lee
Elliot
Mystery Man
THE STORY - It’s Not Over Yet!
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Tom and Kate are making plans for the summer vacation, but they wonder where
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their friends are. They send an SMS to Jack, Amy and the Professor.
We meet Miss Lee and Mike – our friend Mike from Unit 3. They work for the
Mystery Man (Frank), who asks Miss Lee to deliver a party invitation to Tom and
Kate.
Miss Lee arrives at Tom and Kate’s house with the invitation and two plane
tickets to London.
We see Miss Lee delivering other invitations in four different locations around the
world – the U.S.A, South Africa, Brazil and Australia.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller take Tom and Kate to the airport, where they catch a plane to
London. They find out that the pilot is Miss Lee!
Reporter Irma Thomas tells us what’s happening at the big party in a palace. She
interviews Tom and Kate, and then King Sparkov walks into the party with his
son, Prince Robert. (See SOLUTION, below)
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(Listening Track 61)
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(Solutions Track 6)
THE CLUES
Visual clues to THE DETECTIVES biggest secret are scattered throughout the
book, starting with its purple cover. You’ll also notice that Professor Sparky is the FRONT COVER
biggest character on the cover, and he’s in front of the others.
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Picture of a crown
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Flight tickets – purple, Royal Airlines
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Text of the invitation that the kids receive - “His Royal Highness requests the
pleasure of your company…”
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THE SOLUTION
At the party we find out that Professor Sparky is really King Sparkov. Robert --Tom and
Kate’s reporter friend -- is actually King Sparkov’s son, Prince Robert. The king has invited
Kate, Tom, Elliot and seven other kids from around the world to a party at his palace in
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London. At the party, the king makes an announcement: he and Prince Robert have chosen (Solutions Track 6)
these ten kids to join the SpEYES (short for Special Eyes) — an international team of kid
detectives. Then everyone gets an SMS message — and a new adventure begins!
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