DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 65
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 2
UNIT 2 – THE BICYCLE THIEF (2)
OBJECTIVES
In this unit the students will:
Read comics and solve the mystery of the stolen bicycles.
Understand and follow instructions.
Find specific information in texts.
Learn how to ask and answer questions using the Present Simple.
Do a survey.
Learn how to sequence events in a story.
Learn the difference between fact and opinion.
Write a summary.
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
identify different text types and use this
knowledge as needed
identify explicit opinions and feelings
find out and follow short and simple directions
and instructions in familiar contexts
extract information from visual data, such as
timetables
locate relevant information for a specific
purpose
use simple information tools such as a
glossary, a simplified learner’s dictionary and a
table of contents
Students read a poster for the Green Show
Students read a story about the Professor’s new invention.
Students read a story about a strange guy that Tom and Kate
saw at the basketball game.
Students read a rap and find out what Tom and Kate saw.
Students listen to a conversation and answer questions.
Students read a story and find out what Jack and Amy are
planning.
Students read a rap and find out how to be a good detective.
Students read a rap, comics, timetable, notes, song, joke,
internet entries, poster, biography, story, survey, instructions,
Wikipedia entry and informative texts and use this information
as needed.
Students read about Lance Armstrong and identify fact and
opinion.
Students follow instructions to complete the Detective's
Notebook and "Let's Do It" activities (Performance Tasks).
Students read a timetable to extract relevant information.
Students read a story and find out who Tom and Kate meet at
the library.
Students listen to instructions to get a clue to the mystery.
Students listen to a conversation learn more about the
mystery.
Students read a story and find out what the detectives do next.
Students read a magazine article about Professor Sparky.
Students read a webpage about Lance Armstrong.
Students read a webpage about the history of bicycles.
Students read the glossed words to help them understand all
details in the text.
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