DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 71
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 2
PART 2: The New Invention (pages 37-41)
Let’s Remember
Ask:
What new characters did we meet last time? (Bill, the green-faced guy and Al)
What did we do for the first time? (used our Detective’s Notebooks)
What did we write in our Detective’s Notebook? (the clues we have so far)
Discuss the title of this section.
Ask:
What does the title mean?
What new invention do you think we will be talking about?
1. Let’s Talk! (HOTS - Prediction) (page 37)
Have the students look at the picture.
Ask:
Where are we? (Professor Sparky’s workshop)
What are some of the inventions you see here? (Go over all the items: Eye
See You – Robotic Eye, Robotic Clock, Floating Chair, MoCa – Mobile Camera,
Robotic Lizard, Pedal-Power Green Bike.)
Encourage the students to describe them in English as much as they can and
say what they think they do. Help students with whatever language they
don’t know.
Which one do you think is for Kate? (Have students guess.)
Why do you think it is for Kate? (Accept all logical answers.)
Ask:
What do you think MoCa can do? (Accept all logical answers.)
Why do you think it’s called a mobile camera?
(Accept all logical answers.)
Curriculum:
P: Students will describe people,
places, things and events
2. Let’s Rap! (HOTS – Prediction) (Track 15) (page 38)
Have the students read the rap and guess what invention Sparky is talking about.
Ask:
Why do we have to ‘sit up straight‘and ‘pay attention?’ (to be more attentive
and notice the clues)
What do you think his latest invention is? (Have students guess but guide
them towards MoCa.)
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