DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 89
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 2
8. Let’s Read! (Track 20) (pages 52-53)
Before Reading
NEW WORDS
make sure
turn off
Write the new words on the board. Have the students look for the words in the story to see if they
can understand what they mean.
Say and ask:
These expressions appear in the story.
Find them and read the sentence. (Frame 2: … but please make sure that you
are home by 8.30!; Frame 6: Please make sure to turn it off when you finish.)
Who can guess what they mean?
Discuss each word and explain its meaning. Then have the students copy the words into their
notebooks and write their definitions.
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 in the Yellow Pages section.
Reading
Appreciation of language and culture
NOTE: Explain that in the USA what we call SMS here is called a ‘text
message‘and the verb ‘to text’ has become commonly used, much like we
say ‘ ’in Hebrew.
Have the students read the comic strip.
Ask:
Why do Kate and Tom send a text message home? (They want to ask their
mom if it’s OK to go to the library.)
When does their mom tell them to be home? (by 8:30)
Who sends Kate and Tom text messages? (Jack and Mom)
What does Jack's message say? (It says he is at Al’s Bike Shop, looking at a big
poster of Lance Armstrong. He thinks it may be a clue.)
Why do they go to the library? (to find out more about Lance Armstrong.)
What do Tom and Kate tell the librarian? (They’re trying to catch a thief.)
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