LFO Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 177
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Who are The Beatles? (a band)
Where are they from? (England)
Do people in England like their music? (very much)
Who are the people in the band? (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
and Ringo Starr)
What are they? (pop stars)
What do all four of them like? (music)
What do all four of them do? (write songs and sing)
Who plays guitar? (John, Paul and George)
What does Ringo play? (drums)
HOTS: MAKE CONNECTIONS
Have the students look at the picture of the band on page 151 and
ask:
• Where was this picture taken? (on the Ed Sullivan Show)
AI: Students locate
relevant information for a
specific purpose.
HOTS: PREDICT
Have the students read the second paragraph question "Are they famous around the
world?" and try to answer.
Have the students read the paragraph and ask:
• Do people in America know The Beatles? (no)
• Where are they famous? (in England)
• Where do they appear? (Ed Sullivan Show)
• What is the Ed Sullivan Show? (a live television program)
• Who is watching? (millions of people)
• What are the people doing? (watching, listening, dancing)
• Do people like The Beatles’ music? (very much so)
HOTS: PREDICT
Have the students read the third paragraph question “What happens after the Ed Sullivan
Show?” and try to answer.
Have the students read the last paragraph and ask:
• What happened after February 9, 1964? (The Beatles become famous around the
world)
• What do people buy? (their songs)
• What happens at The Beatles concerts? (people wait for hours to buy a ticket)
• How many songs do they sell? (more than any other band in history)
• What are The Beatles? (superstars)
Brainteaser
Have the students read the Brainteaser and ask them what they think of Ringo’s answer.
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