DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 11
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE
The game continues until one team has won by having three Xs or three Os in a row. If there is no
winner, call it a tie and start again.
BINGO: Have the students draw a 4X4 grid in their notebooks. Write at least 24 words on the board.
(This can be done with a 3X3 grid and 16 words, too). The students are to choose 16 of the words on
the board and write one in each square in their grid.
You have to call out the words and the students mark the ones they have. The first student with a
row of four marked words is the winner. You can decide that they have to produce two rows or a
whole card or an X or whatever you like. Make sure to check that the words that are marked really
have been called.
Alternative options:
Instead of calling out the words, give an explanation or definition of the word.
Call out sentences with the words missing and they have to mark the right word to complete
the blanks. (This could be written on the board, making it easier to check.)
Instead of calling out the words, show a picture and they have to mark the right word if
they’ve got it.
KIM GAME: Have the students look at the picture for one minute. Time them.
Then tell them to close their books and write down all the things they remember from the picture. If
they write in their own language, that’s fine, too, as long as they try to explain it in English
afterwards.
Give them two minutes to write down everything they can remember. Time them. Then ask them
what they remembered. Write down what they say and tell the students that if they have the items
you write down, they must cross those items off their list.
The winner is the student who remembered something no one else did.
NOTE: If there are items that no one remembered, have everyone open their books again and see
what else there is.
vi. Word Tree
This exercise helps the students learn a little more about the nature of the words in English. It works
with them on words that share a common base word, and it teaches the variations of the word, such
as the noun, the verb, the adjective, a conjugated verb in different forms, etc.
vii. Word Detective
This is a fun exercise for the students to play ‘detective’ with the new words they’ve learned. They
are sent back to the unit and they work with the words, eventually writing their own sentences using
the new words.
viii. Let’s Talk
In all Let’s Talk activities, the students get a chance to express themselves and their ideas. These
either lead to a new idea or topic or they sum up a point. It’s important to enable the students
plenty of free speech opportunities. This way they are able to practice the language they’ve acquired
and try out new ideas in a safe environment within a context they are familiar with.
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