DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 112
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 3
PRESENTATION
Describe people, places, things and events
Students describe a painting.
Students describe the suspects.
Students write in their Detective’s Notebook clues that they
found in the story.
Present information on limited content,
supported by visual aids
Produce a short piece of coherent writing
and/or speech that conveys personal
experiences
Use given criteria, such as a checklist, to
prepare and improve presentations
Students write an ad.
Students write a case summary.
Students use the checklist to prepare and present.
APPRECIATION OF LANGUAGE
Know how word order and writing systems in
English are organized and how these elements
compare with their mother tongue
Identify words that are the same in English and
in their mother tongue
Students learn about the Past Simple.
Students learn about irregular verbs in English.
Students learn the verb 'to be' in the Past Simple.
Students learn about adjectives.
Students complete a word tree to learn word families.
overall, gallery, popular, museum, logo
SOCIAL INTERACTION
Give and receive short messages in writing
such as notes, invitations
Ask and answer simple questions about
familiar topics and everyday situations such as
family, school, personal interests
Express feelings, likes, and dislikes
Engage in short conversations
Students receive a short message in secret codes.
Students talk with their friends about a familiar topic, their
likes and dislikes, and personal opinion.
Students express their thoughts, feelings and opinions.
Students engage in short conversations to predict and discuss
issues in the story in the "Let's Talk" sections.
Students play a Bingo Game to review new words.
Students play the board game to review the unit.
APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE AND CULTURE
Are familiar with age-appropriate literary texts
Describe main characters, setting, and events
in literary texts
Communicate a personal response, verbally
and/or visually, to a literary text
re familiar with different cultural products and
practices
All texts are age appropriate.
Students talk and write about the characters in the story.
Students respond to the stories and express their opinions.
Students are exposed to ads that depict American foods.
TEXT TYPES
Comics
Raps
Ads
Notes
Song
Joke
Internet Entries
Biography
Newspaper article
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Diary
Instructions
Informative texts
