DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 133
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 3
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1 circle
part of
tree
Cow's
mouth
4
tree
Green man's mouth
When you are finished, compare your chart with your partner's.
Add ideas to your chart with your partner’s help.
Then write four sentences about the painting, one for each square.
Use the example to help you, if you need it.
Use your checklist (on page 90) to make sure you did everything.
When they are finished, ask a few students to read their answers aloud.
After students have shared their answers with the class, say and ask:
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Some things are shown twice: large and small, e.g. the cow.
Why do you think this is so?(Accept all logical answers.)
What elements overlap in some of the parts? (tree, green man, circle, cow
HOTS: What do you think Chagall wanted to show us?
You may use this rubric to assess the student's work. It's a 10 point scale.
Rubric
Full points
Partial points (5)
None (0)
Wrote words for each quarter
of the picture
Wrote one sentence per
quarter
Wrote correct sentences
Used capital letters and full
stops correctly
Discussed what was written
Extra Activity:
Simpler: Have the students make just a list of words for each quarter of the picture. These words
should then be checked for spelling using a dictionary.
More challenging: Have the students write a short story based on what is in the painting.
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