DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 154
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 3
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.
Outside Miss Bates’ House – Part I (page 111)
Have the students look at Part I.
Say and ask:
Look at the text.
What kind of text is it? (a story)
Look at the title.
What do you think this story is about? (Accept predictions.)
Scan the text.
What names are mentioned in this part of the story? (Kate, Tom, Miss Bates, Frank, Mike)
How do you think these people are involved in this part of the story? (Accept logical
explanations.)
Reading
Have the students read the first paragraph.
Ask:
Why are Tom and Kate excited? (They think they have some answers.)
How the drawings Mike made are connected to what they saw at Miss Bates’ house? (They
saw the man in the overalls and MoCa’s picture, too.)
Why do you think the man’s van is parked outside Miss Bates’s house? (Accept all logical
answers.)
Have the students read the rest of the text.
Ask:
What’s the man’s name? (Frank)
What does Frank do? (He makes frames.)
What did Miss Bates order from Frank? (two frames)
What do you think these two frames are for? Could that be a clue? (Accept any logical
answers.)
Does Frank know who stole the paintings? (no)
What information does Frank have for Kate and Tom? (He knows how the thief entered the
museum.)
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