THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 4Part 9: The Green Team Promise (pages 152-157)Let’s RememberAsk:Who comes to the meeting? (the Mayor, Michelle, Mr. Kane, The Green Team)Who is Michelle (President of M&M who are building Lakeview Estates)Who is Mr. Kane? (He is against building the new Lakeview Estates.)What was the Green Team's suggestion for solving the problem? (apartment buildings instead ofprivate houses)Discuss the title of the section.Ask:What is a promise? (Explain if they aren’t sure.)Who remembers what the Green Team promised Lakeview? (They will help solve themystery of the animals.)What other promises do you think the Green Team might be able to make? HOTS1. Let’s Rap! (HOTS- Prediction)(track 43) (page 152)Have the students read the rap and say what theythink it means to be Green.Ask: (Accept all logical answers.) What do you think “Think it over” isreferring to? What should we turn off? What should we clean up?Curriculum:AI: Students will understand thegeneral meaning, main ideas, andsequence of events in the text anduse this knowledge as needed.AI: Students will identify differenttext types and use this knowledge asneeded.AI: Students will locate relevantinformation for a specific purpose.AI: Students will use simpleinformation tools such as a glossary,a simplified learner’s dictionary, anda table of contents.Extra for the rap:Have one student read the rap while anotherstudent acts it out in mime.If you have been doing this for every rap, then makesure each rap is performed by a different pair/group of students.For more ideas, go to page iv in the Yellow Pages section.177
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