DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 22
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 1
PRESENTATION
Describe people, places, things and events
Present information on limited content,
supported by visual aids
Produce a short piece of coherent writing
and/or speech that conveys personal
experiences
Design a means for collecting information,
such as a questionnaire and list the results
Use given criteria, such as a checklist, to
prepare and improve presentations
APPRECIATION OF LANGUAGE
Students describe events.
Students describe a picture.
Students make their own name tags and write about
themselves.
Students write an e-mail.
Students convey personal experiences.
Students interview their friends and list the results.
Students use the checklist to collect information and present
the results.
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 put words in the correct order to form sentences.
Students review the verb ‘to be’.
Students learn how to use the Present Progressive.
Cinema
Are aware that not all words can be translated
on a one-to-one correspondence
Students learn that the verb 'to be' has no translation in the
mother tongue.
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
Students read and write an SMS message.
Students write a note.
Students interview friends and write their answers.
Students describe a picture.
Interact for purposes, such as giving directions,
making requests
Engage in short conversations
Students play charades to practice the new words.
Students give directions to say where they are.
Students engage in short conversations to predict what will
happen next.
Students play the board game to review the unit.
Students express feelings.
APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE AND CULTURE
Are familiar with different cultural products
and practices
Students are exposed to cultural practices when going to the
basketball game.
TEXT TYPES
Picture story
Comics
Raps
Name tags
E-mail messages
Notes
Song
SMS messages
Newspaper article
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Stories
Maps
