DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 231
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 5
Write the two expressions on the board. Ask if they know the meaning of the expressions: accident
they will probably know. Ask pupils what we can do to avoid accidents. Lead to a short
conversation. Now teach the expression big deal. Put it in a sentence, e.g. "I can do anything you
ask me to do, It's not a big deal!"
Ask:
Can you help me clean the board, please?
Expect the answer: Of course I can. It's not a big deal.
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.
NEW
WORDS
accident
big deal
Reading
Say and ask:
Frames 1-4
Read frames 1-3.
Who is Nadia talking to? (Tom)
Why is Tom waiting on the bench? (They had to talk to Coach Stone about a problem.)
Why does Hallie say "That’s funny"? (They are also there because of a problem.)
Why do you think Josh says "It’s not a big deal"? (Accept all logical answers. Try to lead to an
understanding that Josh is afraid of something.)
Nadia looks at Josh’s leg. Why does she say ‘wow’? (She notices the bruise on Josh’s leg.)
Frames 5-13
Why does William get angry with Josh? (He doesn’t think it’s OK that something happens to
someone and nothing gets done.)
Ricky explains the problem. What is Josh’s problem? (There’s a mean kid.)
Read frames 5-13 (all but the last frame)
Frames 5-10: In what way is this mean kid hurting Josh? (Have the students give examples:
trips him/ puts his foot out so Josh will fall and then tells the teacher it was an accident /
When they play basketball, he fouls Josh. / He pushed him on the sidewalk today.)
Frame 11: Why don’t the teachers do something about this boy? (He does everything when
the teachers aren’t looking.)
Frame 12: What does William mean when he says “That is not cool”? (He thinks it’s the
wrong thing to do. / The boy is mean.)
Read the last frame.
What do the boys and the girls have in common? (They both told their teacher and they
were asked to wait outside.)
What do you think the other kids are there for? (Accept all logical guesses.)
Do you think Nadia is right that the other kids are also there because of mean kids? (Accept
all logical answers.)
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