DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 234
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 5
Discuss the title of the section.
Ask:
What kind of help do you think friends may need? (accept any logical answer) HOTS
1. Let’s Read! (page 178)
Before reading
Say and ask:
Until now we’ve been talking about bullying. (if you didn’t teach the word when they
worked on the Detective’s Notebook, question b, then teach it now. Put it on the board and
explain what it means)
Look at the title, why do you think Kate is in the computer room? (to help a friend)
How can she help a friend? (she tries to look up solution on the Internet)
Who else is in the computer room? (Ann. Refer students to page 172, last sentence)
Reading
Have the students look at the comic strip.
Ask:
What is Kate doing in the computer room? (searching for something on the internet)
What is Kate looking up? (mean, cheat, tell a teacher)
Why do you think she’s looking these things up? (they are all the things that they’ve been
talking about with Maya)
What kind of results does Kate get? (different websites about bullying – make sure the
students understand that all the entries Kate was looking up have to do with bullying)
HOTS Which of these websites do you think will be useful for Kate? (accept logical answers)
After reading
Ask and say: HOTS
What do you think Kate will find in the websites? (accept logical answers)
Do you turn to the internet to find information when you have a problem? (encourage
explanations)
Now let’s read about what Kate finds.
2. Let’s Read! (track 51A) (page 178)
Before reading HOTS
Say and ask:
Look at the title.
Which of the three websites did Kate click on?
(the third one)
Why do you think she clicked on the third one?
(accept logical answers)
Let’s find out what the website is about.
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Curriculum:
AI: students will understand the general
meaning, main ideas and sequence of
events in the text and use this
knowledge as needed.
AI: students will identify different text
types and use this knowledge as needed
AI: students will locate relevant
information for a specific purpose
AI: students will use simple information
tools such as a glossary, a simplified
learner’s dictionary, a table of contents
ALC – Are familiar with different cultural
products and practices.
