DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 248
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 5
2. Let’s Answer! (page 194)
Have the students answer in their notebooks.
When they are finished, go over the answers with them.
Answer key:
1. b
2. b, d
3. b
4. a
5. a
Curriculum:
ALC: Students will communicate a
personal response verbally
3. Let’s Write! (HOTS- Inference) (page 194)
Have the students open their notebook and write what they think.
Now that you know what the problem is, how do you think that the kids at Lakeview School
can solve it?
What kind of solution do you think they’ll come up with?
Would this solution work in your school too? (encourage the students to explain their ideas)
Curriculum:
ALC: Students will be familiar with
age-appropriate literary texts (joke)
4. Time for a Joke
Have the students read the joke.
Ask:
Why is the joke funny?
Appreciation of culture and language
NOTE: Understanding a joke in a second language is always more difficult as many times they
are a play on words. In this case the joke is based on the sentence ‘elephants can’t read’. It’s a
play with words and requires an understanding of the context of putting an ad in the paper.
5. Word Detective! (page 195)
Curriculum:
Explain the activity to the students.
AI: students will use simple information
Say:
tools such as a glossary, a simplified
learner’s dictionary, a table of contents
Each little table has a missing word.
P: students will produce a short piece of
Copy the tables into your notebook in the same
coherent writing
order.
Complete the tables with the new words.
Under each table, write a sentence using the word.
Then copy the table from the Detectives Tips into your notebooks too.
Fill in the letters according to the numbers in the right places.
When you’ve finished you should get a sentence.
What does it say?(Two of the characters have a big secret)
Have the students answer in their notebooks.
When they are finished, go over the answers with them.
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