DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 251
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 5
Amy:
EVERYONE:
Believe me it will be great! If somebody is bullying you or one of your friends,
you write ‘Uncool’ at the top of the note, because it’s uncool to be a bully.
And then you tell what happened.
And if somebody is cool, well, you can write about that too! I like this idea,
Tom! I like it SO MUCH that we are going to do it, right now!
Everyone, take out a pen, please, and a piece of paper from your notebook. I
want each one of you to write a note to someone else.
It doesn’t have to be to a friend. It doesn’t have to be someone you
know. But it does have to make that person feel great. To feel really proud of
who they are, and that they have a friend.
(rustling, murmuring getting-ready to write sounds from kids)
Are you ready? Okay, at the top of the note, I want you to write…
COOL!!!!
7. Let’s Answer! (page 196)
When they are finished, go over the answers with them.
Answer key:
1. Kate
2. b
3. a
4. To write a nice note to someone.
8. Let’s Read! (page 197)
Before reading
Ask:
What kind of texts do we have here? (cool
notes)
Who are these notes to? (Tom, Miss Santos,
Ann)
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 extract information
from visual data, such as a timetable
Reading
Have the students read the different notes.
Ask:
What kind of notes are they? (notes that say
nice things about people)
Do we know who wrote the notes? (only the
one by Kate)
Who wrote to Tom? (a friend)
What did they write? (that he’s a great football player and he’s handsome)
Do you think the person who wrote to Tom is a boy or a girl? (probably a girl as it says ‘I
think you’re handsome’)
Who wrote to Ann? (Kate)
What does Kate say to Ann? (she’s happy they are friends/ she likes the way Ann dresses)
What does Kate want to do with Ann? (borrow her jacket)
What did someone write to Miss Santos? (that’s she’s a cool teacher and that her cookies
are amazing)
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