DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 265
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 6
Part 2 - Meet the Mystery Guy (pages 209-216)
Let’s remember
Ask:
Curriculum:
What did we read in part one? (Kate and Tom
were bored.)
What did they do in the end? (They sent a text
message to Professor Sparky, Jack and Amy.)
SI: Students will express personal
wishes and opinions.
Discuss the title of the section.
Ask:
Who do you think this mystery guy is? (Accept all logical guesses.)
What do you think this mystery guy has to do with Kate and Tom? (Accept all logical
guesses.)
What do you think happens in this part of the story? (Accept all logical predictions.)
1. Let’s Read! (track 58) (page 209)
Before reading
NEW WORDS:
VOCABULARY
flight plan
Present the new words on the board.
invitation
Your Highness
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.
Say and ask:
Look at the comic strip.
How does the comic strip begin? (the text
message that Kate sent)
Why are Tom and Kate asking for
something interesting to do? (It is nearly
the summer vacation and they are bored.)
Reading
Have the students read the comic strip.
Ask:
Who do you think Miss Lee is? (Accept all
logical guesses.)
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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, and
a table of contents.
