DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 271
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 6
The word ’royal ’(write it on the board) means that he is a king, a prince, or any other
member of the royal family.
So Tom and Kate are invited to what? (an official party that has to do with the royal family)
When is the party? (on Tuesday, July 5th , at 8:00 pm)
OK now we know what the invitation says, Let’s read the text.
Why is Tom having a hard time reading the invitation? (the handwriting)
Tom doesn’t understand what it says, Do you? (See if anyone can guess.)
Let’s see if Kate understands.
Find her explanation in the text. (Kate says, “you and I are invited…”)
Is Kate right? Does she understand the invitation? (yes)
How does Kate explain who ‘His Royal Highness’ is? (She says it’s someone from a royal
family, like a prince, or a king, and NOT a name.)
What is the big question Kate and Mr. Miller have? (How does a king know them?/ How do
they know a king?)
Why do you think Tom says “Did you look at these plane tickets?” What’s on the tickets? (He
is excited that they are going to London on a royal flight.)
After reading (HOTS)
Ask:
Do you think Tom and Kate will go to this official reception? (Accept all logical guesses.)
How do you think the king or prince knows them? (Accept all logical explanations.)
6. Let’s Answer! (page 213)
Have the students answer in their notebooks.
When they have finished, go over the answers with them.
Answer Key:
1. He’s a member of the royal family.
2. To London
3. Accept all logical answers but give them the clue from the pictures on the invitation
4. Accept all logical guesses.
7. Let’s Talk! (page 214)
Say and ask:
Look at the pictures.
These are pictures of different places that
Curriculum:
Miss Lee goes to.
P: Students will react to content of
Where does Miss Lee go? (1 – USA
something read, seen or heard.
2 - Australia, 3 - Brazil, 4 - South Africa)
What clues do you get from the pictures?
(the landmarks)
What is Miss Lee doing in all these places? (delivering invitations)
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