DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 272
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 6
HOTS - Why do you think she’s delivering invitations all over the world? (Accept all logical
answers.)
HOTS - What do you think will happen next in our story? (Accept logical predictions.)
8. Let’s Read (pages 215-216)
Curriculum:
Before reading:
Ask:
Which countries are you going to read and
learn about? Look at the flags and the titles.
(Australia, South Africa, the USA and Brazil.)
What four topics are we going to read about
under each country? (Geography, Population,
Official language, Things You Won’t Find
Anywhere Else)
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.
Reading
Ask the students to read the texts and complete exercise 9; “Let’s Write”, on page 216.
9. Complete (HOTS – classify and categorize) (page 216)
Say:
Fill in the table with information from the
text and pictures.
Answer key:
WHICH CITY
and
COUNTRY?
Sydney,
Australia
WHERE IS IT?
In the Pacific Ocean.
Curriculum:
P: Students will describe people,
places, things, and events.
HOW MANY
PEOPLE LIVE
THERE?
23 million
WHAT LANGUAGE WHAT’S UNUSUAL
DO THEY SPEAK
THERE?
English
Unusual animals: kangaroo,
koala, platypus, as well as
unusual buildings - the
Sydney Opera House.
Table Mountain – a flattopped mountain.
Kruger National Park with
many plants, birds and
mammals.
Cape Town,
South Africa
At the very south of
the African continent
Sits between the
Atlantic and Indians
Oceans.
50 million
Eleven official
languages –
Afrikaans, English
and Zulu among
others.
New
Orleans,
USA
The USA sits between
the Pacific Ocean,
Atlantic Ocean and the
Gulf of Mexico.
South American
country that sits
between the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans.
About 400
million
English
In New Orleans – largest
steel dome.
The French Quarter.
200 million
Portuguese
Rain forest — home to
thousands of plants and
animals – produces 20% of
world's oxygen.
Rio is famous for the
30-meter- high statue
Rio de
Janeiro,
Brazil
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