DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 30
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 1
Ask, letting the students guess and predict:
Who do you think needs help from Tom and Kate?
What might be the problem?
Extra Activity
Simpler: Have the students write up words from the New Words they've just learned and have their
partner figure out what the words are.
More challenging: Have the students make up short simple messages using the code. They give
their message to their partner to figure out what it says.
5. Let’s Answer! (page 6)
Have the students answer in their notebooks. They can work in pairs.
When they have finished, go over the answers with them.
Answer key:
1. b
2. Look, you have a new e-mail message; maybe it's from Prof. Sparky!
3. Wednesday, October 3rd
4. Yes, because it’s in code.
Curriculum:
5. d
AI: Students will understand the general
6. Let’s Practice! (page 7)
Explain to the students that they are to do the exercise.
When they finish, they are to write three sentences using
at least three of the new words.
meaning, main ideas, and sequence of
events in the text and use this
knowledge as needed.
Al: Students will identify different text
types and use this knowledge as
needed.
Al: Students will locate relevant
information for a specific purpose.
Al: Students will extract information
from visual data such as a timetable.
Have the students answer in their notebooks.
When they have finished, go over the answers with them.
Say:
1. Look up the words and translate them in your
notebook.
2. Do the activity.
3. Write three sentences using at least three of the new words.
Answer Key:
1. clue
2. secret
3. find out
4. invent
5. strange
6. message
7. code
8. inventor, inventions.
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Curriculum:
Al: Students will use simple information
tools such as a glossary, a simplified
learner’s dictionary, and a table of
contents.
