DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 33
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 1
Reading
Have the students read the e-mail.
Ask:
Who is this e-mail to? (Tom and Kate)
Who wrote the e-mail? (Amy and Jack)
What is the subject of the e-mail? (Please meet us tonight!)
How do we know that this is a very important message? (The subject is written only in
capital letters, which shows that it’s being said ‘loudly’.)
When was the e-mail sent? (Thursday, October 4th)
Who are Amy and Jack? (They are detectives.)
How do Jack and Amy know Tom and Kate? (They came to Tom and Kate’s school.)
Why are Jack and Amy writing to Tom and Kate? (They need help.)
Where do they want to meet Tom and Kate? (at the gym in the new community center on
State Street)
When do they want them to come? (six o’clock tonight)
How will Tom and Kate know how to get to the community center? (The MP3 file contains
directions.)
What do they want Tom and Kate to bring? (their MP3 player with the file in it)
How will Tom and Kate know what’s going on? (Jack and Amy will explain.)
(HOTS) Why do they add the note at the end? (Encourage the students to explain that they
need to make sure their parents know what’s going on.)
After Reading
Ask:
What is the e-mail about? (meeting Jack and Amy)
What do you think Jack and Amy need Tom and Kate’s help with? (Accept logical answers HOTS)
Would you go if you were sent this kind of e-mail? (Accept all logical answers - HOTS)
Who are the characters in the text? (Jack and Amy)
Will Tom and Kate's parents say it is O.K to meet Jack and Amy? Explain your answer.
(Accept all logical answers - HOTS)
2. Let’s Answer! (page 8)
Have the students answer in their notebooks.
When they have finished, go over the answers with them.
Answer Key:
1. Thursday, October 4th
2. Jack and Amy
3. a. Yes
b. The subject is written in capital letters: PLEASE MEET US TONIGHT!"
4. Accept any logical answers - HOTS. Here the students need to apply their prior knowledge
regarding children/parents relationships. Discuss this issue with the students.
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