DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 48
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 1
Reading
Ask and say:
Frames 1 and 2
What does Kate want to do when they get to the gym? (look around)
Why? (to find out why they are there)
Frame 3
What do they see when they get there? (Have students describe what is going on – explain
that Tom and Kate have come into the scene on pages 14-15.)
Frames 4 and 5
What do Tom and Kate see? (a box)
What is the surprise? (a box, but they don't know yet what's in it)
Who is it from? (Prof. Sparky)
How do they know the box is from Prof. Sparky? (the code)
Frames 6 and 7
What do they find in the box? (boots)
Who are the boots for? (Tom. They are his size.)
Frame 8
What is special about the boots? (He can jump high.)
Frame 9
What does the email say? (soon you will need these Robo-Bouncers)
What’s the name of the invention? (Robo-Bouncers)
After Reading
Why are Tom and Kate surprised? (They thought they were meeting Prof. Sparky. Instead
they were surprised by a package with crazy boots; They see a package with a burst of
sparks; They did not expect to find those boots.)
2. True or False (Page 21)
Have the students answer in their notebooks.
When they have finished, go over the answers with them.
Say:
Read the sentences in the exercise.
In your notebooks, write either T(True) or F(False)
Then correct all the false sentences.
Answer Key:
1. True
2. F (Tom and Kate are EARLY for the meeting.)
3. F (Tom IS LOOKING around the gym.)
4. F (Professor Sparky sends A PACKAGE.)
5. F (The boots are from PROF. SPARKY.)
6. T
7. T
8. F (TOM is touching the ceiling.)
9. F (TOM is wearing the Robo-Bouncers.)
10. T
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