DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 96
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 2
PART 7: About Bicycles (pages 59-61)
Let’s Remember
Ask:
What did we do last time? (We made our own
inventions.)
Who did we learn about? (Lance Armstrong)
What did we learn about him? (Accept all
relevant answers.)
Curriculum:
AI: Students will use simple
information tools such as a glossary,
a simplified learner’s dictionary, and
a table of contents.
Draw a Word Web on the board and write the word BICYCLE in the middle.
It should look something like this:
bicycle
Ask:
What do you know about bicycles?
What do you think we’ll learn in this section?
Write the ideas the students come up with on the word
web.
1. Let’s Read! (page 59)
Before Reading
NEW WORDS
brakes
dangerous
heavy
light
pedals
wheels
VOCABULARY
Curriculum:
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.
AI: Students will extract information
from visual data such as a timetable.
Write the new words on the
board. Present each word
and use it in a sentence.
Then ask the students if
they know what the word means. Allow guessing and finally give the
right explanation.
Vocabulary Reinforcement
Have the students go over the text and find the words they just learned. Ask them to read the
sentences where they found the words. If there are still unclear words, explain them.
Have the students copy the words into their notebooks and write their definitions.
For weaker students: Have them copy the sentence with the new word into their notebooks, next
to the definition they wrote. This will help them remember the context as well.
For more ideas, go to pages vi and vii in the Yellow Pages section.
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