| 1 min |
- Say hello to your learner, then ask a few questions about how they’re doing.
- Ask your learner to greet you and ask you how you’re doing.
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| 4 min |
- Do a warm-up activity and discuss the following questions:
- Do you like reading mystery or detective stories?
- Who is your favorite detective?
- What qualities should a detective have?
- Have you ever found something lost? How did you find it?
| Show slide 3 |
| 5 min |
- Go over the detective vocabulary.
- Read each word aloud and have your buddy repeat after you.
- Switch to the next slide and check how well your buddy remembered the new words by doing a vocabulary quiz
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| 8 min |
- Watch the Tabletop Mysteries video. If needed, pause the video to explain any unknown words.
- Discuss the video with your student using the prompts:
- What happened to the vegetables?
- What 5 evidence did Detective Kylie find?
- Who was guilty?
| Show slide 6
Show the video |
| 5 min |
- Learn Wh-questions: What, where, when, why, who.
- Read the practice sentences together. Highlight that a question word (what, who) or a question phrase (what color, what kind) is always followed by a verb (am, is, are, do, was, etc).
- Optionally: For a more detailed explanation, screen share this website.
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| 5 min |
- Do a picture detective activity: Have the student look at the picture for one minute, then go to the next slide.
- Ask the students questions about the picture and see if they can answer the wh-questions.
- Review the answers on the next slide (the “why” answer is subjective - any thoughtful answer is okay).
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| 10 min |
- Play the 20 Questions game. First, review the practice example and have the student repeat the sentences after you.
- Then, have your buddy choose a random item in their room (such as a candle, a sock, or a book) for you to guess using wh-questions.
- Use wh-questions to guess your buddy’s item.
- After that, switch roles and play the game again.
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