DETECTIVE
Saddleback
Saddleback
Detective
The Case of the Bad Seed
The Case of the Cursed Chalet
The Case of the Dead Duck
The Case of the Wanted Man
The Case of the Watery Grave
ISBN-13: 978-156254-391-4
ISBN-10: 1-56254-391-1
Teacher’s
Resource Guide
Detective
CONTENTS
Teacher’s Notes............................. 4
Sequence of Events..................... 28
Answer Key................................... 5
Word Workshop........................... 29
◆ THE CASE OF THE BAD SEED
◆ THE CASE OF THE WANTED MAN
Pre-Reading Warm-Up................. 8
Pre-Reading Warm-Up............... 30
Pre-Reading Vocabulary............... 9
Pre-Reading Vocabulary............. 31
Character Study.......................... 10
Getting Meaning
from Context Clues................... 32
Getting Meaning
from Context Clues................... 11
Mystery Words............................ 33
Synonyms and Antonyms........... 12
Recalling Details......................... 34
Creative Writing......................... 13
Synonyms and Antonyms........... 35
Word Workshop........................... 14
Word Workshop........................... 36
◆ THE CASE OF THE CURSED CHALET
◆ THE CASE OF THE WATERY GRAVE
Pre-Reading Warm-Up............... 15
Pre-Reading Warm-Up............... 37
Pre-Reading Vocabulary............. 16
Pre-Reading Vocabulary............. 38
Character Study.......................... 17
Character Study.......................... 39
Synonyms and Antonyms........... 18
Synonyms and Antonyms........... 40
Getting Meaning
from Context Clues................... 19
Mystery Words............................ 41
Idioms.......................................... 42
Idioms.......................................... 20
Getting Meaning
from Context Clues................... 43
Sequence of Events..................... 21
Word Workshop........................... 22
Word Workshop........................... 44
◆ THE CASE OF THE DEAD DUCK
◆ GENERIC EXERCISES
Pre-Reading Warm-Up............... 23
Pick a Project.............................. 45
Pre-Reading Vocabulary............. 24
Character Study.......................... 25
Reading and Comprehension
Skills Glossary.......................... 46
Idioms.......................................... 26
Glossary of Literary Terms......... 46
Working With the Glossary........ 47
Getting Meaning
from Context Clues................... 27
Book Report................................. 48
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TEACHER’S NOTES
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Saddleback PAGETURNERS were especially designed to introduce
reluctant readers to the pleasure of reading for entertainment. Each
novella features a compelling plot, colorful young-adult characters,
and an interesting modern setting. Short sentences and paragraphs,
extensive use of realistic dialogue, and the carefully controlled 4.0
reading level combine to ensure growth in reading competence as well
as an enjoyable experience.
The variety of exercises provided in this Teacher’s Resource Guide
can be used to extend the learning experience for all your students.
Some of the reproducible worksheets teach traditional comprehension
skills such as recall, noting details, and sequencing story events. Others
focus on competency areas such as vocabulary, synonyms and antonyms,
figures of speech, inference, and character study. In all, these handy
reproducibles both reinforce and enrich your students’ skills and provide
you, the teacher, with an easy way to track each individual’s progress.
PRESENTING THE PROGRAM
Before students begin to read one of the books, present copies of
the Pre-Reading Warm-Up and the Pre-Reading Vocabulary exercises
for that title. You should also distribute copies of the literary
glossary at the same time. If it seems appropriate for your class, by all
means initiate a discussion of the book’s title, cover, and genre in this
pre-reading session. As many of the exercises refer students to a
dictionary for investigation or verification, make sure that dictionaries
are readily available to every student.
After students read the book, present the additional worksheets for
each title, ending with the Word Workshop lesson. The generic Book
Report activity may be done by the group (with one student acting as
scribe) or completed by individual students.
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NAME ________________________________________
the case of the bad seed
DATE ________________________________________
PRE-READING WARM-UP
The following questions introduce ideas, themes, and situations you will meet in the
book you are about to read. For answers, draw on your own ideas, experiences, and
opinions.
1. Can wealth sometimes cause family problems as well as solve them?
How might wealth create problems between brothers and sisters?
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2. Do you think a person’s character can be judged by the kind of friends
he or she spends time with? Explain why or why not.
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3. Would you like to have a job as a private investigator? What would you
especially enjoy about that kind of work? What would you not like about
it?
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4. Can it be difficult to tell whether someone is lying or telling the truth?
What factors might make you want to believe a doubtful story?
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5. Would you try to stop a drunk person from driving a car? Explain why or
why not.
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NAME ________________________________________
the case of the bad seed
DATE ________________________________________
PRE-READING VOCABULARY
The activities on this page introduce some of the words you will come across in the
story.
A. Use the clues to complete the crossword puzzle.
Answers are the words in the box.
resumed seedy
salvaged bilked
isolated bogus
sired
2
I
1
R
3
S
4
ACROSS
B
2. away from others; alone
4. cheated or swindled
5. fathered; became the
male parent of
6. shabby; untidy
S
DOWN
5
S
D
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1. continued or began again
3. saved from being damaged or destroyed
4. false; not genuine
B. Use each word from the puzzle in a sentence of your own. Be sure to make
the word’s meaning clear.
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NAME ________________________________________
the case of the bad seed
DATE ________________________________________
CHARACTER STUDY
A. Unscramble the characters’ names to complete the sentences.
1. (KINKI STREEP) _______________________ was in no hurry to
find a new romantic relationship.
2. (LAH SEPYMED) _______________________’s mustache made him
look like a big old walrus.
3. (TRAB HELWERE) _______________________ had no intention
of getting married.
4. (LANDY SPEEDMY) _______________________ said his brother
was an evil monster.
5. (NICLO YEDMEPS) _______________________ lost his mother
when he was very young.
B. Use one of the characters’ names to answer each question.
1. Who asked Nikki if there was a “detective
in her soul”?
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2. Who said, “Chicks fell in his path like
tenpins at the bowling alley”?
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3. Who said, “I’ve always been on the
outside looking in”?
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4. Who gave Nikki a pearl necklace?
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5. Who said, “Hey, there’s a gun in here!”?
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