Pages 1 to 4 are two mysteries of our own, each on its page with its questions on the next. Page 5 compares the two, pages 6 and 7 are a story of how characters talk and its questions, and page 8 matches informal sentences to formal ones.
After both mysteries, chart how each detective solved her case side by side. On page 6, ask students what they call a soft drink or a group of friends, and talk about how words change from place to place.
Ask your child to say the same thing two ways, as they would to a friend and as they would to a teacher.
Two new mysteries on the same theme, a missing medal and a stranger at a bakery, and a museum story where every character talks a different way. Students compare how the two mysteries handle their theme and compare formal and informal English and words that differ from place to place.
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