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sentence sleuth

1. Give: Pass out the handouts
- Put your handout face down on the desk.
2. Explain
- I'll read a sentence leaving out one word from a sentence.
- Find the missing word and write it down on the white board.
3. Modelling the activity saying word by word
<on board>- Mr. Hatch was tall and thin, (  ) he did not smile.
- Put your handout face down on the desk.
- I'll read a sentence leaving out one word from a sentence.
- 'Mr. Hatch was a tall and thin, (   ) he did not smile.'
- Don't look at your handout yet.
- Wait until I say 'Three, two, one, go'
- Now, 3, 2, 1 go!
- What word is missing?
- Find the missing word on the handout.
- Then, write the answer on the white board.
- You've got 10 seconds to write an answer.
- Everyone of your team should be the writer in turns.
4. Strategy Time
- I'll give you 2 minutes for planning a strategy to do this activity.
5. Monitor the strategies of each team
- Team A, can you tell us about your strategies?
- Team B, ...
6. Monitor the activity 
- Who's writing first?
- Ready?
- I'll read the sentence twice.
- ' .......... '
- No one can see the handout yet.
- Wait.
- Ok, 3, 2, 1, go!
- You've got 10 seconds to write an answer.
- Now are you done?

- Hold up your white board.
- 1, 2, 3 go!
- What's your answer?
- S: ....

- Change the writer.
- Are you ready?
- '............'
- 3, 2, 1, go!
- Ten seconds to write an answer on the white board.