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Chapter 7 · Period 1 of 11 · 45 min

Cracking the Code: First Encounter with Encyclopedia Brown

Reading For Comprehension · read-aloud

The opening of the story establishes the Browns' dinner-table ritual and Leroy's remarkable but quietly kept talent — draw students' attention to Chief Brown's body language as a signal that something unusual has occurred. A common pitfall is rushing the word-meaning matching without tying each sense back to a sentence context; insist students read each sentence aloud before choosing. Students who finish quickly may note other words in the opening pages that carry more than one meaning.

0–8Open with a quick class conversation: what does the word 'case' mean to you? Invite three or four responses before revealing that the text uses the word in a surprising way.
8–20Teacher reads aloud the opening pages of the story (p.101–106), pausing at key moments — Leroy's nickname, Chief Brown's troubled expression — to let students absorb the atmosphere before any formal questioning begins.
20–32Students work in pairs on the 'Match the meanings of case' task from 'Let us read' (p.101), matching each sentence to its correct sense of the word. Teacher circulates and prompts where pairs are uncertain.
32–45Whole-class share-out: pairs report their matches, and teacher builds a brief discussion on how context determines word meaning, drawing examples directly from the story's opening.
Assessment

Learning outcome. Student reads a prose narrative to locate explicit information, infer character motivation, and evaluate textual evidence using prose fiction as the vehicle.

In 'The Case of the Fifth Word', Chief Brown searches Nolan's nursery with his officers and finds nothing. Which of the following statements correctly explains why the search failed?

  • A Davenport had already collected the jewellery before the officers arrived at the nursery.
  • B Nolan had moved the jewellery to a different location after his stroke.
  • C The officers did not have a search warrant and were forced to leave early.
  • D The stolen jewellery was hidden inside a twenty-gallon jug of earth beneath a young fir tree, an object officers would not think to uproot.

D. The stolen jewellery was hidden inside a twenty-gallon jug of earth beneath a young fir tree, an object officers would not think to uproot.

What each wrong option reveals

  • A Misreads the plot — Davenport had disappeared and did not know the hiding place without the coded note.
  • B Introduces a plot detail not present; Nolan dies before any relocation could occur.
  • C Suggests a procedural misreading; the story does not mention a warrant issue.
Chapter 7 · 11 periods of 45 min

Also saved as 7 periods or 9 periods.

  • 2Inside the Case: Comprehension and Character
    Reading For Comprehension
  • 3Reading the Extracts: Inference and Close Analysis
    Reading For Comprehension
  • 4Beyond the Surface: Extended Response and Story Analysis
    Reading For Comprehension
  • 5Sharpening the Eye and Ear: Observation Skills Podcast
    Listening
  • 6Voices in the Room: Pronunciation and Mystery Group Discussion
    Speaking
  • 7Reporting the Event: Writing an Exhibition Report
    Writing
  • 8Words in Action: Phrasal Verbs, Homophones, and Word Puzzles
    Vocabulary Grammar
  • 9Grammar in the Story: Conjunctions and Reported Speech
    Vocabulary Grammar
  • 10Eyes Wide Open: Optical Illusions, Word Games, and the Library
    Beyond Text
  • 11The Fifth Word Revisited: A Whole-Chapter Synthesis
    Synthesis
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