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The Case of the Brainy Birds - A Private Investigators Club Mystery (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 1 600
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The Case of the Brainy Birds - A Private Investigators Club Mystery (Paperback)
Series: The Private Investigators Club, 2
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Loot Price R160
Discovery Miles 1 600
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The four young detectives, Tommy, Dick, Bobby and Mary pick a name
for their new club. It is the Private Investigators Club (PIC).
Dick suggests that they solve the problem of the missing birds. He
has noticed that all the seagulls that normally float over
Brockville and the nearby St. Lawrence River are gone. That
afternoon after school they set out to find the birds. Bobby gets
his canoe and he and Tommy paddle to McNair Island where the
seagulls normally roost. Mary and Dick go to Fulford Place where
they can watch from high on a hill. A strong earthquake strikes the
area and a tsunami sweeps by, destroying many homes along the
river. The kids are praised for having saved the lives of those
they warned and are slated for an awards ceremony at City Hall.
Mary, as President, gives a speech of acceptance and gets into
trouble because she steals ideas and words from other great
orators. The kids decide that the birds are brainy because they
anticipated the earthquake. The story consists of eight chapters,
each of which is followed by a list of "new words," i.e. words that
have not appeared in the story previously and are not on a list of
words that a Grade 5 student would likely know. As well, there is a
lesson plan associated with each chapter. Each lesson plan has
topics for discussion, questions that can be answered by searching
the Internet, and questions that can explore whether or not the
story is understood. Answers are provided so that a student
learning English without the aid of a teacher can compare their
answers to those in the book. This printed paperback version is
intended for use by teachers and students who do not have access to
the Internet. An eBook copy of the book is available for FREE on
the publisher's website and through Smashwords. The vocabulary in
the story is calculated to be suitable for Grade 5 students. The
characters in the story and the setting in Brockville, Ontario,
Canada are components of the writing contest sponsored by the
publisher every three months. Anyone interested in submitting their
writing in English to the publisher is encouraged to do so,
regardless of the topic or length of the work. See:
yourstorypublishers.ca. An earlier, shorter version of the story
without the lesson plans or "new words" lists was published as "The
Private Investigators Club Volume 1 A-D" along with three other
cases: Ancient American, Cannabis Cat and Diligent Detectives.
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