The Gingerbread Cookie Mystery by Judy Katschke and Clare Elsom

(TESOL Materials--Graded Readers) 

I used this graded reader with some of my students.  I attempted to get several readings out of it--one reading for general understanding, and another reading for specific details (i.e. the old Celta method of gist reading and then specific information).  Because I was using this book for reading groups time, I used it over several days.

My students enjoyed the gist reading, as they got hooked on the mystery of who ate the Gingerbread Cookie.

Unfortunately, once they knew the ending, they were not so enthusiastic about subsequent readings.  Perhaps it was a mistake to try to milk this book for several readings.

However, if you were to try to work through this book in detail, it does have a lot of good vocabulary you can pull from it.  The sentences are simple and basic, so it's easily understood by the students, even though some of the vocabulary is more advanced.  And then once they've understood the main idea, then you can go and teach the vocabulary.

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The materials I used to teach this book are below:

Google Drive Folder HERE ; Quizlet Folder HERE

* Youtube video HERE

Part 1 p.3-11

* Board Race: Gap-fill Sentences: slides, pub

* Quizlet: The Gingerbread Cookie Mystery p.3-11

* Grab the Card: docs, pub

* Specific Information Questions: docs, pub

* Kahoot: The Gingerbread Cookie Mystery p.3-11

Part 2 p.12-21

* Quizlet: The Gingerbread Cookie Mystery p.12-21 ; The Gingerbread Cookie Mystery p.3-21

* Grab the Card: docs, pub

* Specific Information Questions: docs, pub

* Kahoot: The Gingerbread Cookie Mystery p.12-21

Part 3 p.22-32

* Quizlet: The Gingerbread Mystery p.22-32 ; The Gingerbread Mystery p.3-32

* Specific Information Questions: docs, pub

Review Game: Flippity Quiz Game: docs, pub, playing link