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Teacher guide & answers
In this lesson: Weigh physical evidence against a qualified ownership interpretation.
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How to use these two pages
Give learners the student worksheet. It contains the story and questions, without the answers. Keep this guide for yourself. Use it to lead the activity and explain the answers afterwards.
Student worksheetA simple 15–20-minute lesson
- Before reading · 2 minutes
Show the title. Ask: “What do you think this story is about?”
- Read and answer · 8–10 minutes
Give out the student worksheet. Learners read for the main idea, then reread to answer the 2 questions. They can compare answers with a partner.
- Discuss and write · 5–8 minutes
Check the answers below together. Ask learners to point to the clue in the story, then finish with the open question.
Adjust the support: Let learners use word help or Level 1 if needed. For a challenge, compare the wording in another level. This activity is not a proficiency test.
Answers to the 2 questions
The question numbers match the student worksheet. Each answer includes a reason and the clue learners can find in the story.
What does the shoe’s quality suggest?
Correct answer: C — Elite ownership
Why: The second paragraph links quality with elite ownership while retaining uncertainty about a governor.
Clue in the story: The manillas connect the wreck to payments in the European slave trade. The shoe’s quality suggests elite ownership, but the proposal that it belonged to a governor remains uncertain.
Which conclusion is too strong?
Correct answer: B — The governor definitely owned the shoe
Why: The second paragraph explicitly leaves the suggested governor ownership uncertain, so definite ownership is a stronger claim than the evidence supports.
Clue in the story: The manillas connect the wreck to payments in the European slave trade. The shoe’s quality suggests elite ownership, but the proposal that it belonged to a governor remains uncertain.
The open question: accept different answers
Ask learners: Describe the evidential role of the rings and the limit of the shoe interpretation.
One possible answer: The manillas connect the wreck with payments in the European slave trade. The fine shoe suggests an elite owner, but it does not establish that the owner was a governor.
This is an example, not the only correct answer. Look for a relevant idea, a reason and the learner’s own words. Learners can answer aloud or write one or two sentences.
Grammar to discuss
A cautious interpretation
suggests elite ownership
Suggests marks an inference from quality. It does not amount to proof of one named owner.