Grade 8
Activity 7: Creating a Mystery (GLEs: 02c, 14c, 18b, 19, 20a, 21)
CC: To begin creating a mystery, students will construct, in journals, a graphic organizer with the following headings: characters, settings, crimes, events, clues, possible distractions, and solution, or they may use a Mystery Planning Guide, http://pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/hound/tg_log.pdf.
Use MS Word to create a graphic organizer with the necessary headings. Word - "Creating a Mystery"
Web site: Mystery Writing Tips - Good tips for students in creating a mystery http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mystery/tips.htm
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