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Mystery Unit
[6 Mar 2011 | 10 Comments | ]

Whodunit, a unit on mysteries comprising a reading, a bit of practice with modal verbs of speculation (as they seem to be called these days) and a writing assignment. Lots of discussion should be easy to add to this unit.

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Empty Bank
[19 Jan 2011 | No Comment | ]

A printable mystery story about an empty bank surrounded by police. Give your students clues one by one and let them practice speculating about what happened.

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Mystery Stories
[21 May 2010 | No Comment | ]

I love using mystery stories to teach with and a lot of students love them too because they are full of action. Plus students have a real reason to try to read and understand the text–they want to find out who did it!
Mysteries are also very versatile. You can have students read them straightforwardly like any other reading. Or you can give students the text piece by piece so that they have to puzzle out each clue individually. You can even give each student one part of the text and …Continue

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Mysteries Worksheet
[17 May 2010 | No Comment | ]

A worksheet to help students organize information from a mystery and ultimately figure out who did it.

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Clue by Clue: Empty Bank
[17 May 2010 | No Comment | ]

A mystery about an empty bank surrounded by police. Figure out what happened by reading the story one clue at a time.

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Murder of a Millionaire: Solution
[17 May 2010 | No Comment | ]

The solution to a murder mystery in the style of Agatha Christie. Don’t read this until you’ve read “Murder of a Millionaire” where Students are given each clue one at a time and try to speculate on what happened. Can they finally solve it?

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Clue by Clue: Murder of a Millionaire
[17 May 2010 | 2 Comments | ]

A murder mystery that students can solve by reading the whole story one clue at a time.

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Murder of a Millionaire
[17 May 2010 | No Comment | ]

A printable murder mystery in the style of Agatha Christie. Students are given each clue one at a time and try to speculate on what happened. Can they finally solve it?

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Mysteries
[17 May 2010 | One Comment | ]

I love reading mysteries and many students love it too. Not only are mysteries often action packed, but they also give students a reason to want to read. Instead of forcing students to read because it’s educational, students want to solve the mystery and find out who did it. There are a lot of great resources out there and a lot of ways to present mystery stories to your students.