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The genre of mystery offers students a chance to using logic
and deductive reasoning skills when reading. It also gives them
a chance to explore intriguing characters and plots in their own
writing. Mysteries are a wonderful way to get students excited
about reading, writing, and thinking.
Teachers can also help students explore mysteries by taking a
familiar story, draw out the plot on chart paper, and have
them think about elements that can be added that would turn
this story into a mystery. The teacher can draw a mystery plot
on a separate piece of chart paper. The students can think about
and discuss how is a mystery setting different from other story
settings? What is the problem in the mystery and how is
it solved? How do conflicts in mysteries differ from those in
other genres?
This packet contains teaching tips, book lists, mystery vocabulary review, and multiple graphic organizers to help student gain clear understanding of the elements of the story.
Included in this packet are the following elements:
•36 pages
•Common Core State Standards; Grades 3-5
•Recommendations
•Understanding Mysteries
•Recommended Books
•Mystery Vocabulary
•Vocabulary Cards
•KWL Charts
•Character Analysis Charts
•Story Maps
•Plot Maps
•Clue Tracker
•Suspects Chart