ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Expository Escapade: Detective's Handbook
Working on higher-level thinking skills with your readers is made easier with this lesson. You will have your students connect with and analyze a mystery story at their grade-appropriate level. Lesson plan, printable worksheets, and...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Genre Activities
This learning module features "genre" as the topic for PowerPoint presentations, lessons, and quizzes. Numerous projects with the "genre" theme are available for further exploration as opportunities for more in-depth investigations.
Other
Mystery Net: The Fun Way to Learn in the Classroom
This online resource is for any teacher planning on using mysteries in the classroom. Includes lessons, links, and reasons to use mysteries in the classroom.
TES Global
Tes: Year 9, Set 5: Lamb to the Slaughter
[Free Registration/Login Required] During this lesson, students will work to collect clues to solve a murder mystery. Students will use a Power Point first and then apply the skills to a short text.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 1849)
This site is a professor's guide for students. This guide features information on how to distinguish between Poe and his narrators in his stories.