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Whodunit?

For Teachers K - 8th
Students bring in a variety of books to be approved for reading outside of class and then complete a book review on each one approved. They remember to include a description of the setting and characters, plot summary and a conclusion in...
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Lesson Mystery: The Game is Afoot

For Teachers K - 8th
Students enter and experience the world of Sherlock Holmes and hard-boiled detectives in this unit on mysteries. They review and analyze the ""Whodunit Requirements" and the "Mystery Contract" that accompany this lesson. Each student...
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Life Science: DNA Whodunit?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students role play an honorary detective to assist in solving a crime committed. They investigate by a bank robbery and interview eyewitnesses using their Crime Investigation Notebook and clues from an eyewitness account from the...
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Whodunit? Creating Mysterious Plays

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine mystery plays by reading a number of five-minute mysteries. They write and perform their own plays.
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Whodunit?

For Teachers 1st
First graders choose a community member, show how to resolve a conflict, and trade writing with a classmate. They match symbols that might represent the community members they have chosen.
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The Adventure of Negative clue and Alice World

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students read the story "The Adventure of the Negative Clue" and design an Alice World for the story's setting. In this reading analysis lesson plan, students read the story and complete a story map. Students use the Alice program to...
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The Gold-Bug

For Students 11th - 12th
Does your class remember details from The Gold-Bug? Test them with fifteen multiple-choice questions that prove to be a bit of a challenge.
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Marvelous Mysteries

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore mystery stories.  In this reading and writing lesson plan, 5th graders complete a planning guide for an original mystery.  Students use the writing process to create a mystery story. 

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