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Check out my Unit: Exploring the Mystery Genre on the Scholastic Website |
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During our Mystery Genre Study, students were divided into Detective Clubs to solve mysteries in a guided reading setting. |
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| Five different Detective Clubs were formed in our classroom. Each group of reading detectives is solving a different mystery. | |||
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| Each reading detective is given a reading badge and a case file. | |||
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| Included in the case file is a Detective's Dictionary, a Suspect List, and a Clue Clipboard Worksheet. As students read the mystery, they keep track of possible supsects and important clues. | |||
 Case File Cover (PDF) |
 Detective Dictionary (PDF) |
 Clue Clipboard (PDF) |
 Suspect List (PDF) |
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Detective Club Meetings |
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Students meet every couple of days to discuss the mystery chapter they are reading. They share clues they have uncovered and possible suspects who seem to have a motive for committing the crime. |
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After each meeting,
students are assigned additional pages to read. They use
Reading Detective
Bookmarks to
record their assignment.
Reading Bookmarks (PDF) (I print the bookmarks on cardstock.) |
After detectives
finish the book and solve the mystery, they must complete a
Detective Case Report
as a final
assignment.
Detective Case Report (PDF) |
When students meet in
their detective clubs, they put on their detective hats and their
Reading Detective
Badges.
Detective Badges (PDF) (I print them on cardstock and attach a clip.) |
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Mystery Bulletin Board |
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All detective
definitions are posted on our mystery bulletin board along with the
"Ingredients
of a Mystery Checklist" and pictures of all of our reading
detectives.
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