Grade 8 Activity 5: Mystery Webbing (GLEs: 30, 38a, 38c, 39a, 39b, 39c, 39d)
CC: As another beginning activity, students will view The Hound of the Baskervilles and respond via suggested resource guide.
The Hound of the Baskervilles: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/hound/
CC: Students will complete a graphic organizer (e.g., detective maps, story web, police report) as a plot summary.
CC: Students will then use a story-web worksheet as a response guide and compare/contrast the main characters from two different short mysteries by writing character sketches and creating illustrations of the characters.
Use Inspiration software to create a story web as a plot summary and response guide. Inspiration has a Literary Web template that can be adapted for this activity.
Inspiration template - "Mystery Literary Web" Use MS Word to create a story chart as a plot summary and response guide. Word - "Plotting a Mystery"
CC: Finally, the students will summarize a mystery by creating a suspense storyboard that depicts the main events of the story.
Use MS Word to create a storyboard worksheet. Word template - "Suspense Storyboard"
Other suggested websites:
http://www.kidsloveamystery.com
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