Mystery Mission – Infer the Perpetrator

A mysterious crime has occurred, and your class is tasked to find the perpetrator before they escape! Embark on this magical journey of forensic science, where students must employ their reading and writing skills to solve the crime.

Lesson Outline: In this lesson students:
1. Learn about a mysterious crime and its suspects.
2. Construct a theory that is reviewed by a private detective. 
3. Write a correspondence to a witness, convincing them to answer their questions.
4. Infer who the perpetrator is. 
5. Reflect as a class on the solution.

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Tags: Inferencing, argumentation, letter composition, summarizing, inquiry, persuasive writing, setting, mystery, analysis of text, reasoning, crimes.

make inferences and use evidence to support understanding

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking. Comprehension. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

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