Explore the murder mystery genre through film, discussion, and writing. The plan features several activities centered around a two-minute video that include collaboration, writing, and prediction. After the lesson, individuals write their own brief murder mysteries for homework in order to practice the genre and the narrative tenses.

Concepts

the future tense, verb tenses, making predictions

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Additional Tags

short film, murder mystery, future tense, prediction, narrative tense, english language arts

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Classroom Considerations

• You may wish to provide additional scaffolding for the writing assingments

Pros

• Inspired by a well-made and entertaining animated video
• Plan is well-sequenced and provides plenty of buildup to the more complex aspects

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.9-10.3.a W.11-12.3.a SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a