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Objectives for Today’s Lesson

Objectives for Today’s Lesson. Identify and define the terms genre and mystery. Recognize and identify the elements of a mystery. Compare and contrast different examples of mysteries. . Genres. What are they?. What does the word genre mean?. Genre is a certain kind or type of literature.

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Objectives for Today’s Lesson

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  1. Objectives for Today’s Lesson • Identify and define the terms genre and mystery. • Recognize and identify the elements of a mystery. • Compare and contrast different examples of mysteries.

  2. Genres What are they?

  3. What does the word genre mean? • Genre is a certain kind or type of literature. • These types of literature include both non-fiction and fiction.

  4. Non-Fiction • Types of the non-fiction genre include: • Autobiography • Biography • Informational Text

  5. Fiction • Types of fiction genre include: • Historical Fiction • Realistic Fiction • Fantasy • Science Fiction • Folktales, Myths, and Fables • Mysteries

  6. Mysteries A Genre of Literature

  7. What is a mystery? • Mysteries are often filled with suspense, but they are also puzzles. • Part of the fun of a mystery is matching wits with the criminal; and figuring out “whodunit.”

  8. Elements of a Mystery • A crime or unexplained event

  9. Elements of a Mystery • One or more detectives trying to solve the crime

  10. Elements of a Mystery • Clues or evidence of what really happened

  11. Elements of a Mystery • Suspects who might have committed the crime

  12. Elements of a Mystery • Detective work, such as finding evidence and questioning witnesses and suspects

  13. Elements of a Mystery • A solution to the mystery – “Whodunit.”

  14. Vocabulary Used in a Mystery • Crime – an action that is against the law

  15. Vocabulary Used in a Mystery • Suspect – someone thought to be responsible for a crime

  16. Vocabulary Used in Mystery • Alibi – a claim that a person accused of a crime was somewhere else when the crime was committed

  17. Vocabulary Used in a Mystery • Detective – one who investigates crimes, usually for or with the police

  18. Vocabulary Used in a Mystery • Witness – a person who has seen or heard something

  19. Vocabulary Used in a Mystery • Clue – something that helps solve a problem or mystery

  20. Vocabulary Used in a Mystery • Evidence – information and facts that help prove something or make you believe something is true

  21. Vocabulary Used in Mystery • Solution - the answer to a problem; an explanation = • Arrest - to stop or hold someone by the power of law

  22. Small Group Assignment • Choose one mystery from your reading book to read aloud with your group. • The Case of the Earthenware Pig pp. 138-143 • The Sticks of Truth pp. 144-145 • Complete the graphic organizer by answering the questions for the mystery your group has chosen. • As a group read and solve the mystery, The Coaster Caper.

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