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Mystery Cube
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| Grades | 6 – 12 |
| Interactive Type | Writing & Publishing Prose |
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| URL | http://www.readwritethink.org /files/resources/interactives /mystery_cube/ |
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ABOUT THIS INTERACTIVE |
Was it the butler in the bedroom? Or the gardener in the garage? Use this tool to help your students sort out the clues in their favorite mysteries or develop outlines for their own stories. Among its multiple applications, the Mystery Cube helps students identify mystery elements, practice using vocabulary from this popular genre, and sort and summarize information. Specific prompts ask students to describe the setting, clues, crime or mystery, victim, detective, and solution.
For ideas of how to use this tool outside the classroom, see Mystery Cube in the Parent & Afterschool Resources section.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Everyone Loves a Mystery: A Genre Study
Students track the elements of mystery stories through Directed Learning–Thinking Activities, story maps, and puzzles. Then they offer clues for other readers as they plan and write original mystery stories.
Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
Bio-Cube is a useful summarizing tool that helps students identify and list key elements about a person for a biography or autobiography.
Grades 3 – 8 | Professional Library | Book
Guided Comprehension in Grades 3-8
This book has everything you need to use the Guided Comprehension Model effectively with students in in upper elementary and middle school.
