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Skills focus: Reading and comprehension Murder Mystery! Skills focus: Reading and comprehension

This HT, we will be focusing on: 1. Showing we understand the stories (Comprehension and explanation) 2. Exploring the texts and using quotations to support our ideas (Reference and analysis) These are both READING skills and show you understand how a writer has crafted a story

These are the stories we will be exploring: The Land Lady, by Roald Dahl The Heart of Another, Marcus Sedgwick The Monkey’s Paw, by W.W Jacobs Lamb to the Slaughter, by Roald Dahl Nightmare in Yellow, by Fredric Brown

What CONVENTIONS of murder mystery can you think of? What characters are involved? How would you describe them? What do you think the plot may be like? How is it similar to other genres?

Can you think of any famous murderers from FICTION and any famous HEROES or DETECTIVES that attempt to apprehend them?

What might we expect from the plot of a murder mystery? Thinking about PLOT What might we expect from the plot of a murder mystery? Climax or disaster! Meeting the characters Approaching a challenge Building tension Setting the scene Resolution Falling action Here is a traditional narrative; how might a murder mystery be different? What might happen first, instead of setting the scene? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u630r-mrOKY&list=PLoDo4_WiOjOtXeAtVRd-pISTWmlhmboKP

Learning Summary In your own words, summarise what you are expecting from your first murder mystery story!