1. Warm Up Please complete the Mystery Vocabulary assignment
You have 20 minutes to create and submit your poster

2. Mystery Notes
Please complete the Mystery Fiction Notes handout as we go through the PowerPoint

3. What? Usually involves a mysterious death or a crime
What is the “mystery fiction” genre?
What are the important traits of the genre?
Usually involves a mysterious death or a crime
Involves a “closed circle” of suspects
A detective is the main character and usually has a sidekick
Detective and suspects with the big 3
Overt clues, hidden evidence, and inference gaps
Why not tell the reader everything about the crime and the suspects?
Suspense

4. Why? Mystery fiction is only second in popularity to…
Romance Novels
Mysteries delve into the reader’s:
Curiosity
Intelligence
Morality

5. Who? Who has written the most famous detective stories?
Who should actually be credited with beginning the mystery genre?

6. When? Sherlock Holmes: the greatest detective Introduced in 1887
Sir Doyle
Poe
Sherlock Holmes: the greatest detective
Introduced in 1887
Auguste C. Dupin: the first detective
Introduced in 1841
Poe died in 1849 and Sir Doyle died in But, mystery fiction didn’t become extremely popular in the 1920’s.
Poor Poe!!!

7. How? The detective and suspects are introduced early on
The crime must be believable and somewhat violent
The detective uses science and/or rational thought

8. The hounds of the baskervilles
Follow along on the overhead as we read the graphic novel

9. sherlock
Complete the Detective’s Log while watching the episode of Sherlock