1. MYSTERY UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTION What drives people to find an answer ?
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2. I can Infer by reasoning (RL8.1)
LEARNING TARGETS
I can Infer by reasoning (RL8.1)
I can cite text based evidence that provides the strongest support(RL.8.1)
I can organize the reasons and evidence logically (W.8.1)
I can create writing pieces appropriate to a specific task, specific purpose, and specific audience (W.8.4)
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3. READ LIKE A Detective
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4. READ LIKE A Detective What words stick out at me?
Look
for clues
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What words stick out at me?
Who is speaking in the text and why?
What seems most important?

5. READ LIKE A Detective What questions do I have?
Ask
Questions
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What questions do I have?
What do I think the author is trying to say?
Is there anything missing from the text?

6. READ LIKE A Detective I think ______ because ______ .
Make
Your case
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I think ______ because ______ .
The text says ______ , so ______ .
The main idea of the text is ______ .
Here are 3 reasons why.

7. READ LIKE A Detective
Prove It
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What can you guess about the story from its clues?
What details do you notice when you reread the text?
What seems the most important to share?

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10. SLIP OR TRIP YOUR TURN REMEMBER TO READ LIKE A DETECTIVE
SOLVE THE CRIME
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11. SLIP OR TRIP
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12. SLIP OR TRIP
Scenario:
At five-feet-six and a hundred and ten pounds, Queenie Volupides was a sight to behold and to clasp. When she tore out of the house after a tiff with her husband, Arthur, she went to the country club where there was a party going on
She left the club shortly before one in the morning and invited a few friends to follow her home and have one more drink.
They got to the Volupides’s house about ten minutes after Queenie, who met them at the door and said, “Something terrible happened. Arthur slipped and fell on the stairs. He was coming down for another drink—he still had the glass in his hand—and I think he’s dead. Oh, my God—what shall I do?
The autopsy conducted later concluded that Arthur had died from a wound on the head and confirmed that he’d been drunk.
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13. 1. Do you think Queenie is telling the truth?
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1. Do you think Queenie is telling the truth?
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14. 2. Find all the evidence you can that supports your claim.
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2. Find all the evidence you can that supports your claim.
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15. Your evidence should consist of ….
Concrete observable information; personal testimony; written documents; and material objects and their condition or appearance.
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16. SLIP OR TRIP
3. How does each piece of evidence support your claim that Queenie is or is not telling the truth.
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17. 4. Explain why your evidence supports your case.
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4. Explain why your evidence supports your case.
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18. “Slip or Trip” Report When we arrived… What we found What Queenie said
PROMPTS
When we arrived…
What we found
What Queenie said
What the autopsy found
Whether the evidence supports what Queenie
said
Our conclusion and/or recommendation
Explanation of evidence supporting our
conclusion and recommendation
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