1.  Murder Mystery Activity 15min  Review Plot 10min  Building Suspense notes/ activity 20min  Exit Ticket 10 min

2.  This is a GROUP activity. Groups are by seat numbers:  Group 1: Seats 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26  Group 2: Seats 2, 7, 12, 17,22, 27  Group 3: Seats 3, 8, 13,18, 23  Group 4: Seats 4, 9, 14, 19, 24  Group 5: Seats 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 28  Each group will receive a set of clues. Each group member should have 3 clues. (If your group has 6 people, three members get 3 clues and 3 members get 2 clues.)

3.  Remember the rules. Teams who violate the rules will be disqualified from winning.  Group work expectations:  Talk only with your group.  Use a soft voice. Shouting is not allowed.  Stay on task.  Have every member of your group raise their hand when you are finished.  To win the competition, your reporter (who will be chosen randomly) must be able to state:  The suspect, the weapon, and the place.  The first name of every member of your team.

4.  “I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defense when and wherever needed.” - Maya Angelou  Is violence ever necessary in a civilized society?

5.  You should be familiar with this…

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7.  Plot is the organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story.  Every plot is made up of a series of incidents that are related to one another.

8.  This usually occurs at the beginning of a short story. Here the characters are introduced. We also learn about the setting of the story. Most importantly, we are introduced to the main conflict (main problem).

9.  This part of the story begins to develop the conflict(s). A building of interest or suspense occurs.

10.  This is the turning point of the story. Usually the main character comes face to face with a conflict. The main character will change in some way.

11.  All loose ends of the plot are tied up. The conflict(s) and climax are taken care of.

12.  The story comes to a reasonable ending.

13.  Suspense is the intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events.  It leaves the reader holding their breath and wanting more information.

14.  Suspense occurs during the “rising action” part of the plot.  It helps keeps the reader interested to see what will happen in the story’s climax.

15.  In movies, music and images (a dark and stormy night) can help build suspense in a story.  In stories, an author has to use words to create the same feelings in an audience. 1. WATCH THE FOLLOWING CLIPS. 2. DETERMINE HOW THE MOVIE MAKERS CREATED SUSPENSE. 3. IF THIS MOVIE WERE A NOVEL, WHAT WOULD AN EXCERPT FROM THIS NOVEL SOUND LIKE?

16. What helped to create the suspense in this film clip? What would this “sound” or “look” like in a story? Example A - Bullets as you watch the film clip -Complete sentences “Brrrrr,” shuttered Jenny as a random shiver ran through her body. She was walking in the empty parking lot after a late day at work. No one was around but she felt this odd sensation that someone was watching her. The hair on the back of her neck stood up.

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18. Example B

19. Example C