This mystery-writing lesson focuses on the structure of a short story and the elements of a mystery in particular. Young scholars complete the entire writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Students demonstrate the ability to write in a different voice for a different audience by rewriting their own mystery stories as a news article. Young scholars then work together to create a newsletter about all the students' mysteries.

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mystery story, alex, alabama learning exchange: taking the mystery out of writing a mystery, narrative writing

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice