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Mysterious Plot Problems

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Students explore the plot of mystery books. In this genre study lesson, students read the book, Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy and listen to a read aloud of a chapter from the text. Students fill in a graphic organizer that helps them organize information about the problems in the plot. Students continue to read the chapters and fill in the Mysteries Chart. There are several questions included with this lesson.

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mysteries plot study, plot problems in detective fiction, english language arts
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Grade
5th - 6th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
5 days
Instructional Strategy
Research
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Text-to-Speech
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Common Core

RL.6.3

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