Students read and discuss meaning of mystery writing. Then each chooses one mystery writer and does indepth research on the writers life. They write a brief summary of their author's books. This excellent article provides information on the history or mysteries and integrating them into the reading classroom. The article also contains lesson plans and classroom activity ideas.
Students use e-mail and develop good questioning skills by becoming inquisitive detectives.
This unit plan on mysteries involves the content areas of language arts, social studies, science, and geography. In this 'round robin' activity, students will work in cooperative writing groups to develop a variety of possible stories around a single prompt. This page highlights tips for teaching the mystery writing process.