Bell Work
- Take out your portfolio for this week’s Progress Check.
- Discuss: The detective story is a sub-genre of the horror genre. How does a detective story differ from a horror story?
Class Work
- With a partner, brainstorm an idea for a detective story by completing the Mystery Cube activity.
- Setting – Where does the mystery take place?
- Detective – Who is trying to solve the mystery?
- Crime or Mystery – What is the problem in the story?
- Victim – Who is the target of the crime or mystery?
- Clues – What clues lead the detective to solve the mystery?
- Solution – What is the solution to the mystery?
- Illustrate your ideas in the corresponding portions of your cube.
- Do not construct your Mystery Cube. Place it in your portfolio using the three holes.
- Share the concept for your detective story with the class.
Homework
- Continue to work on your portfolio (due 5/12).
- Portfolio Checklist
- Table of Contents
- Defining Characteristics of the Horror Genre foldable (completed 3/21)
- Man-Made Monsters
- Annotated copy (completed 3/22)
- Frayer Models (completed 3/23)
- Choice of 1 Activity: Character Sketch or RACE paragraphs (completed 3/23)
- Text Analysis (completed 3/24)
- Culminating Activity: Create Your Own Monster (completed 3/24)
- The Monkey’s Paw
- Frayer Models (completed 3/27)
- Plot diagram (completed 3/28)
- Analyzing the Text questions or Text vs. Film double bubble map (completed 3/29)
- Text Analysis (completed 3/29)
- Culminating Activity: Research Report (completed 3/27)
- The Tell-Tale Heart
- Frayer Models (3/30)
- Textual Evidence (3/30)
- Animation Analysis or Police Report (3/31)
- Text Analysis (3/31)
- Psychiatric Evaluation (3/31)
- The Pit and the Pendulum
- Frayer Models (4/3)
- Annotated Text (4/4)
- Tree Map or Research (4/5)
- Text Analysis: RACE paragraph (4/5)
- Alternate Ending (4/6)
- Murders in the Rue Morgue
- Frayer Models (4/10)
- Dialogue Techniques Tree Map (4/11)
- Choice of any 3 RACE questions (4/12)
- Text Analysis: RACE paragraph (4/13)
- Mystery Cube Activity (4/14)
- Portfolio Checklist