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Description
Students LOVE these entertaining
mysteries that develop students' inferential and deductive thinking
skills for more effective reading, listening, and logical thinking. The
activities also sharpen analyses, synthesis, and investigative skills as
well as encourage creative brainstorming and flexible thinking.
Each
of the "mysteries" is part of a longer untold story which is "behind
the scenes." It is up to the students to deduce the rest of the story
from clues derived from answers to their Yes/No questions. For example,
the story behind the sentence, "If Leo had kept his hand down he might
be a free man today," can eventually be revealed if enough questions are
asked and the answers are used to form a mental image of the event. It
may take many Yes/No questions over several days to finally reveal that
Leo is a not too-bright bank robber who incriminates himself at his
trial by raising his hand when the prosecutor asks a witness, "Is the
person who robbed the bank present in the courtroom today?"
Red Herring Level 1
includes: solution tips, suggestions, answers, a sample questioning
session, and thinking map (organizer) to keep track of student thinking.