The fun, mystery-based activities in this colorful 64-page book develop
writing, reading, higher-order thinking, and organization skills.
Students act as investigative reporters writing articles for a local
newspaper. To write the article, students must use higher-order thinking
skills to synthesize clues they identify in the story to solve the
mystery. Every activity requires students to put clues together, and
then evaluate the evidence to infer or deduce what happened in the
story.
The high-interest stories make it easy to motivate
students to do the analytical work needed to piece together the evidence
and write the article. Before writing, students complete an outline
detailing When, Who, What, Where, and How or Why. Sample answers and a
simple scoring rubric are provided to making grading easier. If you
believe you need to think clearly to write so readers can understand
what you have written, you'll find that Writing Detective® is a very
helpful set of supplemental writing activities.