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Tuesday 18th May

LC: To begin to gather ideas to plan a mystery narrative

 

To write a good mystery story you need to develop a well thought out plan. Today you are going to begin to think about your stories that you will be writing next week. Below are six areas that you will need to think about to begin planning your story:

 

  • SETTING 
  • VICTIM
  • CRIME
  • SUSPECTS
  • CLUES
  • RESOLUTION

Below is a video that will explain this further.

How to plan a detective story _ Robin Stevens _ Murder Most Unladylike.mp4

Still image for this video

You are now going to think of some initial ideas for your story. Go the the activity on Seesaw to begin recording your ideas (Ideas for Mystery Story). 

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