Writing a Mystery Story - Narrative Writing Presentation and Graphic Organizers

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Writing a Mystery Story - Narrative Writing Presentation and Graphic Organizers: Empower your students to showcase their writing skills with this ready-to-use resource to teach mystery writing. Designed to support students in crafting their own mystery narratives, this resource includes a presentation to guide the writing lesson and graphic organizers to assist in planning the narrative. Whether you're introducing the mystery genre or providing a structured framework for narrative writing, this resource offers a step-by-step approach to developing engaging and suspenseful stories.


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Included in this Writing a Mystery Narrative Writing Resource:

➡️ Writing a Mystery Presentation Slides: Use this 35-slide PowerPoint presentation to guide students in crafting their own mystery narrative. Delve into essential elements such as characters, setting, plot, red herrings, and more, guiding students through the step-by-step process of mystery writing. This comprehensive resource improves understanding and provides a solid foundation for your students.

➡️ Mystery Writing Student Booklet: Help students prepare to write with this mystery writing booklet that includes a variety of graphic organizers, each related to the content they learn in the presentation. Below are the graphic organizers included:

  • Setting: Help students develop a setting for their mystery.
  • Main Character: Students will develop three main traits for their protagonist
  • Secondary Characters: Students will choose secondary characters and provide a brief description of their personality, appearance, and emotional state.
  • 2 Plot Diagram Options: Students will map out the plot of their mystery narrative.
  • Mystery Clues Planning: Students will develop a surprise ending and plan for three subtle clues to include within the narrative
  • Final Copy Pages: Culminate the writing process with a 2-page final copy sheet. This resource provides students with a formatted space to bring their mystery narratives to life.

What Teachers Are Saying About This Writing a Mystery Narrative Writing Resource:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ An excellent resource for the key elements of mystery writing, it works well within our study of literary mysteries.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was a great introduction to Mystery writing. It guided my students through their thinking process to create their original story.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This resource was a great guide for my coteaching classes. It was easy to follow and the slides were great to use. I still use the slides in my lessons when I am reviewing the elements of plot, theme, etc...


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