This theme page presents lesson plans and materials to learn about Mysterious things in year 7-8 of Swedish Compulsory School Related topics: Space, Halloween
Warm-up
Mystery | Definition of Mystery at Dictionary.comhttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mystery
Have the students think of how many different types of mysteries they can come up with. Compare with the 5 categories in Definition of mystery from Dictionary.com
Song
Vocabulary
Murder and mystery vocabulary worksheet – Free ESL printable worksheets made by teachershttps://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/material-type/crosswords/murder-and-mystery-vocabulary/42151
A crossword puzzle to learn some vocabulary about detective stories
Reading
The Murder Mystery Game 2 – YouTube (1:06)https://youtu.be/tfhDEbLrp0g
If the students like this, there seems to be 30 more of them. The text is getting more difficult towards the higher numbers.
What is a ghost ship? What are some famous ghost ships? What happened on the Ourang Medan? (yr 8)
Listening
Detective Agency – Script | Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Labhttps://www.esl-lab.com/intermediate/detective-agency-script/
Hiring a detective agency can be one means of resolving a mystery or crime. Listen and learn.
Lesson Plans
The mystery of the sand | TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBChttps://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/mystery-sand
The lesson should help to develop lateral thinking skills, improve co-operation between students and provide plenty of speaking practice as well as focusing on sequencers.
Murder Mystery | LearnEnglish | British Councilhttps://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/listen-and-watch/word-street/mu
Ashlie and Stephen go away for a Murder Mystery Weekend and are among the first to discover the first victim. Who is the murderer? It’s elementary, my dear Stephen… Wendy learns about one of London’s most famous fictional residents, the detective Sherlock Holmes.
Serial Taxi | Film Englishhttp://film-english.com/2013/07/15/serial-taxi/
This EFL lesson plan is designed around Serial Taxi a short animation by Paolo Cogliati and the theme of murder mysteries. Students predict what is going to happen in a film, watch a short film – The lesson plan.
Viewing
The Murder Mystery Game – YouTube (1:45)https://youtu.be/Xp_BqkBJxKETo solve this mystery, you have to pay attention to everything you read and everything you see on the video.(yr 7)
THE CORRECT ANSWER
The Ghost Hunter (2000 CBBC TV Show) – All Series 1 Episodes – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/DDhQin6EHNE
The Ghost Hunter is an award-winning British children’s drama series created for the BBC and based on the books The Ghost Hunter by Ivan Jones.Series 2 here
Speaking
ESL Speaking Murder Mystery Game | eslwriting.orghttp://www.eslwriting.org/6255/esl-english-speaking-murder-mystery-game-activities-fluency/
Learn English with a Murder Mystery This is a 15 to 20-min group work fluency exercise. Each person is one character. There are 12 characters in the game. Character Descriptions here
Writing
The Mystery Shed – THE LITERACY SHEDhttps://www.literacyshed.com/the-mystery-shed.html
Give each child a picture of the man. Ask them to brainstorm whatever they think about him. I like to stick the picture in the middle of a sheet of A3 and let them write around it.
This Writing lesson is on Building Suspense with Sensory Details | HotChalk Lesson Plans Pagehttp://marker.to/KraLX7One of our experienced Enrollment Specialists will be contacting you shortly by phone to answer any questions you may have about our programs. They will also explain our admissions process and…
The Story Starter Shed – The Literacy Shedhttps://www.literacyshed.com/the-story-starter-shed.htmlI didn’t mean to kill her. The air turned black all around me. Icy fingers gripped my arm in the darkness. Wandering through the graveyard it felt like something was watching me. The eyes in…
Project
Top 20 Greatest Mysteries of the World – YouTube (3:07)https://youtu.be/M9wSotRv6iE
Our planet is full of weird and mysterious sites. – This clip only shows the picture, the name, and the place. Let the students choose one that they wish to explore in pairs, or do it together in class.
Extra Material
Unexplained Mysteries – Paranormal Phenomena and the World’s Greatest Unexplained Mysterieshttp://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/
A frequently updated, serious mystery site. Check the latest mystery news.
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