INTRODUCTION

A member of your team is charged with a crime that he / she didn't commit.

You know he / she is innocent because you were with him / her when the crime happened.

Prove his or her innocence by retelling what really happened.

TASK

You are going to write a mystery to demonstrate what crime was committed and "who done it".

Form groups of 3-4 students.
You have to develop your mystery using a word processor with illustrations or a power point presentation.

Are you ready to start?

PROCESS

BACKGROUND RESEARCH

a) Review all the terms in the glossary.
b) Read some student´s mysteries. This helps you get ideas for your story: http://42explore.com/mystery.htm
c) Learn about the mystery genre and practice with some on-line mysteries: http://www.kidsloveamystery.com/
http://www.mysterymag.com/hauntedbritain/index.php
http://library.thinkquest.org/27922/home.html
d) Do you want to create your own secret messages?
http://www.thunk.com/index.cgi

DEVELOPING YOUR OWN MSTERY

a) Where and when is the setting for our story? Click on the setting sheet link .
b) What is the personality of your characters? Click on the character sheet link and learn about personality.
c) What is the best way to construct the story? The best method is with the Plot Worksheet. Use it to write about the events, motive and ways to build suspense.

WRITING

Start writing your mystery. You can use on-line dictionaries or search engines to find pictures
http://www.wordreference.es/
http://www.google.es/
http://www.yahoo.es/

EVALUATION

- Complete a short mystery story in the past tense and present it in the class.

CONCLUSION

With this webquest you have improved your:

- Civic and social competence working as a member of a team
- Information treatment and digital competence searching information through internet
- Learning to learn competence fostering your autonomous learning