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'Whodunit?' the Mystery Revealed! (Part 2)

Read the evidence, then write your own school magazine article. What exactly did happen out there on the school yard!?
Chris Martin
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1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

Chris Martin, a teacher with over 20 years experience, is now an internationally successful playwright and author. For this, his second session based on his first novel (a school-based whodunit for young adults), he's using a section of written text to introduce the concept of 'writing a newspaper/magazine article'. After a fun starter, learners will read a section (from Chapter 8 of the novel) which outlines a 'rather dramatic' playground incident. Learners will then be challenged to assess what happened and write the incident up from a bystander's point of view (as if for a school magazine). The session culminates in a (voluntary) reading/showing of all the articles created.
**This is the ‘second of five’ classes based on Chris’ novel ‘Inky Stevens, the Case of the Caretaker’s Keys’. All are standalone sessions which can be accessed in any order, and no prior knowledge of the book is needed (all text is provided).The culprit is ultimately revealed in Lesson 5. This session will ‘not’ be cancelled due to low enrollment.

Learning Goals

This session flows naturally from a starter, to the reading out of text itself, to a discussion of the format of a (school) magazine article (with template), right through to a creative writing task, and all finishing off with (an optional) presentation. Skills utilized include...
Information Gathering
Critical Thinking
Creative Writing
Sight-reading
Problem Solving
Confidence Building
Artwork
Presentation/Reading out of work (optional)
(Chris will also be available to answer questions on the craft of writing at the end of the session.)
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Parental Guidance
All material is age appropriate.
Supply List
For this session learners will need...
**A pen and pencil
**A printed copy of Page '23' from the PDF document. (Please note that this will emerge as 'Page 20-Read All About It' as the page numbers don't quite tally. No need to print off the full PDF, it's very long!)
**A printed copy of 'Doc 1 Ch 8' (The text from the novel, plus a template on which to write a response.)
 2 files available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
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Joined October, 2020
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55 min
Completed by 21 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 8-13
1-8 learners per class

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