Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Mystery Story

Now that you've read "The Case of the Charley Cheetah Theft" write your own one page mystery. Remember to include the essential ingredients to a mystery:
  • Clues hidden in plain sight
  • Multiple suspects but only one guilty one
  • Means (the way to commit the crime)
  • Motive (the reason(s) to commit the crime)
  • Opportunity (the exact moment to be able to commit the crime)

This mystery must be no longer than one page (about the length of the mystery you read). Stories are to be posted by April 16th.

Friday, March 7, 2008

Mystery Stories

Read the story "The Case of the Charley Cheetah Theft" Featuring Nina Chase & Max Decker from the website http://kids.mysterynet.com/solveit/solveit025/

Did you solve the case?
Whom does Max suspect?
Ellen Kringle
Jack Weins
Bill Bateson
Not sure

Was this mystery easy to solve? Write a short review for the story.