Who Killed Mrs. Bass? ELA Murder Mystery for Middle School
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Description
It is Homecoming! All week the seniors at Waynesville High School have been hard at work on their float, and their English teacher, Mrs. Bass, has been helping them. They finish the float on Thursday evening around 7:30 and head out to the Homecoming bonfire in preparation for Friday’s parade and football game.
On Friday morning when a group of students go out to the sheds where the floats are being held, they are met with a gruesome surprise. Perched on top of the float with a silver knife in her back, is their teacher, Mrs. Bass.
Coroners put her time of death at around 8:00, just as the bonfire began.
You are here because you have information needed to solve this mystery….and 1 of you…..is the murderer.
Use your inferencing skills to sort through the clues and determine which ones are important, which characters had motive to commit this crime, and who killed Mrs. Bass!
This Murder Mystery includes THREE differentiated mysteries for you to choose from, ranging from Challenging to Easy. This activity generally takes 2 to 3 class periods to complete, and is sure to keep your students thinking and engaged. It is always the highlight of the year in my room, and I hope that it is just as much fun for you and your students! This game will work for any middle grades classroom!
Includes:
-Step by Step Directions
-Character lists to help you assign parts
-Interactive Scripts
-Detective Notes in Google Slides Format
-Murder Mystery Story Sheet/Character Assignment to pass out the day before the game
-Graphic Organizers for students to collect clues (pre-populated with character names) that can be printed or assigned in Google Classroom
-Final Suspect Sheets that can be printed or assigned in Google Classroom
-Solution pages for all 3 mysteries with completed graphic organizers and Final Suspect Lists
