The Woman in White Lesson Plan

Mystery as a Genre

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will research and understand mystery as a genre and how the genre has changed since "The Woman in White"

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.4

Structure:

As a class, brainstorm elements that makes a story a mystery. Some questions to help the class get started could be: What sorts of characters are in mysteries? What type of plot occurs? Are there certain settings or tones crucial for mysteries? Keep track of the ideas on a white board or something similar.

Next, have the class do some research on their own. They can investigate similar subgenres of...