[aisle] large scale murder mystery

[Timmons, Heather]

Yes...Please share both items you mentioned.  Thank you

On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 6:53 PM BECCA LESLIE via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Tasha, thanks for sharing!  I'd be interested in any of the materials that
> you mentioned, if you have time to send it to me.
>
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 3:18 PM Tasha Squires via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I have been running games in my school since, I think 2012, and have done
>> a variety of them. I do a huge, school-wide game every two years - but with
>> Covid, I actually took 4 years off, since I had planned to run it in 2020
>> (ironically the game that year was called Quarantine!) That didn't happen!
>>
>> If you want to do a mystery, I would suggest you write up the mystery and
>> then have students complete challenges to get answers to the mystery. You
>> can have them do all kinds of things for the challenges. Write book reviews
>> in your online catalog, use library skills, turn in a certain assignment,
>> really it can be anything you want. You will be amazed what students will
>> do for earning points/ getting the next part of the story/mystery once you
>> turn it into a game.
>>
>> I have a detailed document that I created a few years ago that you are
>> welcome to read through here:
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iS2eSQofhe7bJwFuemyJfSLSzIoRrjtnFTBx_p6AS70/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> It talks about how I run my big school wide games.
>>
>> I did a monopoly inspired game last year for our author visit and that
>> went well where students could earn the "book cards" instead of the street
>> names. I'd be happy to share that with anyone too.
>>
>> Then one year I did a mystery podcast with the students. That was fun,
>> where I had teachers be suspects and students could earn the next podcast
>> by completing challenges. I can also share that with anyone too who might
>> want that one.
>>
>>  I have found that most students like the competition aspect of doing the
>> games, and if you do something with your students, I'm guessing the
>> majority will have a great time!
>>
>> Good Luck!
>> Tasha
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 2:47 PM Coffman, Tricia via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Following. I would love info on this too.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> Our 6th grade ELA classes will be reading mysteries this spring. We'd
>>> like to do a large-scale murder mystery/Clue-like challenge with them --
>>> something that will take them outside the classroom and involve other 6th
>>> grade teachers.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Has anyone done something like this? I'd love any resources/ideas you
>>> may have.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
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