[aisle] large scale murder mystery

Wed Feb 1 08:52:25 CST 2023

Tasha - Thanks so much for sharing!!

On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 8:08 AM Mrs. Hamernick via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> This is very impressive and creative!  You should present this at AISLE!
> I'd love to see and hear all you have to share!
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 7:49 AM Timmons, Heather via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> 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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>>>>> *Patti Fleser via AISLE
>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 31, 2023 2:31 PM
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>>>>> *Cc:* Patti Fleser <pfleser at lfschools.net>
>>>>> *Subject:* [aisle] large scale murder mystery
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>>>>> Good Afternoon,
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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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>>>> O'Neill Middle School
>>>> School Librarian
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