[aisle] large scale murder mystery

[BECCA LESLIE]

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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>> Good Afternoon,
>>
>> 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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