“Mystery in London” - interactive reading

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Mystery in London is an easy reader for elementary students of English. It is a detective story in which YOU decide what happens next. The story is divided into 35 parts. Having read one part students have to decide which part they’d like to read next. Look down and read the two excerpts to get the grasp of it… The objective of reading all this is quite obvious. You have to find the killer. :)

Ideas

The text of Mystery in London that I’ve submitted is in plain text so you can use it in whatever way you feel like. As a lead-in I underlined some words in the first part of the story. Just read out these words and ask learners to speculate about the story.

As for the main task, I found out that it is a nice idae to put all the 35 parts one the walls (youll need a big room, granted) and tell learners that they have to find the killer. Then they walk around the classroom, choose the parts they want to read until finally they find the killer (or not - it is also one of the options). The first person to catch the killer gets a “Best Detective” badge…

Excerpt1

‘Do you know the name of the woman in the street?’ you ask the young woman in the Rose and Crown. She comes out into the street and looks at her.
‘I don’t know her name but she has a friend called Rosy. Ask her!’
‘Where does Rosy live?’ you ask.
‘She lives in Limehouse Street.’
ĘYou go back to the Rose and Crown and talk to the other people. Go to 10.
You go to Limehouse Street to find Rosy. Go to 35.

Excerpt2

There are four people in the Rose and Crown. You want to ask some questions about the woman in the street. Who do you talk to first?
You talk to the old man. Go to 4.
You talk to the young man. Go to 6.
You talk to the old woman. Go to 15.
You talk to the young woman. Go to 28.

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mystery_in_london.pdf


mystery_in_london.doc

There are really great pictures in the paper version of “Mystery in London” that you can use to enhance this lesson plan.

 

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Keywords: adults, comprehension, detective, elementary, interactive, london, mystery, police, present-simple, reading