Project components

The project has been divided into four component "activities" which always have the end product in mind: writing a short mystery story. Through each one, students gain insight or learn skills required to complete the task. Each one has links to the curriculum. The activities are meant as a framework to help YOU scaffold student learning in a way that fits your class. They trace a way, set a purpose, but give you the freedom to choose how you implement them in your class should you choose to follow them.

Components 3 and 4 puts classes in contact with each other as they publish, solve and react.

Strategies for evaluation are suggested throughout the project. The suggestions are varied. They show how the project provides opportunities for formative evaluation at various times in the process.