Exploring a fictional mystery in the Victorian era
I can summarise the key events of a mystery based on a journalistic report and I can empathise with a character from the report.
Exploring a fictional mystery in the Victorian era
I can summarise the key events of a mystery based on a journalistic report and I can empathise with a character from the report.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Our persuasive letter must include a summary of the mystery.
- We can base the details of this summary on a journalistic report about the mystery.
- The letter must also give reasons that will persuade Holmes to investigate the crime.
- We can generate these reasons by empathising with the main character.
- We can record all these ideas in note form.
Keywords
Journalistic report - a newspaper or magazine report
Inference - a conclusion drawn from information and evidence in a text
Mystery - a puzzle or problem that requires solving
Summarise - to pull out key information and ideas from the text
Empathise - to get inside a character's head
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to identify what the key points are to summarise.
Refer to the model letter - it summarises the mystery in only a couple of sentences, but we are still very clear what has happened. We need to do the same here.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of serious crime
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
to greet the recipient of the letter
to explain the purpose of the letter
to persuade the recipient to act
to give your name and say goodbye