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Mentor Writers, Mentor Texts
Kate Messner, Penn State YorkJune 28, 2013
www.katemessner.com
“How are you doing that?”
“How are you doing that?”
Read Like a Writer
Sensory Details
Read Like a Writer
Fascinating Nonfiction
Read Like a Writer
Point of View Poems
Read Like a Writer
Voice
Read Like a Writer
Science Writing/Interviews
Read Like a Writer
First Day of School Stories
Read Like a Writer
History as STORY
Read Like a Writer
Genre Study - Mystery
• The What = Crime• The Who = Suspects/
Investigators• The Why = Motives• The How = Method• The When/Where = Setting
• The What = Flag• The Who =
Suspects/Three Kids• The Why = Motives• The How = Research• The Where = D.C.
• The What = Jaguar Cup• The Who =
Suspects/Three Kids• The Why = Motives• The How = Research• The Where = Costa Rica
Planning a Mystery
Planning Mystery
CRIME
LET’S BUILD A MYSTERY!
CRIME
SUSPECT 1
MOTIVE
SUSPECT 2
MOTIVE
SUSPECT 3
MOTIVE
LET’S BUILD A MYSTERY!
POSSIBLE MOTIVES
-Greed/Need-Love-Revenge-Framing someone-Fame-Power
CRIME
SUSPECT 1
MOTIVE
SUSPECT 2
MOTIVE
SUSPECT 3
MOTIVE
INVESTIGATOR
MOTIVE
INVESTIGATOR
MOTIVE
INVESTIGATOR
MOTIVE
LET’S BUILD A MYSTERY!
POSSIBLE MOTIVES
-Duty-Fame-Adventure-Idealism-Proving innocence-Love-I want my stuff back
LAYING OUT CLUES
Clues => Suspect #1
False clues => False suspects
(Logical explanations)
What?Who?Why?
HOW????
RESEARCH: The How?
The Where: Setting
Setting Inspires Characters & Plot
Luna Vista, CA (Malaga Cove MS)
Setting Inspires Characters & Plot
Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
RESEARCH: Setting
How might your mystery’s setting
inspire plot & theme?
CRIME
SUSPECT 1
MOTIVE
SUSPECT 2
MOTIVE
SUSPECT 3
MOTIVE
INVESTIGATOR
MOTIVE
INVESTIGATOR
MOTIVE
INVESTIGATOR
MOTIVE
LET’S BUILD A MYSTERY!
How & Where – Research & Setting
Mentor Writers, Mentor Texts
Kate Messner, Penn State YorkJune 28, 2013
www.katemessner.com