1. Have the beam projector ready to show the activity (or register and download the activity) suggested in the MED section and download the file for the second activity and make copies for students.

2. Ask students if they know any mystery stories and what they like the most about them. Talk about movies as well.

3. Tell students they are going to work with a mystery story and they have to pay close attention to the past tenses because they are used for narrations.

4. Students are going to complete the story using past simple, past continuous or past perfect tenses. You may want to make a quick review of these tenses before students actually work on the story.

5. Another suggestion is that you divide the text into sections or paragraphs and work one by one with the class.

6. Ask students to work in pairs and complete the text.

7. Check answers with the class and clarify any doubts students may have regarding the use of tenses.

8. Read the story using a mysterious tone of voice, make longer pauses between paragraphs for students to make comments.

9. Ask comprehension questions about the story with WH_ (what, where, why, when, etc.)

10.Tell students that five family members all met up for a picnic and they are going to use the clues to find out how they got there and what snack they brought to the picnic.

11. They have to tell us how Kevin traveled to the picnic (which is the grey space in the lower grid). 5. Ask students to read through the list of clues below and use the larger grid to record any information.

12. Tell students to place a tick in a box if you have any definite positive information and a cross for any definite negative information. For example, they learn that Brady rode his motorbike, so we have placed some logical ticks and crosses in the grid to help you. Using this method, you should be able to fill in the smaller grid.

13. Discuss answers with the class and ask students to justify their answers by giving reasons based on the clues given.

1. Download the file for the activities suggested in the MED section and make copies for students.

2. For the first activity, this is the second part of the activity students started in the last session. There are 2 pages to print or show.

3. Ask students if they like mystery movies and which one is their favorite.

4. Ask students if they like detective stories and which one is their favorite.

5. Show the images first and ask them to describe them.

6. Tell students they are going to work in pairs and write a mystery story using the narrative tenses (past simple, past continuous, and past perfect.

7. Read the first picture “Everyone avoided the big old mansion. It was believed to have…” and work the rest of the sentence with the class.

8. Tell students they use the prompt and complete the story.

9. Monitor and offer help as needed.

10. Invite pairs of students to read their stories to another pair.

11. Ask some pairs of students to read their stories to the class and compare how different they were and discuss the end.

12. Distribute the worksheet and ask students to work individually.

13. Ask students to read the definitions of the words and complete the puzzle with the missing information.

14. Help with vocabulary as needed but try not to give students the answers. It is very important that they activate their critical thinking and make deductions in order to answer.

15. Check answers with the class, by reading the clues and having them give the words.

16. Ask students to write some sentences using the vocabulary.

1. Have the beam projector ready to show the activities suggested in the MED section.

2. Ask students the elements a mystery story needs and make a list on the board,, list the elements in a detective story. Compare them.

3. Tell students they are going to work on the case of a murder mystery, the king was murdered and they have to use the clues to find out who did it.

4. Project the activity and ask students to identify the characters (king, queen, princess, servant).

5. Give them time to read, or read the first paragraph for them and write the names of the three women above. Then, continue with the clues.

6. Tell students to reason their answers before they call out the answer. It is very important for them to have some thinking time for this activity.

7. Ask students to give you the name of the queen, who murdered the king.

8. If some students got the answer wrong, ask the class to explain and discuss the clues.

9. Project the webpage, the cases are presented there with the description of the case. Feel free to decide what’s best for your class, you can read the information for students to take notes or show the paragraphs directly for students to read.

10. There are 8 challenging cases here. Decide how many you want to do in class and consider the thinking time students need to solve the case.

11. After they have some theories, ask students to share them with the class and then, project the animation to confirm answers.

12. Try case # 1 with the class as an example,

The murder of an aristocrat George Smith was murdered on Sunday evening. There were 5 other people in his house: Mr. Smith's wife, his personal cook, a butler, a housemaid, and a gardener. They all told Detective Stevens what they were doing that evening:

Mrs. Smith was reading a book near a fireplace.

The cook was making breakfast.

The butler was giving instructions to workers in the living room.

The housemaid was washing the dishes.

The gardener was watering plants in the greenhouse.

Right after all the conversations, the detective arrested the murderer. Who was the killer, and how did Stevens find the criminal? The answer is on the back.

13. Ask students to work in pairs and talk about the cases by setting up the scene, describing it, and explaining how the case was solved.

1.Have the beam projector ready to show the activity suggested in the MED section and download the file for the second to make copies for students

2. Ask students if they are familiar with the mystery of  the Mary Celeste, an unsolved mystery.

3. Ask students if they know any other unsolved mysteries around the world.

4. Project the activity and ask students to complete the narration by providing the missing information.

5. Offer help as needed.

6. Ask students to compare their paragraphs in pairs.

7. Ask students to complete the second part of the activity by completing the indirect questions.

8. You may take this opportunity to review those forms.

9. Ask students to work in pairs and talk about the Mary Celeste using their notes and trying not to read all the time.

10. Distribute the worksheet and ask students to work individually.

11. Draw their attention towards the list of words and present the new vocabulary or review the words.

12. Ask students to search the words and set a time limit.

13 When time is up, ask students to compare their puzzles with a classmate and finish it.

14. Ask students to organize these words into three different groups and label them.

15. Invite students to present their groups to the class and read the words they included.