Beginning/Exposition
Your job will be to set the stage for the rest of the story. Your group has
worked together to develop the characters. Your task will be to make them
come alive. You will also need to draw with words the backdrop or setting
for your story.
Before your begin your task, get together with your group to:
1. learn about the genre of mystery
2. learn more about mystery writing from a pro--Joan Lowery Nixon
To help you with your writing, explore alone the links that follow 1 and 2.
Internet Links
Genre of Mystery
1. Learn about the genre of mystery
Tips from Joan Lowery Nixon
2. Mystery writing from a pro
Check out the info on fragments and comma splices (run-ons)
Big Dog's Grammar
Writing Dialogue
More Writing Dialogue
GO HERE TO CHECK OUT AND PRINT RUBRIC
Whodunit Rubric
CHECK IT OUT
Sample Mysteries Written by Students
Other Resources