What's Going On?
Sample excerpt:"When the sky turns green,
When the lights go out,
When you are visited by the one with the "umbrella" --
Beware!
You think it's a raincoat it wears.
You think it's a girl with curly hair,
But what you see is not true,
It's here to get you. . . . " (to be continued)
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Brainstorming about mystery stories.
More advice
Sample stories from
"The Speckled Band" a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Wicked, Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House by Mary Chase
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van Draanen
Talking with peers about your stories
Another story with a hole: The Accident and The Elevator
Writing your own mystery story. mystery planner.doc
Next time: Work more on our mystery stories and making Mother's Day Cards -- including a poem of at least 6 lines.
You may bring your own materials, and will get credit for making a great card.
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Not:
Roses are red, violets are blue
There's not greater mother than you, you, you.
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Not:
copied from someone else
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Yes, original and personal and as beautiful as you can make it.
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Famous detectives
Famous detectives from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective_fiction
- Encyclopedia Brown – Donald J. Sobol
- Father Brown – G. K. Chesterton
- Nancy Drew – Carolyn Keene
- C. Auguste Dupin – Edgar Allan Poe
- Jessica Fletcher – Murder, She Wrote
- The Hardy Boys – Franklin W. Dixon
- Miss Marple – Agatha Christie
- Veronica Mars - TV Series
- Perry Mason – Erle Stanley Gardner
- Ellery Queen – Ellery Queen
- Philip Trent - Edmund Clerihew Bentley
- Lord Peter Wimsey – Dorothy L. Sayers
Private Investigators
- Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Laura Holt – Remington Steele (TV series)
- Thomas Magnum – Magnum, P.I.
- Philip Marlowe – Raymond Chandler
- Adrian Monk – Monk
- Hercule Poirot – Agatha Christie
Police detectives
- Charlie Chan – Earl Derr Biggers
- Inspector Clouseau – Pink Panther
- Lieutenant Columbo – Columbo
- Sergeant Cuff - Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone
- James "Sonny" Crockett – Miami Vice
- Det.Bobby Goren – Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Det. Alexandra Eames – Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Det. Elliot Stabler – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Det.Olivia Benson – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Det. Fin Tutuola – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Det. John Munch – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Chief Inspector Japp – Agatha Christie
- Inspector Javert - Victor Hugo
- Lt. Theo Kojak – Kojak (played by Telly Savalas)
- Inspector Lestrade – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Dick Tracy - Chester Gould
- [and what about Hawaii 5-O?)
Forensic specialists
- Horatio Caine – CSI: Miami
- Gil Grissom – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Raymond Langston – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Quincy – Quincy, M.E.
- Elizabeth Rodgers – Law & Order
- Mac Taylor – CSI: NY
Catholic Church detectives
- Father Brown – G. K. Chesterton
- Brother Cadfael – Edith Pargeter
- Father Frank Dowling - Father Dowling Mysteries
Government agents
- Alex Cross – James Patterson
- Fox Mulder and Dana Scully – The X-Files
Others
- Simon Templar, a.k.a "The Saint" – Leslie Charteris
- Batman, a.k.a. Bruce Wayne – Bob Kane & Bill Finger
- Ben Matlock – Dean Hargrove
