Eye Spy

Q & A Type

Lower levels of reading skills - Word Attack skills

Eye Spy

http://pbskids.org/historydetectives/games/eyespy/index.php

Mouse over the question marks if you want to get some hints.

Solve as many questions as you can. (more than 10)

♬ Choose this website if you:

 ☞ want to play a guessing game with some hints

 ☞ think you are a genius in recognizing pictures

 ☞ want to know more words that American students are already familiar with

♬ Questions

 ☞ What does 'magnifying' mean? Write your guess.

 ☞ What does 'outlet' mean? We have a Konglish counterpart for this word. 

 ☞ Solve more questions until you see the words below. Write short definitions for each.

'dumpling', 'galoshes', 'microscope', 'scale', 'protractor'.

Squigly's Brain Teasers - Detective Stories

Individual Project Work
Content Schema - reading relevant stories

Squigly's Brain Teasers - Detective Stories

http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/BrainTeasers/Detective/Detective.html

Click on the 'A' icon if you want to know the answers.

♬ Choose this website if you:
 ☞ are a great narrator of stories
 ☞ want to work your brain out with detective questions
 ☞ want to quiz your friends with puzzling questions


♬ Individual projects you might want to do:
 ☞ Memorize some questions and answers in the website and tell them to your friends. Observe their reactions. Write what questions you have told and how they reacted.
 ☞ Pick several questions you like and write them at the top of page. Design your very own detective questions at the bottom, with reference to the questions you wrote.

Valentine Murder Case

Diary Type
Higher levels of reading skills - synthesizing, appreciating

Valentine Murder Case

http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Valentine%20Murder%20Case

Click 'show spoilers' at the bottom.

♬ Choose this website if you:

 ☞ want to solve mysterious questions with Detective Conan

 ☞ want to know how American teenagers think of Conan

 ☞ are a big fan of Conan

♬ Some possible themes for your diary entry:

 ☞ How could Conan solve the mysterious case? Write the procedure on your diary.

 ☞ Do you enjoy watching Conan? Click on 'Forum' at the top and go to Detective Conan - General. Look around how other people think of Conan. Write your impression when you saw how other people think of Conan.

The Case of the Snack Shack

Q & A Type
Metacognitive skills - using while-reading strategies

The Case of the Snack Shack

http://kids.mysterynet.com/quicksolve/

♬ Choose this website if you want to:
 ☞ Solve a mystery question by yourself.
 ☞ Know some more detective stories other than our textbook


* Please work on the questions while you are reading the story.


♬ Questions
 ☞ Underline the clues you have got. Summarize it on your notebook.
 ☞ Pick a suspect you think. Write your reasons why you chose the person using your clues.
 ☞ Now click on 'continue'. Read the solutions and compare it with your own. Does it match? How did you figure it out? If it didn't match, how your reasoning and the solution differ?

Picnic Interruptus

Q & A Type
Intensive reading - focusing on comprehension

Picnic Interruptus

http://www.mysterynet.com/get/previous/

♬ Choose this website if you want to:
 ☞ Be an intelligent detective who is capable of detecting the culprit
 ☞ Solve a mystery question by yourself

* Please work on those questions only if you are finished reading all the clues and solutions.


♬ Questions
 ☞ What does 'actual romance' mean in the first clue? It does not mean only hanging out with.
 ☞ Why did Hanna shot Harry? Write your critical reasoning by yourself.