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Problem solving Common Core RL.8.5 resources

Lamb to the Slaughter Anticipatory Murder Mystery Activity

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This activity will engage your students by requiring them to think like detectives! Oriented around the Roald Dahl story, Lamb to the Slaughter, students will have a series of witness statements and crime scene evaluations to read through before answering, "who killed Patrick Maloney?" Your students will practice the key skills of communication, collaboration, and critical thinking as they work together to determine the perpetrator, motive, and murder weapon. This activity can easily be scaled

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Problem Solving

Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

RL.6.1

, RL.6.5

, RL.6.7

, RL.7.1

, RL.7.5