“The Winchester Mystery House”

Learning Targets• I can determine the central idea

of a text. RL.8.2• I can analyze the purpose of

information presented in diverse media. SL.8.2

Vocabularymelancholy

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séance

diminutive

mediumbreech

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vengeance

Vocabulary Sort Can Explain

and Give Examples

Can Give a Brief

Definition

Have Seen or Heard – Not

certain of Meaning

Don’t Know at All

“Elements of Mystery”

1. Characters• Suspects: Character(s) accused of committing

the crime.• Detectives: Characters(s) trying to solve the

mystery• Witnesses: Character(s) who saw the crime

being committed or acts as an alibi for the suspect

1. Characters: “Slip or Trip:

• Suspects:

• Detectives:

• Witnesses:

2. Setting

Usually an enclosed or confined space to keep evidence contained

(“the crime scene”)

2. Setting: “Slip or Trip:

3. Clues

hints that help the reader and the detectives (what people say or do

as well as objects that provide important information which

leads to discovery)

3. Clues: “Slip or Trip:From this picture, what leads to discovery of Queenie’s guiltiness?

What did she say that lead to guiltiness?• They got to the Volupides house

about ten minutes after Queenie, who met them at the door and said, “Something terrible happened. Arthur slipped and fell on the stairs. He was coming down for another drink—he still had the glass in his hand—and I think he’s dead. Oh, my God—what shall I do?

• The autopsy conducted later concluded that Arthur had died from a wound on the head and confirmed that he’d been drunk.

4. Distractions

called Red Herrings, these are false clues that lead the reader

and detectives off track, they can be an obstacle to solving the

mystery)

4. Distractions: “Slip or Trip:What are some Red Herrings that gets the reader/det. off track?

What are some Red Herrings that lead the reader/det. off track?• They got to the Volupides house

about ten minutes after Queenie, who met them at the door and said, “Something terrible happened. Arthur slipped and fell on the stairs. He was coming down for another drink—he still had the glass in his hand—and I think he’s dead. Oh, my God—what shall I do?

• The autopsy conducted later concluded that Arthur had died from a wound on the head and confirmed that he’d been drunk.

5. Plot

the sequence of events and conflicts in a story

5. Plot line: “Slip or Trip”

EXPOSITION

RISING ACTION

CLIMAX

FALLING ACTION

RESOLUTION

5. Plot: “Slip or Trip:At five-feet-six and a hundred and ten pounds, Queenie Volupides was a sight to behold and to clasp. When she tore out of the house after a tiff with her husband, Arthur, she went to the country club where there was a party going on.

She left the club shortly before one in the morning and invited a few friends to follow her home and have one more drink.

They got to the Volupides house about ten minutes after Queenie, who met them at the door and said, “Something terrible happened. Arthur slipped and fell on the stairs. He was coming down for another drink—he still had the glass in his hand—and I think he’s dead. Oh, my God—what shall I do?

The autopsy conducted later concluded that Arthur had died from a wound on the head and confirmed that he’d been drunk.

6.Mood

the feeling the reader gets from a work of literature

6. Mood: “Slip or Trip:From this picture, what is the mood of “Slip of Trip?

What is the overall mood of “Slip or Trip?• They got to the Volupides house

about ten minutes after Queenie, who met them at the door and said, “Something terrible happened. Arthur slipped and fell on the stairs. He was coming down for another drink—he still had the glass in his hand—and I think he’s dead. Oh, my God—what shall I do?

• The autopsy conducted later concluded that Arthur had died from a wound on the head and confirmed that he’d been drunk.

“The Winchester Mystery House”

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