TABLE
PROLOGUE
D REAMS
BY
OF
C ON T E N T S
B ETSY H EARNE
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CREATING CONTEXT
The Roots of Mystery
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8
Concept Vocabulary
CLUSTER ONE
What Makes a Mystery?
Thinking Skill
DEFINING
11
The Framing Game
P AU L B I SHO P
short story
13
short story
24
poem
40
essay
43
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
A GAT H A C HR I S T I E
After Agatha Christie
L IN DA P A S TA N
Suspense
M ARY H I G G I N S C L A R K
Responding to Cluster One
46
DEFINING A MYSTERY
Writing Activity
CLUSTER TWO
Whodunit?
Thinking Skill
INVESTIGATING
47
This One’s on Me
E DWA R D H U N S B U R G E R
short story
49
short story
56
A Poison That Leaves No Trace
S UE G R A F T O N
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Crop Circles
J ERO M E C L A R K / N A NCY P E A R
article
70
Responding to Cluster Two
INVESTIGATING THE CLUES
Writing Activity
CLUSTER THREE
Thinking Skill
How Do You Solve a Mystery?
76
77
LOGICAL THINKING
The Dying Detective
A R T HU R C O N A N D O Y L E
adapted by M ICHAEL and M OLLY H ARDWICK
drama
78
article
95
Arsenic and “Old Rough and Ready”
W IL L I A M M AP L E S
Responding to Cluster Three
Writing Activity
WHAT MAKES A GOOD DETECTIVE?
108
CLUSTER FOUR
Thinking on Your Own
109
Thinking Skill
SYNTHESIZING
Lamb to the Slaughter
R OA LD D AHL
short story
111
short story
120
short story
124
short story
137
This Way Nobody Gets the Blame
L ESL E Y G R A N T -A DA M S O N
Invitation to a Murder
J OS H P AC HT E R
The Man Who Read John Dickson Carr
W IL L I A M B R I T TA I N
Responding to Cluster Four
143
Close Reading
144
Using Textual Evidence
151
Comparing Texts
153
Author Biographies
156
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