Overview of the Unit:

In this unit, students will continue to orient themselves with reading fiction during this unit. Students will learn to envision and make predictions during this unit.

Bend 1-Understanding the Mystery

Students will be reading mystery books. They will be working in mystery partnerships. Students will read their mysteries keeping track of clues, wondering about suspects, noting points of confusion and discussing their thinking with their partners. Students will also work on fluency, monitoring for understanding, retelling envision and predicting.

Bend 2-Raising the Level of Mystery Reading

Students will be able to identify patterns and common characteristics of mysteries. Students will raise the level of partner talk. Students will be able to identify red herring's (the things that throw readers and detectives off the right track), find hidden clues by slowing down and reading

Bend 3-Reading Mysteries Can Help You Read Any Kind of Fiction

In this bend students will learn that reading mysteries can help you read any kind of fiction by applying the work they have done with mysteries to all kinds of fictions. They will learn to solve mysteries that relate to character and plot and use clues to drive predictions.