________ Typed (14 size font) and double-spaced
________ Correct MLA heading
________ Door opening Title (does NOT contain the specific name of the mystery)
Paragraph One
________ Transitional word used from chart
________ Introduce the mystery to the reader
________ Build up suspense
good thing/bad thing tech _______
Paragraph Two
________ New transitional word used from chart
________Background info about the mystery including 4 facts
fact 1______
fact 2______
fact 3 ______
fact 4 ______
Paragraph Three
________ New transitional word used from the chart
________Solving of the mystery OR current theories about the mystery
Paragraph Four
________ Concluding transitional word used from the chart
________ Conclusion or significance
Writing Techniques
____________Transitional words/ phrases (chart in journal)
____________Word choice with a focus on choosing words whose connotation is appropriate for tone of the piece. (see mini lesson notes)
____________ action verbs/active voice paint technique (see WN)
___________ Writing Conventions
___________ Works Cited
· Finding the TItanic
· The Hindenberg Disaster
· Area 51
· Roswell
· How the dinosaurs died
· The Nazca Line
· Building the Pyramids
· The Rosetta Stone/hieroglyphics
· Discovery of King Tut
· Theft of the Mona Lisa
· The Lost Colony of Roanoke
· The Salem Witch Trials
· Who is Banky (art)
· 5300 year old mummy found in a Glacier
· Atlantis
· Bermuda Triangle
· Bigfoot
· Loch Ness Monster
· Pompeii
· Yeti
· Amelia Earhart
· The Lindbergh Baby
· Spontaneous Combustion/generation
· Jimmy Hoffa
· The Mary Celeste (Ship)
· Easter Island
· What happened to Van Gogh's Ear
