Mystery Story Writing Template

Mystery Story Research Template (note formatting lost)

I. Name of the country you have chosen to research:

II. GEOGRAPHY :

In the space immediately following each statement insert any information that you find that you think will be useful to you. Repeat this procedure in all of the remaining sections.

· Describe where your city is located. Name its country, state or province and or region in which it is found.

Example: Edmonton is located in the province of Alberta in the country of Canada. It is found in the western region of Canada.


· Describe the physical features present in and around the city. Example: oceans, mountains, deserts, rivers, lakes, etc.

· Include a map of your city's country.

· Include a map of the city. Try to obtain street names and addresses. You may even find accurate phone numbers which could be included in your mystery story.

· Describe some natural resources that are present in the surrounding region. Natural resources include such things as forests, minerals, oil, wateretc.

Flags of the World
http://www.allyoucanread.com/flags_of_the_world.htm
CIA World Fact Book.
Flags of the World
http://www.allyoucanread.com/flags_of_the_world.htm
CIA World Fact Book.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Countries of the world
http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html
Cities around the world
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/cities.html
http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/digilib/cities/
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/
World city mapshttp://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world_cities.html

III. CLIMATE:

· Describe the climate of the city. You may wish to include a table, graph or chart to describe a weather feature of the city. This could give information about rain, snow, temperature, amount of sunshine, storms, etc.

IV. PEOPLE:

· What is the population of your city?

· What languages are spoken?

· What forms of entertainment are available in the city. Example: sports, theater, art, music, etc.

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· What are the main industries in the city? (Explain where most of the people would work)

· What are some of the everyday names of people who live in the area?

· You may wish to add the names of some “real” businesses located in the city. You can add these addresses and names here.

V. HISTORY:

· Describe at least one historical event that has taken place at or near the city you have selected. This could be included in your story as you describe the setting to the reader.

VI. OTHER INTERESTING FACTS:

· In this section add your own interesting discoveries about the city ;you have selected. You may wish to include pictures etc.

Mystery Story Writing Template
Student:
1. Description of the Setting:

2. List the people, places or items included in your mystery story which were discovered on the Internet:

3. The Crime:

4. The Victims:

5. The Suspects:

6. The Detective (include a description of the personality and characteristics of your story’s detective):

7. Possible Suspects, their motive, and red herrings (clues which lead the detective to think that someone else committed the crime other that the actual guilty person). Do not include the villain among the suspects in this section:

Suspect
Motive
Red Herrings


8. The Villain(s)
Villain
Motive
Clues

9. Alibi of all the suspects including the villain:

Suspect /Villain
Alibi

10. List the main events in the story:

11. Explain how the events in your story are plausible.

12. Describe how the detective is able to solve the case.

Mystery Book Report due December 10th

Mystery Story Report Template
Student:
1.Description of the Setting:

2.The Crime:

3.The Victim:

4.The Suspects:

Possible Suspects, their motive, and red herrings (clues which lead the detective to think that someone else committed the crime other that the actual guilty person) do not include the villain among the suspects in this section:

Suspect Motive Red Herrings
1.
2.
3.
4.


5.The Villain
Villain Motive Clues



6.The Detective (include a description of the personality and characteristics of your story’s detective):



7. Alibi of all the suspects including the villain:

Suspect /Villain Alibi
1.
2.
3.
4.


8. Describe how the detective is able to solve the case.

9.Plot (list the main events in the story):