Whodunit Elective 2012

Welcome to Whodunit?  Detective Fiction for Spring 2012.   We will be looking at classic detective fiction and perhaps a bit of Noir from the 1940's if we have time.  This post will be updated from time to time with helpful links - so check back often!

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DAY ONE MATERIALS
Day 1 Slides

The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allen Poe, 1841
(Period A3, scroll down to the paragraph that begins "There is a game of puzzles" to finish the story).

Radio Broadcast of The Purloined Letter from 1948

DAY TWO MATERIALS
Day 2 Slides

The Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1892 (Original Story)


In class we watched a 1984 version adapted for British television for a series called The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.  This is available at the public library (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes), and on Hulu Plus or Netflix (a membership is required for the last two options).  You can also find it on YouTube here.  If you were absent, you can watch this on your own, come in and watch it after school, or simply read the story (linked above).

HOMEWORK:  Complete your Detective Character Brainstorm in your packet on page 10.  Pages 1-10 in your packet should now be complete.  Pages 7-8 and page 10 will be stamped on Friday.  PLEASE BRING HEADPHONES TO CLASS ON FRIDAY!


DAY THREE MATERIALS (Friday)
Day 3 Slides

Today we read the story The Bloodstained Pavement by Agatha Christie (SEE MS. SCHULTZ OF A COPY).

HOMEWORK:  Read/watch/listen to TWO more stories on your own and fill out PAGE 14 in your packet.  Due WEDNESDAY!


DAY FOUR MATERIALS (Wednesday)
Day 4 Slides

Today we watched Murder, She Wrote: Unfinished Business (season 3, episode 3).  The show and the main character was inspired by Agatha Christie.

Absent? You can watch this episode with Ms. Schultz after school, it is available on Netflix, and at Clackamas County Public Libraries. 

HOMEWORK:  Complete pages 18-19 in your packet, due Friday.


DAY FIVE MATERIALS (Friday)
Day 5 Slides

Today we watched the first 50 minutes of The Maltese Falcon (1941), based on the novel by Dashiell Hammitt.  From the genre of Noir fiction, this is a classic private detective mystery from the noir era.

Absent? You can watch this film with Ms. Schultz after school, it is available at Blockbuster.com or Amazon Instand Video (for $2.99), and at Clackamas County Public Libraries.  If you have Comcast Cable, it also appears to be available "On Demand"

HOMEWORK:  Finished Projects due on TUESDAY!!!



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