Literacy - Language and Structure - Mystery Theme
This editable workbook helps students explore how writers use language and structure to create tension, atmosphere, and persuasive effect in mystery texts.
With text extracts, scaffolded analysis, and writing tasks, it’s ideal for building literacy confidence and developing inference skills.
Whether you're teaching tension-building techniques or analyzing tone and atmosphere, this resource makes language analysis feel like solving a case.
This resource includes:
⭐ A student-friendly mystery narrative with comprehension and analysis tasks.
⭐ Sentence structure and tension activities.
⭐ Figurative language and imagery practice.
⭐ A persuasive writing lesson using tone, audience, and purpose.
⭐ A reflection and consolidation section to review learning across the unit.
You and your students will enjoy:
❤️Engaging mystery extracts that support reading and writing skills.
❤️Scaffolded, editable tasks designed for classroom or tutoring use.
❤️Clear progression through inference, analysis, and writing activities.
❤️A flexible structure suitable for GCSE, Functional Skills, or literacy support.
Formats:
🖥️ Microsoft PowerPoint, resized to an A4 page. This means your resource:
- Is completely editable.
- Will easily upload to your Google Drive if you prefer the Googley suite.
- Is printable 📃
🖥️ A PDF version of each document.
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Also helpful are these related products:
✅ Mystery Genre - WRITING Pack
✅ Literacy SHORTIES - one-pagers for READING practice
✅ Literacy Theme Packs - one text with READING AND WRITING activities
✅ Lit Fit activities - short/lesson starters focusing on literacy skills
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