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A mystery story

This week in class we read a story full of mystery with a good twist ending. With your guesses you showed that you have plenty of imagination, so now it's time to create your own story. Remember the topic is free but you have to follow some instructions:

- use verbs in past simple and past continuous
- use sequencing words and expressions, such as one day, soon, then, by then, later or in the end.
- write at least two guessing questions, such as "where do you think she was going?" or "how do you think she felt now?" and answer them into the next paragraph.
- write at least three paragraphs.
- write (at least) about 125 words.

If you like writing stories here there's a useful guide: "How to write a mystery story" and if you like reading detective novels I'd recommend you The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, we've got some adapted copies in our department, so feel free to ask me for a copy to read it at home!

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