Suspense and Mystery Writing Lesson - Creative Writing

This lesson adopts a hands-on approach to creative writing, encouraging students to engage with a stimulus that they can actively experience and explore. By immersing themselves in a suspenseful environment, students can draw inspiration from their firsthand experiences. I used this lesson with my year 3 students at the start of our mystery writing topic, they loved it and it acted as a good foundation to build their skills on from. Additionally, the pieces of writing they produced were useful to compare to the pieces produced at the end of the mystery writing unit.