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The lesson is focused on understanding the plot and character developments in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, as well as to have students use either inductive or deductive reasoning skills. This also serves as an anticipatory set for them to read Chapter 7, where Huck escapes Pap. The lesson incorporates creativity and imagination as well as appeals to students' interest in crime dramas like CSI, by offering students the chance to look at photos of a 'crime scene' (Pap's cabin after Huck has staged his own death).
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Joybells27
The CSI activity has so much potential, but I don't think that the concept is well explained. I felt that the instructions were vague. Does each group get the same set of clues? When/how do you show the pictures. Overall, I was pretty disappointed!
December 13, 2012 
Brandon Juhl (TpT Seller)
I revised the instructions a bit. I hope this is clearer.
Have discussion, based on questions they generated and teacher questions, then explain and move into the Crime Scene Activity. Divide the class in half, with four groups on each side, to make eight groups total. You have eight manila envelopes, four of which just contain the worksheet labeled “ESCAPE!” and four of which contain the CSI worksheet as well as the crime scene photos. Hand an envelope to one person in each group. Tell the groups to open their envelopes and read and follow their directions. Monitor their progress. If there is time, have the groups volunteer to report out to the rest of the class. Collect their worksheets when they are done.
Have discussion, based on questions they generated and teacher questions, then explain and move into the Crime Scene Activity. Divide the class in half, with four groups on each side, to make eight groups total. You have eight manila envelopes, four of which just contain the worksheet labeled “ESCAPE!” and four of which contain the CSI worksheet as well as the crime scene photos. Hand an envelope to one person in each group. Tell the groups to open their envelopes and read and follow their directions. Monitor their progress. If there is time, have the groups volunteer to report out to the rest of the class. Collect their worksheets when they are done.
December 14, 2012
westlake3
fun activity that I can adapt!
November 9, 2012
jennlaws
The CSI idea is going to help bring a story that students tend to see as outdated to life for my students. Thanks for the great product!
July 16, 2012
cmacomber
Loved this! Great price, too!
March 1, 2012
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karendodson
Hi! Just downloaded this as a student teaching activity. Looks awesome!! I have a question: What do you do with the "Escape" activity? Do you give it to students individually to complete, or is it included in the CSI activity? Any help you could give me is greatly appreciated! Thanks!!
November 3, 2012
Brandon Juhl (TpT Seller)
I divide the class in half, and have one half of them do the CSI activity, deducing what happened based on the evidence and eyewitness testimony, while the other half of the class has to use the list of things they have available to escape and not have their captor pursue them. So one half of the class looks at the perspective of the authorities who assume (based on the crime scene) that Huck was murdered (at first suspecting Pap, then later Jim), while the other half has to think like Huck and figure out a way to escape. A few will even think of faking their own death. Anyway, in either case they are working in groups of three.
November 3, 2012
Amanda Byrd (TpT Seller)
I thought this included the photos. I downloaded it and there were no photos included!
January 27, 2011
Brandon Juhl (TpT Seller)
Sorry about that; give me your school email and I'll send those to you as an attachment. I've updated the lesson on my site so it now definitely does include the photos; thanks for the heads-up on that.
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January 27, 2011
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