The Woman in White Lesson Plan

Reading Agatha Christie

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will read Agatha Christie and relate her work to The Woman in White.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.C

Structure:

Agatha Christie is one of the best known detective and mystery writers of all time. She wrote novels, short stories, and plays. For many people, if you think mystery you think Agatha Christie. As such, there are plenty of her works to choose from for this lesson. An exceptional play, The Mousetrap, is suggested, but other story synopses and activities can be found here.

Read The Mousetrap. This can be done individually or in small groups.

The first time through, let...