Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog (#21) by Donald J. Sobol

Last week, I went to the library and checked out a few Encyclopedia Brown books by Donald J. Sobol, including Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog. How I loved these when I was a kid!

But I had a plan for these. As a writing assignment, I read one of the short mysteries called "The Case of the Stolen Fan." At the cliffhanger ending, I had the students come up with their own solutions to the mystery and write a well-formed paragraph using their own explanations and supporting evidence from the the story.

While none of them got the solution exactly, they did write great paragraphs using clues from the story to back up their opinions. And what's more, they had fun doing it.

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog (#21) by Donald J. Sobol

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