TEACHER'S NOTES bEN@ Detectives Type of activity Deduction and speculation game. Group work Aim To practise time expressions/ discussion. Task To piece together a story using clues. Preparation Make one copy of the worksheet per group of three or four students and cut it up as indicated, Timing 20-30 minutes Procedure ‘1 Introduce the situation and the characters to the class and explain they will try and find out what happened and why, + Tony, the victim, was found dead today. He had been shot with his own gun, + Jeanette was Tony's wie. + Stove was Tony and Jeanette's driver. + Peter was Tony’s business partner. Divide the class into groups of three ot four. Hand out the clues from the worksheet ~ one set to each group. Give each student 3 different set of clues, so that each has all the information about one of the four chazacters. 4 Tell the students to exchange the clues they have and come up with a theory explaining “Tony's murder 5 When they have finished, groups report back to the class with their theories on who did ‘what and why. wn Answer You can either choose the explanation which is the most ingenious or entertaining - or decide which group got closer to the version below. Steve and Peter both needed money. Steve's salary ‘was small. Peter had lost a fortune gambling They had been stealing from the business together for a year. To divert suspicion they pretended to hate each other. But the money still wasn’t enough ~ especially for Peter Peter played tennis with Jeanette and he knew she had fallen in love with him, He persuaded her to leave her husband and run away to Bangkok with him, though he had no intention of actually going, She bought the lickets and cleared out her and Tony's joint private bank account. There was about £2,000,000 in it: the savings from Tony’s share of profits of the business. Meanwhile Peter booked a flight to Rio. Tony had long before realized money was disappearing from the business and he had hired a private detective, The detective told Tony about Jeanette's vist to the bank and when Tony discovered that she had emptied the account, he confronted her. She panicked and shot him. Follow up Students write up a report or a newspaper story telling what happened.a ; a a | a a 4 a Ca INSIDE OUT Resource Pack WG) Detectives Tony has been found dead today at home. He had been shot with his own gun. The police have the following information about him, PEO OCCT (te tied a private detective a month ago. O The businees he owne with Peter has been in trouble for over a year. His marriage was not a happy one, Tony has been found dead today at home, He had been shot with his own gun. Steve was the driver for Tony and Peter's business. The police have the following information about him. ECCT OE He's alwaye arguing with Peter He owes three months’ rent on | his flat. | He has a criminal convietion for ‘heft. Tony has been found dead today at home. He had been shot with his own gun. Jeanette was Tony's wife. The police have the following information about her. (FEC TCT OCH She plays tennis regularly with Peter, L_] She has a plane ticket for Bangkok for the day after | tomorrow. She wasn't happy in her marriage. She went to her bank the day before yesterday and took out all the money from the joint account she held with Tony: about £2,000,000. Strhmosmai racy ent nnnad oen reenter Tony has been found dead today at home. He had been shot with his own gun. Peter was Tony's business partner. The police have the following information about him. PEECEC EEC) L_] He has plane tickets for Rio i tomorrow ard Bangkok the day | after — both from London, | j UI He is a regular gambler, He'e just eold his flat and is staying in a hotel He's always arguing with Steve at work and last week they had a fight, He plays tennis regularly with Jeanette. Tony and Peter's business has been in trouble for over a year. |