Across the Curriculum with Detective Fiction for Young People and Adults

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 07.02.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Snitching as a Social Phenomenon
  5. The Crime Fiction Genre
  6. Teaching Strategy
  7. Classroom Activities
  8. Annotated Bibliography
  9. Appendix A
  10. Appendix B
  11. Appendix C
  12. Appendix D
  13. Notes

Police Investigative Challenges: To Snitch or Not to Snitch, That is the Unanswered Question

Christine Shaub

Published September 2007

Tools for this Unit:

Appendix B

Story Starters

The following writing prompts will help the students start a story in order to develop the facts of a skit or mock trial. The facts must include a snitching dilemma.

1. Everything seemed weird. I saw a shadow before I turned the corner. . .

2. One night, I looked out of my bedroom window and saw my neighbor. . .

3. I was hanging out with friends at the mall, when all of a sudden. . .

4. She tried to speak, but it was her last breath before she died. . .

5. The door to the house was open, and tire tracks were in the snow. . .

6. The I-Pod was on the table. I knew who it belonged to, but saw another person pick it up. . .

7. I was offered a ride by a friend. I knew the car was stolen. . .

8. The morning newspaper read, "Woman's body found yesterday". . .

Comments:

Lori Torres

July 6, 2015 at 4:03 pm

Very Nice Work

Thank you this was very well done. I was looking for information on how to write an annotated biography.

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