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“Clue” Writing Project
7th grade English
Background
• Created in 1944
• Mystery board game. Poor Mr. Buddy, or Mr. Body, has
been murdered in his own stately home! Who could have
done it? And how? And where? With six suspects, six
possible murder weapons and nine rooms in the
mansion, there are hundreds of possibilities, and plenty
of clues to investigate!
• CLUE® is today sold in over 40 countries from Brazil to
Sweden, New Zealand to Abu Dhabi. In England, the
game is called "CLUEDO", in Brazil, "Detective".
Changes in 2008
• The new game has nine weapons instead of six.
There is no more lead pipe, and the revolver is
now a pistol. The company also added a trophy,
an ax and a baseball bat.
• The characters have changed, too. Miss Scarlet
has a first name: Cassandra. Colonel Mustard
left the military; he's a former football star. Victor
Plum, formerly the professor who was always
known as the smartest man in the room, became
recast as a self-made video game designer — a
dot-com billionaire.
Different versions
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Harry Potter
The Simpsons
Sherlock Holmes
Scooby Doo
Assignment
• Choose a character, weapon, and room
• Create a conflict (what happened and why)
• Tell the story from the perspective of one of the
characters, the weapons, or the rooms.
Remember to think about the voice (how he/she
would sound and act)
• For Monday, develop a plot diagram with a plan
for your story.