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🕵️‍♀️ Detective Game 1
Four suspects (容疑者) Three weapons (武器) Four places (場所) One murderer (殺人犯)
Case (事件):
Last night, someone killed (殺害した) Onitsuka.
Information Suspects: Sakura, Kevin, Becky, Ichiro Weapons: Scissors, Knife, Guitar Places: Kumamoto Castle, the City Museum, Suizenji Park, Kumamoto Zoo
Goal As a detective (探偵), you are to work with 3 other detectives to solve (解決) this case.
You have two questions and two clues. You will ask your detective friends these questions and tell them your clues. Together, the four of you will use these 8 clues to solve this case.
Sentence to complete
A (weapon) was used to kill Onitsuka at (place) by (murderer).
Detective 1
Questions 1. What was the weapon found at Kumamoto Castle? 2. Who were the suspects watching a taiko performance at Kumamoto Castle?
Clues 1. The suspect walking a dog at Suizenji Park was Becky. 2. The place closed down for the day was the City Museum.
Detective 2
Questions 1. Who was the suspect visiting Kumamoto Zoo? 2. What was the weapon found at Suizenji Park?
Clues 1. The weapon used by the murderer was the guitar. 2. The weapon found at Kumamoto Castle was the scissors.
Detective 3
Questions 1. What was the weapon used by the murderer? 2. What was the weapon found at Kumamoto Zoo?
Clues 1. The suspects watching a taiko performance at Kumamoto Castle were Ichiro and Kevin. 2. The suspect visiting Kumamoto Zoo was Sakura.
Detective 4
Questions 1. Who was the suspect walking a dog at Suizenji Park? 2. What was the place closed down for the day?
Clues 1. The weapon used by the murderer was the knife. 2. The weapon found at Kumamoto Zoo was the guitar.
digitalising my brilliance
This looks like a fun game. Did you come up with it?
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I did. Way back in 2012 when I was an Assistant Language Teacher with the Japan Exchange Teaching program.
It was a stress-free job, to say the least, so I had the headspace to design lessons like this
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