fandomhigh | So You Want to Be a Detective; Friday, First Period [04/19].

"Two things today," said Rosa, sitting at the front of the classroom with her feet up on the desk with what was going to be a tell-tale sign that class was going to be pretty light today and she was fine with keeping it that way, it was the end of the semester and she was already kind of over it. "First, the Mystery of the Week is you all trying to put your big detective brains together and see if you can predict which students get onto the Prom Court tonight. Jot your answers down with your name and put them in this hat, and, if anyone guesses it correctly, you'll get a prize next week.

"And the other thing," she said, "is about next week, which is our final class, and I should give you guys a final project or something. So I want you guys to come up with a mystery and see if me and your fellow classmates can't solve it. You want it to be challenging, but not obtuse. Intriguing, but not impossible. Got it? Let me know if you have questions. Otherwise, make your guesses for Prom Court and start brainstorming on your mysteries."

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With about as much effort as Rosa put into class today...

Look, not all mysteries have to be gruesome murders ripe for true crime podcasts! It's a good exercise in deductive reasoning and maybe interrogating some of your classmates to get an idea of who might get it.

Either way, once you've got one, just write it down and plop it into the hat, and time will tell who actually gets a prize.

You probably don't want to share too much with your classmates if they're supposed to be solving the mystery, but go ahead and use the rest of the class to plot and plan or make an appear to go plot and plan outside the classroom, too.