Past modals of deduction_Crime Scene Investigation

Past modals of deduction

Crime Scene Investigation

WHAT HAPPENED AT ANNA BROWN'S OFFICE?

Start!

It is 9 a.m. You enter your boss’s, Anna Brown’s office. You see her blood on the floor. She is dead!

In groups you're going to investigate a crime scene. Recreate the events leading to the main character's death. Analyse the clues that gradually appear during the investigation. Discuss your hypotheses and take notes, which you'll share at the end of the activity. Please, use past modals of deduction.Example: You look around the office, terrified. Suddenly, you notice a cigarette butt on the floor!

• Anna might have been a smoker.
• The killer might have been a smoker.
• The killer must have smoked after killing Anna.

You look around the office, terrified. Suddenly, you notice a cigarette butt on the floor! What is your hypothesis?

You look around the office. All of a sudden, you see a smashed mobile on the desk. What is your deduction?

You look around the office. Just like that, you see a torn photograph under the desk. What do you think about it?

You look around the office. Suddenly, you see a plane ticket to Bali with today’s date. What hypothesis can you propose?

You look around the office. All of a sudden, you see an empty wallet under the window. What hypothesis can you come up with?

You look around the office. All at once, you see an empty bottle of wine in the trash bin. What is your deduction?

Do you now know who killed Anna Brown?

SUGGESTED ANSWER Anna had had a big fight with her fiance about their upcoming holiday in Bali the evening before. She went to her office, where she drank and smoked heavily. She was extremely upset, so she destroyed the photograph of her and her fiance that she used to keep on her desk. At some point, she tried to call him but she was too drunk to dial, dropped her phone, and it smashed into pieces. She wanted to call a taxi to go back home when she discovered she didn’t have any money in her wallet. She decided to look for some spare change in her desk when she slipped, fell and hit her head on the edge of her desk. Unfortunately, the blow to the head killed her instantly.