Winter Mystery Inn Genial.ly Quest
In this Christmas quest, students enter the Winter Mystery Inn, a cosy mountain hotel where something magical is happening on Christmas Eve. Tiny clues, secret notes, and festive puzzles are hidden in each room. By exploring the inn, following mysterious hints, and solving language tasks, students collect clues to uncover the truth behind the strange events. Their mission is to solve the mystery, help the innkeeper, and discover who is really behind the Christmas magic before the night is over.
For the best experience, it's recommended to use a laptop.
Check the Teacher’s Version for all the guidelines and answers.
Short overview of the quest:
- Enter the Mystery Inn and read the introduction.
- Look for Christmas-related objects and discuss the questions they reveal.
- Read about popular Christmas treats and foods and decode parts of the text.
- Complete the True/False task to check your understanding.
- Collect all the necessary ingredients and cook Christmas biscuits.
- Guess the Christmas riddles.
- Complete the Sudoku puzzle.
- Listen to a Christmas song and complete the task.
- Compare the pictures and discuss the differences.
- Complete a short grammar quiz to revise the basic grammar of these levels.
- Complete a fun Christmas facts quiz and find out the secret of the Mystery Inn.
- Consider using Christmas Zoom backgrounds during the lesson.
The quest can be used for both individual and group lessons:
For individual lessons, share the link with your students and encourage them to use a laptop or tablet for better interaction.
For group lessons, split the class into pairs or teams and send the link in the chat. One person from each team can share their screen, but everyone should work together to solve the puzzles. You can even turn this into a fun competition to see which team finishes the quest first. Breakout rooms in Zoom can be used to organise the teams and move students between rooms.
Alternatively, the whole group can work together to solve the challenges.