Inferencing: The Detective Club: The Case of the Missing Cake
A school mystery escape room where teen A2 learners read small clues and work out what happened. Each solved case gives one letter of the secret code.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR A2 level. Topic: Inferencing: reading clues to work out what happened.
Welcome to the Detective Club! This morning, the birthday cake for Ms. Lee disappeared from the teachers' kitchen. Nobody saw what happened, but there are clues everywhere. Solve five training cases, look carefully at the clues, and find out what really happened to the cake!
Solve all five cases to collect five letters. Put the letters together to make the secret code and close the case.
Puzzles
- 🌧️ Case 1: The Wet Shoes: Tom walks into the classroom. His shoes are wet, his hair is wet, and his umbrella is dripping on the floor. What probably happened?
- 🐶 Case 2: The Empty Plate: Read the passage. Decide if each statement is true or false.
- 🥕 Case 3: The Garden Thief: Lena's carrots are gone from her garden. There are small holes in the ground. Behind a tree, she saw two long ears. Which animal visited the garden? Work it out, then decode the answer to check (A=1, B=2, C=3...).
- 😴 Case 4: The Tired Student: Jake has red eyes. He is yawning in every lesson. His phone battery is empty this morning, and he says, 'That game is amazing!' What didn't Jake do much last night? Unscramble this word: PELSE
- 🎂 Case 5: The Missing Cake: cake The table. off knocked the cat the
Printable worksheet
This Escape Room comes with a free printable worksheet: 1 part for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Core sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Escape on paper · Open every lock. Write each answer.
Part 1: Escape on paper
Open every lock. Write each answer.
- 🌧️ Case 1: The Wet Shoes Tom walks into the classroom. His shoes are wet, his hair is wet, and his umbrella is dripping on the floor. What probably happened? a) He drank a lot of water. b) He went swimming in the pool. c) He washed his shoes at school. d) It was raining outside.
- 🐶 Case 2: The Empty Plate Read the passage. Decide if each statement is true or false. Mia came into the kitchen after school. There was an empty plate on the table and bread crumbs on the floor. The dog was under the table with butter on its nose. Mia's little brother was asleep in his bedroom.…
- 🥕 Case 3: The Garden Thief Lena's carrots are gone from her garden. There are small holes in the ground. Behind a tree, she saw two long ears. Which animal visited the garden? Work it out, then decode the answer to check (A=1, B=2, C=3...). 18-1-2-2-9-20 A1 B2 C3 D4 E5 F6 G7 H8 I9 J10 K11 L12 M13…