DETECTIVE TRAINING DOCUMENTS

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CREATE YOUR DETECTIVE DUOTwo heads are better than one when i t comes to solving cr ime!

Who could you work alongside as a detective? Perhaps you would team up with your own father, or your mother, brother or s ister, teacher? Or would you prefer to work with a f r iend?

Whoever you choose to be your detective partner, create your own detective ID cards below.

Name:

Age:

O� upation:

Likes:

Dislikes:

Special ski s:

Member of____________________detective team

Name:

Age:

O� upation:

Likes:

Dislikes:

Special ski s:

Member of____________________detective team





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WORD DETECTIONHow many famous cr ime-solvers can you name? Here are ten, f rom both chi ldren’s and adults’ books. See i f you can f ind them al l in the grid below. Words can run f rom side to

s ide, up and down and diagonally, both forwards and backwards.

X E B D T O R I O P F S E D T

P C V Q I G F U B S X H L V X

M A H I B C Q A J Z R E P W I

E X O E F Q K P B S J R R H Z

B S E P H S P T Y E X L A N R

Z W R W N G U O R S M O M H G

B U R O M P B O Q A W C S S K

X C D G M Y K U M U C K S G V

Q I T E D J Z L I A G Y I Q D

X V J R M Z B P N Y F I M A N

Q N A N C Y D R E W K V R Q T

W H D Z J I J W C B P K X T X

M E P Q V X P M X A U I E R M

U X N D Q Y T P T S B B W V Q

N O S D N A Y E L T H G I N K

Darkus

Knightley and Son

Sherlock

Morse

Famous Five

Hardy Boys

Miss Marple

Poirot

Nancy Drew

Dick Tracy



TEST YOUR POWERSOF OBSERVATION

Knightley & Son know that solving cr imes is al l about noticing the small detai ls . The sl ightest thing out of place can provide the vi tal clue, and the abi l i ty to memorise t iny detai ls of cr ime scenes is part of

what makes Alan and Darkus so good at cracking cases.

Can you match Darkus Knightley’s powers of observation? Team up with a f r iend or family member and use these activi t ies to f ind out!

Instructions: • Fi l l each bag with ten everyday objects – things l ike pens, pots, books,

gadgets, sweets, coins and so on. • Swap bags and each t ip out the contents in f ront of you. • Give yourself 30 seconds to memorise as many of the i tems as you can. • When the t ime is up, put everything back in the bags. • Give yourself 60 seconds to wri te down as many i tems as you can

remember. • Swap papers and mark them. I f you scored eight or more, you have the

makings of a great detective!

You will need:• At least two people• A small bag each• A pen and paper each

THE MEMORY BAG

• Find a pencil and paper and get ready to draw. • Identi fy a room to walk into – ideal ly i t wi l l be one that you don’t

know very well , such as a f r iend’s l iv ing room or another classroom in your school.

• Spend f ive minutes walking around i t and making mental notes of i ts appearance and contents.

• Now leave the room and f ind somewhere to s i t and draw. Sketch the room as well as you can remember i t and with as many detai ls as possible.

• Then return to the room and compare i t to your sketch. What did you recall and what did you miss? Every detai l could be vital i f this were a cr ime scene!

SKETCH A CRIME SCENE

Stand facing your partner and use a watch, clock or t imer to give yourself 30 seconds to observe him or her. What are they wearing? How are they standing? Try to mental ly note as many small detai ls as possible, l ike the buttons on their shir t or the style of their hair .

When the 30 seconds are up, both partners should turn round. Now make three changes each to your appearance. Examples might include undoing one button on a shir t , removing a belt , untying a shoelace or shi f t ing your body weight to the other foot.

Turn round to face each other again. Can you spot the three changes? Give yourself another 30 seconds to do so. I f you manage to spot al l three: congratulat ions – you would be a good detective!

CHANGE IT UP

Who burned the toast? Where do al l the missing socks go? What DOES your cat do al l day? Use your powers of observation to solve everyday household myster ies!

SOLVE AN EVERYDAY HOUSEHOLD MYSTERY





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TALK LIKE A DETECTIVEDarkus Knightley talks l ike a proper pr ivate invest igator – learn to talk l ike him with this

checkl ist of detective l ingo!

Now – can you add some detective-speak of your own?

WORD MEANINGAff irmative Agree; true; yes

Negative Disagree; untrue; no

Deduce Conclude something by reasoning

Empirical data Facts based on observation and experiments

Perpetrator Someone who commits a crime

Interrogation Thorough questioning

Centre l ine The process of cause and effect and the key to solving crimes

Degrees of truth Legal term used when something might be partly true or false

Prima facie evidence Latin for ‘at fi rst appearance’

QED Quod erat demonstrandum – Latin for ‘which is what had to be proven’ and used to prove something is correct

Ten-four Amateur radio code for ‘OK’ or ‘received’

WORD MEANING





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CRACK THE CODESDarkus Knightley is a master code-solver – but how do you match up? See i f you can crack these f ive dif ferent codes to reveal the name of f ive Knightley & Son characters. I f you f ind

yourself stumped, there are some clues at the bottom of the page.

Did you see your friends? Are you going out today? Read the story I sent you. Keen to

hear what you think of it. Unless you don’t like it! See you later.

Code cracked:

- . . . - . . . - . . - .—

Code cracked:

VODMF CJMM

Code cracked:

C Y L G I X V Q E T P J A V L Y M H E F R

Code cracked:

16 18 5 19 20 15

Code cracked:

Now create your own secret codes using some of the above methods

and train your friends and family to solve them.

CLUES1 This alphabet has numbers

2 Capital punishment, if you don’t solve this3 Inspector Morse could solve this one. Try

searching ‘Morse Code’ on the internet!4 You’re one step ahead on your letters

5 You can skip half of this

1 2

3

4

5

ANSWERS : 1 Presto 2 Darkus 3 Tilly 4 Uncle Bill 5 Clive Palmer





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TELL YOUR OWN CRIME STORYWrite your own detective story with these ten t ips for top cr ime wri t ing!

1 CHOOSE YOUR SETTING

The f i rst two Knightley & Son invest igations take place in and around London, and 3 of

a Kind in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Where wi l l you set yours? I t needs to be a place you

know well and that you can bring to l i fe.

2 CREATE YOUR DETECTIVE DUO

Who wil l be invest igating the case? Maybe Knightley & Son, or a detective duo of your

own invention!

3 FIND A CRIME

This is where your imagination can run r iot ! What wi l l yours be? A robbery? A kidnapping? A murder? Make your descript ions as real ist ic

as possible.

4 SET MOTIVES

All f ict ional cr imes need to have bel ievable motives – and the more the better! Was

your cr iminal motivated by greed, anger or jealousy? Dif ferent motives suggest di f ferent

suspects, which keeps readers guessing about the ending.

5 GET SOME INSPIRATION FROM OTHER STORIES

All good wri ters pick up t ips f rom other cr ime stor ies. Think about how Rohan Gavin plots his

novels and bui lds tension in the Knightley & Son books, and learn f rom other wri ters too.

But don’t just imitate – develop your own style.

6 DO SOME RESEARCH

Crime stor ies need to be real ist ic, so i f you don’t know much about the subjects you are

wri t ing about, do some homework. I f your story involves an arrest, for example, look at books, f i lms and websites to learn about the

procedures.

7 LAY YOUR CLUES

The tr ick is to give your readers enough clues to keep them intr igued about the cr iminal, but

not enough to guess straight away! Some of your clues wi l l lead to the cr iminal, but others wi l l be false trai ls – and that’s part of the fun.

8 REVEAL WHODUNNIT

Your story should keep readers hooked unti l the very last pages, when you can reveal

the identi ty of your cr iminal or the twist in your story.

9 FIND A GOOD TITLE

Crime book t i t les need to grab readers’ attent ion fast . There are some great examples in the cases described in the Knightley & Son books, l ike The Case of the Hampstead Heath

Howler or The Case of the Missing Pharaoh.

10 PRACTISE

Good crime-wri t ing requires lots of attent ion to detai l , thorough planning and above al l

practice! The more stor ies you tel l , the better wri ter you wil l become.

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