Stranger Things Punctuation Murder Mystery | KS2 SPaG Grammar Detective Activity

Make punctuation revision exciting with this engaging Stranger Things-themed murder mystery activity. Pupils use their grammar knowledge to investigate who, where, and when by identifying correct and incorrect punctuation statements, eliminating possibilities, and solving the final mystery. 🧠✨

Perfect for KS2 English, this low-prep resource combines punctuation practice with logical reasoning, making it ideal for revision lessons, starters, plenaries, cover work, or an end-of-topic challenge.

✨ What’s Included:

• 🕵️ Punctuation mystery investigation

• 👤 Suspect elimination activity

• 📍 Location clues

• ⏰ Time clues

• ✍️ Statements covering a wide range of punctuation rules

• 🎨 Full-colour version

• 🖨️ Black-and-white version

• ✅ Complete answer sheet included

• 📄 Ready-to-print, low-prep resource

🎯 Perfect for:

• 📘 KS2 English

• 📝 SPaG and grammar revision

• 🏫 Years 5–6

• 👩‍🏫 Whole-class teaching

• 👥 Pair and group work

• ⭐ Starters and plenaries

• 📚 Homework and cover lessons

• 🎓 SATs preparation

❤️ Why Teachers Love It:

• ✔ Makes punctuation revision fun and memorable

• ✔ Encourages careful reading and logical thinking

• ✔ Covers a broad range of punctuation rules

• ✔ Supports discussion and reasoning

• ✔ Includes both colour and printer-friendly versions

• ✔ Ready to use with minimal preparation

Pupils review rules involving full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, apostrophes, speech marks, colons, semicolons, parentheses, dashes, hyphens, and ellipsis. By deciding which statements are true or false, learners work through the clues and identify the culprit, location, and time of the mystery.

A fun, classroom-ready resource that helps pupils strengthen their punctuation, SPaG, and reasoning skills through an engaging detective challenge. 🕵️‍♀️✏️🌟