Monday, May 3, 2010. Using Mystery Passages to Build Comprehension. In this blog, I will be sharing information for assessing and building literacy skills. This first post is about a device known as Mystery Passages. For more information on this technique, see Smith, L.

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When I visit a class of six year olds, I expect them to be able to write their own name legibly, copy my name and a book title from the board, and write a simple sentence about the story they have just heard, this latter with some encouragement and assistance. In discussing this with staff later, I realised that the difference was not down to the ability of the children, but to the abili.