You are going to write your own murder mystery story in class.
Handwritten on paper.
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This lesson contains 18 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 4 videos.
Lesson duration is: 50 min
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Murder Mystery
The test is on 17 April.
You are going to write your own murder mystery story in class.
Handwritten on paper.
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Learning objectives for this lesson
Read (or listen) to chapter 1 'Mr Sherlock Holmes' of A Study in Scarlet. (The full text is in the assignment on Moodle or use the audio clips with the text in the next slides.)
Find out the meaning of some of Sherlock's 'sophisticated' vocabulary.
While reading (or listening) look out for something scarlet in the story.
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Slide 4 - Video
Slide 5 - Video
"If we don't get on, it will be easy to part company", I answered. In the above statement whom does 'I' refer to?
A
Sherlock Holmes
B
Stamford
C
Dr. Watson
Slide 6 - Quiz
Can you think of a reason why Arthur Conan Doyle picked Watson as the narrator of the story? The title character is Sherlock Holmes after all.
Slide 7 - Open question
This story was written in 1887 when forensic science wasn’t as advanced as it is now. Do you think Victorian readers would have been impressed with Sherlock Holmes?
Slide 8 - Open question
Continue with chapter 3
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Slide 10 - Video
When did you come across something scarlet in the story?
Slide 11 - Open question
Watson and Sherlock meet
Now you may have a look at the first meeting from the 'updated' version in the BBC series.
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Slide 13 - Video
Vocabulary practise
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Slide 16 - Open question
Slide 17 - Slide
Write a paragraph (50 words) in the style of Sherlock Holmes using a selection of 'sophisticated' words.